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The Rise and Fall of Dark Web Marketplaces
Last year was a particularly tumultuous year for dark web marketplaces, with the successful shutdown of major dark web marketplaces...
Beating the Market with Alternative Web Data
A few years ago the concept of alternative web data hit the qualitative hedge fund market, causing a huge stir....
How Blockchain is Abused for Account Management and Payment Verification
For the sake of this article, let’s say you are a drug lord or an illegal weapon dealer and you...
A Look Back at 2019: A Review of Webz.io’s Cyber Predictions from Last Year
As we start the year 2020, we approach the new year with cautious optimism. Cyber threats are now mainstream and...
How Can Knowledge About Competitors Help?
The ability to conduct competitive analysis online is crucial for any business today. In the digital world, customers have...
How is the Open Web API Different From the Google Search API?
An open web API delivers data from the open or clearnet. It can include data from news sources, blogs,...
Crawling the TOR network – Challenge Accepted!
The following short story portrays the surprising technological and logical challenges we faced while developing our dark web monitoring technology....
Why is it Important to Get Information About Competitors?
Today’s fast-paced, online retail world allows consumers to be more demanding than ever. A better product always seems to be...
With Data Breaches, the Earlier the Detection the Better
Today’s data breaches are more damaging to organizations than ever before, now reaching almost $4 million on average — a...
How Web Data Can Help Predict Disease and a Rise in Prices
Did you know that it can take decades for a Nobel Prize winner of economics to properly test and demonstrate that their...
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