What is dark web monitoring?
Dark web monitoring is the practice of continuously scanning dark web sites (such as hacker forums or marketplaces) for signs of leaked credentials. Dark web monitoring plays an important role in cybersecurity, giving users advance notice of danger so that they can secure vulnerable accounts.
How does the dark web monitoring work?
Dark web monitoring frequently scans thousands of dark web pages that are known for trading in stolen credentials, looking for any signs of information associated with your assets. When dark web monitoring spies your information out in the wild, it will immediately notify you of the danger you’re in.
Dark web monitoring alerts let you take early action to secure vulnerable accounts — or, if the information had already been sold, identify which accounts may have been infiltrated by unscrupulous hackers.
Why is dark web monitoring important?
Dark web monitoring is important because there’s a good chance that at least some of your details are already on hacker websites as underground marketplaces are full of listings with people’s private data. This includes information from social media, online banking, shopping sites, government institutions, healthcare clinics, and even internet forums.
Which of my assets are being monitored?
Dark Web Monitoring scans for data leaks involving the domains you have registered with Hostinger. It checks if your website databases appear on hacker forums and monitors information related to your professional email accounts. Additionally, it keeps an eye on the email address you used to register with Hostinger.