How to gather cyber threat intelligence from dark markets without breaking US law - Help Net Security

How to gather cyber threat intelligence from dark markets without breaking US law - Help Net Security

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Cybersecurity Unit has released guidelines for organizations that want to gather cyber threat intelligence from dark web forums/markets but, at the same time, want to stay on the right side of the (U.S. federal criminal) law.



The document focuses on “information security practitioners’ cyber threat intelligence-gathering efforts that involve online forums in which computer crimes are discussed and planned and stolen data is bought and sold. It also contemplates situations in which private actors attempt to purchase malware, security vulnerabilities, or their own stolen data—or stolen data belonging to others with the data owners’ authorization—in Dark Markets.”


It was compiled based on input from the US DOJ’s various divisions, the FBI, the U.S. Se ..

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