Use Case - Dark Web Monitoring

Detect the Leak and Know
Who's Selling Your Data

DRPS monitors dark web forums, hacker marketplaces, and Telegram channels for data trading involving your organization, PII, credentials, source code, and commercial secrets. ATI provides the actor attribution layer: which criminal group is selling, who their typical buyers are, and what they typically do with the data next. Initial notification within 30 minutes of detection.

30 min Initial notification SLA
1,000+ Cybercrime groups tracked
24/7 SaaS monitoring, no gaps
The Challenge

Data Trades on Dark Web Markets
Faster Than Teams Can Manually Monitor

Dark web markets and hacker forums operate in near-real time. Credential dumps, source code leaks, and PII datasets are listed, traded, and downloaded within hours of posting. Manual monitoring is operationally infeasible for most security teams, and by the time a leak is discovered through conventional means, the data has typically changed hands multiple times.

01
Dark Web Data Traded Faster
Than Manual Monitoring Allows

Credential dumps and data listings on dark web markets have a shelf life measured in hours. By the time most organizations become aware of a data exposure through manual searches or third-party reports, the data has already been purchased and distributed. The detection gap is where the damage happens, not in the final disclosure.

02
Credential Dumps Surfacing
Weeks After the Original Breach

Stolen credentials frequently appear on dark web markets weeks to months after the initial breach, long after the window for immediate response has closed. Without continuous monitoring, organizations discover breach-linked credentials only when they start seeing account takeover incidents or when the dump appears in a public breach notification service where they've already been surpassed by more current buyers.

03
No Context on Who Bought
the Data or What Comes Next

A data detection without actor context is only half the intelligence picture. Knowing that credentials appeared on a dark web forum doesn't tell security teams whether the buyer is a credential-stuffing operator, a targeted threat actor preparing a spear-phishing campaign, or a state-sponsored group staging for a longer-term intrusion. ATI fills this gap, matching the seller to a tracked criminal group and assessing likely buyer intent.

How ThreatBook Solves It

Detect in 30 Minutes,
Understand the Actor Immediately

DRPS runs continuous 24/7 monitoring across dark web forums, hacker marketplaces, Telegram channels, and paste sites for data trading involving your registered assets, domains, brand terms, executive names, product names, and specific data types. When a match is detected, the initial notification arrives within 30 minutes and includes not just the listing but the context around it: forum, seller reputation, listing age, and available ATI actor attribution.

ATI's 1,000+ cybercrime group profiles provide the intelligence layer: who is selling, what that group typically does with data they trade, and what defensive actions to prioritize. The DRPS team handles takedown and remediation coordination where applicable, your security team receives intelligence and can focus on internal response rather than manual dark web investigation.

  • 30-minute initial notification SLA from detection to alert, dark web markets move faster than daily digests can track
  • Monitors dark web forums, hacker marketplaces, Telegram channels, and paste sites, comprehensive coverage, not selective indexing
  • ATI attribution identifies the criminal group behind each detection, 1,000+ cybercrime groups tracked with operational profiles
  • Digital asset leak monitoring covers source code repositories (GitHub, Gitee, GitLab), cloud drives, Q&A platforms, and document libraries
  • Remediation workflow support, DRPS coordinates credential revocation, takedown requests, and peer organization notification where warranted
Key Capabilities

Detection, Attribution, and
Remediation in One Workflow

Continuous Dark Web Surveillance

DRPS monitors dark web forums, hacker marketplaces, Telegram channels, and paste sites continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Registered assets trigger alerts within 30 minutes of first detection. The monitoring scope covers PII, credentials, source code, commercial secrets, and brand-related content across all major dark web and hacker community venues.

30 min
Initial detection-to-notification SLA
Criminal Group Attribution

ATI's 1,000+ cybercrime group profiles provide attribution context for every dark web detection, identifying the seller group, their trading patterns, typical data buyers, and historical operations. This intelligence converts a raw detection into an actionable threat assessment: defenders understand not just what was found, but what the threat actor is likely to do with it.

1,000+
Cybercrime groups tracked with operational profiles
Digital Asset Leak Monitoring

Beyond dark web markets, DRPS monitors source code repositories (GitHub, Gitee, GitLab), cloud drives, document libraries, Q&A platforms, and technical forums for unintended data exposure. Leaked API keys, configuration files, internal documentation, and proprietary code are detected in the same monitoring framework as dark web trading, one unified alert stream.

24/7
Continuous SaaS-delivered monitoring with no manual gaps
How It Works

From Asset Registration
to Confirmed Response

DRPS operates as a managed SaaS service. Defenders register assets, set monitoring parameters, and receive structured alerts with full attribution context, no dark web access required, no manual investigation burden on the security team.

1
Asset Registration

Define your monitored asset scope: primary and subsidiary domains, brand terms, executive names, product names, specific data types (e.g., customer database schemas, source code identifiers). DRPS builds your digital fingerprint for continuous matching against dark web sources.

2
Continuous Dark Web Scan

DRPS monitors dark web forums, marketplaces, Telegram channels, and hacker communities continuously. Source code repositories and cloud document platforms are scanned in parallel. Matching runs 24/7, not batch-processed on a daily or weekly schedule.

3
Alert & Context

Initial notification arrives within 30 minutes of detection. The alert includes the detected listing, source forum or market, seller profile, listing context, and ATI attribution matching the seller to a tracked criminal group profile. Defenders receive a complete intelligence picture, not just a data dump.

4
Takedown & Response

DRPS supports remediation coordination: credential revocation workflows, takedown requests to market operators where applicable, and peer organization notification. Internal response, password resets, access revocation, incident escalation, is driven by the intelligence context delivered in the alert.

Real Outcomes

What Security Teams Achieve with ThreatBook

30 min
Initial notification from dark web detection to alert

The 30-minute notification SLA means defenders can act within the window where credential revocation and access restriction can prevent the initial detection from becoming a full compromise, before credentials are bought and deployed.

1,000+
Cybercrime groups tracked for dark web attribution

ATI's criminal group profiles give security teams the actor context to assess severity and likely next steps, a credential dump from a credential-stuffing group calls for different response than the same data appearing in infrastructure associated with a targeted APT operator.

Unified
Single alert stream across dark web, code repos, and cloud docs

DRPS consolidates dark web market monitoring, source code repository scanning, and cloud document surveillance into one alert stream, eliminating the fragmentation of running separate tools for each exposure vector and ensuring no leak category falls through the gaps.

ThreatBook Products

The ThreatBook Products Behind This Use Case

Digital Risk
DRPS

Digital Risk Protection Services. 24/7 SaaS monitoring of dark web forums, marketplaces, Telegram, source code repositories, and cloud documents. 30-minute notification SLA. Millions of phishing signatures. Takedown support and remediation coordination.

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Threat Intelligence
ATI

Advanced Threat Intelligence with 1,000+ cybercrime group profiles. Provides actor attribution for dark web detections, who is selling, their typical buyers, and likely next steps. 99.9% accuracy across 100B+ threat indicators.

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Already Being Traded

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