Data at Scale: The Google News API vs Webz.io’s News API

Data at Scale: The Google News API vs Webz.io’s News API

Learn about the difference between Google News API and Webz.io’s News API

Why Dark Web Search Engines are Not Enough

Why Dark Web Search Engines are Not Enough

Since the dawn of the internet, organizations and businesses alike have realized the importance of continuously monitoring both cybercriminal activity as well as their brands. Law enforcement agencies (LEA) need to keep […]

Leveraging Data in the Fight Against COVID-19 Disinformation

Leveraging Data in the Fight Against COVID-19 Disinformation

This is how Webz.io’s News API can be used to develop algorithmic models using natural language processing (NLP) to detect fake news.

Early Detection of the Weibo Data Breach: A Case Study

Early Detection of the Weibo Data Breach: A Case Study

Last month at the end of March, Sina Weibo publicly announced that it had suffered a data breach. As one of the largest Chinese social media platforms with more than 600 million […]

A Look at News Trends from the COVID-19 Crisis

A Look at News Trends from the COVID-19 Crisis

See how MeaningCloud, a leader in text analytics, used Webz.io’s news API to analyze new Covid-19 trends.

How Dark Web Criminals are Taking Advantage of the COVID-19 Crisis

How Dark Web Criminals are Taking Advantage of the COVID-19 Crisis

Dark web criminals love a crisis. They use it to exploit fear and panic to their advantage. And what better environment for them to thrive than the current coronavirus panic? So it’s […]

Use these 3 Free Datasets to Analyze the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak

Use these 3 Free Datasets to Analyze the Coronavirus (Covid-19) Outbreak

Perhaps the most powerful tool that health care officials, government advisors, epidemiologists and other researchers have in their arsenal to fight any disease are datasets. These datasets can be used to predict […]

The Rise and Fall of Dark Web Marketplaces

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 Valhall and Wall Street Market. Dream Market, perhaps sensing law enforcement on their […]

Beating the Market with Alternative Web Data

Beating the Market with Alternative Web Data

Learn how web data from news articles, blogs, discussions and forums is an important alternative data resource.

How Blockchain is Abused for Account Management and Payment Verification

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 want to sell your merchandise – how would you go about it? […]