The Dark Web/Darknet continues to be an environment for bad actors to share stolen credentials and discuss successful attacks. In recent weeks, personal information from places ranging from education organizations to voter databases in the U.S. have been found exposed. But just as there s a lot of bad on the Dark Web, there is also good mostly in the form of intel that can be used to help protect organizations from attacks. Exam hacker forums and text dumps are two of the ways that researchers can glean valuable information that will help protect.
Source: https://threatpost.com/dark-web-security-researchers-bad-guys/161172/