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Marketplace in the context of information security is an online platform where various cybersecurity tools, solutions, and services are bought and sold. These digital storefronts cater to a wide range of customers, from individuals seeking personal data protection to businesses in need of enterprise-grade security measures. Such marketplaces often feature antivirus software, firewalls, encryption tools, security monitoring services, and more.
Additionally, marketplaces may also be venues where threat intelligence, such as details about emerging vulnerabilities and recent cyberattacks, is exchanged. They play a critical role in the cybersecurity ecosystem by not only providing access to security products but also by facilitating the distribution and sharing of knowledge that helps in defending against cyber threats. Legitimate marketplaces are typically operated by reputable vendors and offer a level of assurance about the quality and authenticity of the products and services offered. However, it's worth noting that there are also underground marketplaces that operate in the shadows of the internet, selling illicit services and tools such as malware, exploits, and hacked data.
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Michele Spagnuolo allegedly placed multiple trades on the prediction marketplace, abusing internal access to Google’s nonpublic data on the most searched people in 2025. The post Google security engineer accused of turning confidential search trends into $1.2M win on Polymarket appeared first on CyberScoop.
A threat actor compromised an Nx developer and posed as a legitimate maintainer to publish a malicious extension on Visual Studio Marketplace
Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a compromised version of the Nx Console extension that was published to the Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) Marketplace
Checkmarx warned over the weekend that a rogue version of its Jenkins Application Security Testing (AST) plugin had been published on the Jenkins Marketplace. [...]
Checkmarx has confirmed that a modified version of the Jenkins AST plugin was published to the Jenkins Marketplace
Spanish police have arrested the suspected administrator of German dark web marketplace Crimenetwork
German authorities have shut down a relaunch version of the criminal marketplace 'Crimenetwork' that generated more than 3.6 million euros, and arrested its operator. [...]
World's largest biomedical dataset lifted and shifted on Chinese mega marketplace Updated Details of volunteers of UK-based Biobank, which describes itself as the custodian of the world's most comprehensive biomedical dataset, are for sale on Chinese ecommerce site Alibaba.…
The UK government has sanctioned Xinbi, described as “the second-largest illicit online marketplace ever”
The United Kingdom's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has sanctioned Xinbi, a Chinese-language cryptocurrency-based online marketplace that sells stolen data and satellite internet equipment to scam networks in Southeast Asia. [...]
The alleged administrator of the LeakBase cybercrime forum has been arrested by Russian law enforcement authorities, state media reported Thursday
OpenClaw has fixed a high-severity security issue that, if successfully exploited, could have allowed a malicious website to connect to a locally running artificial intelligence (AI) agent and take over control
Crooks claim they helped themselves to over 37M accounts during January hit on subcontractor French online marketplace ManoMano is warning customers their personal data was siphoned off after a cyberattack hit one of its customer support subcontractors – and criminals are already claiming the haul is far larger than the company's carefully worded notice suggests.…
OpenClaw has sparked heavy Telegram and dark web chatter, but Flare's data shows more research hype than mass exploitation. Flare explains how its telemetry found real supply-chain risk in the skills marketplace, yet limited signs of large-scale criminal operationalization. [...]
Latest in a rash of grab-and-leak data incidents CarGurus allegedly suffered a data breach with 1.7 million corporate records stolen, according to a notorious cybercrime crew that posted the online vehicle marketplace on its leak site on Wednesday.…
OpenClaw (formerly Moltbot and Clawdbot) has announced that it's partnering with Google-owned VirusTotal to scan skills that are being uploaded to ClawHub, its skill marketplace, as part of broader efforts to bolster the security of the agentic ecosystem
Also, Active Exploits Hit SolarWinds, Ivanti as APT28 Targets EU, UkraineThis week, Italy blocked Russian cyberattacks targeting the Olympics. Flaws in SolarWinds, Ivanti and Microsoft Office. Russia's APT28 ramped up attacks in Ukraine, supply chain attacks, regulators probed major breaches and a U.S. judge sentenced the operator of a darkweb drug marketplace.
Skills marketplace is full of stuff - like API keys and credit card numbers - that crims will find tasty Another day, another vulnerability (or two, or 200) in the security nightmare that is OpenClaw.…
Also, Active Exploits Hit SolarWinds, Ivanti as APT28 Targets EU, UkraineThis week, Italy blocked Russian cyberattacks targeting the Olympics. Flaws in SolarWinds, Ivanti and Microsoft Office. Russia's APT28 ramped up attacks in Ukraine, supply chain attacks, regulators probed major breaches and a U.S. judge sentenced the operator of a darkweb drug marketplace.
A security audit of 2,857 skills on ClawHub has found 341 malicious skills across multiple campaigns, according to new findings from Koi Security, exposing users to new supply chain risks