Read the original article: BrandPost: Why You Shouldn’t Pay for Dark Web Scans and What to Do Instead
Many companies offer Dark Web scans. The proposed value is that the service provider searches Dark Web sites for account credentials and other sensitive data related to your organization to see if criminals are offering it for sale. Bottom line: Don’t waste your money.
How the Dark Web Works
In a nutshell, the Dark Web is a collection of internet sites that “require specific software, configurations, or authorization to access.” One of the more common examples is Tor, software that uses a free, global, overlay network of volunteer nodes to anonymize traffic.