- For the first time, dark web digitization is integrated into a accommodation panel
- Get safety recommendations if your data is found
- Hostinger says that more than 50% of customers find data previously disclosed on Dark Web
Many safety tools already allow you to know when personal information has been disclosed and shared on the Dark web, but unless you check, you will not know if your data has been disclosed.
This may leave you at risk that your account is pirated or by identity theft or simply your site accessible with your username and password.
Now, a new Hostinger tool seeks to increase user safety by offering for the first time an integrated dark web digitization, integrating the tool directly into its HPANEL service.
Dark web scanning
There are other free and paid tools available online to check if your information has been disclosed online, but this is the first tool of this type directly integrated into a hosting panel.
Hostinger says that his initial trials have revealed that more than half of the customers had data disclosed on the Dark web and received warnings as well as suggestions on how to improve security such as password update and the guarantee of two -factor authentication is activated.
The tool has been developed by NordStellar, and is available as a separate product or can be activated in Hostinger’s HPANEL from $ 1.49 / month.
It works by following the keywords associated with your business in Dark web forums, search engines, markets and communities. He also analyzes information related to employee and customers data for complete surveillance.
Why is it important?
Dark Web is a decentralized and unregulated part of the Internet. Above, you can find all kinds of illegal content and it is generally first place that stolen information is shared or for sale.
Pirates can use vulnerabilities to access databases and steal large volumes of data held on a service. Instead of spending time to use this information to target people on the set of data, the pirates will sell loose data to bad players who, in turn, will then try to use the data illegally for a financial gain. This could be in the form of credit card fraud or the use of information to usurp the identity of a user to access things such as an e-mail address or a web hosting account.
Current safety tools integrated into accommodation panels include web application firewalls (WAF) that improve safety thanks to actions such as incoming traffic inspection, verification of cross scripts, limitation of requests to stop the brute force attacks and the identification of bots. Panels also often include password management tools and two -factor authentication scanners, file monitoring and malicious software.
Although these tools are often updated to correct the latest security vulnerabilities of your site, they cannot protect you or your business if your contact details are hacked and disclosed online from other digital services you use. By monitoring the Dark web for information related to you, other attack vectors is attenuated because it allows you to update your information or add stricter security while you are at higher security risks
