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Gather intelligence on criminals on the dark web. Identify illegal activity taking place within your jurisdiction, gather evidence on the individuals within the criminal organization, and bring them to justice.
Disrupt dark web crime and prevent cyberattacks
Dark Web Intelligence for Enterprise,
Government, and Law Enforcement
Companies that rely on Us to Stop Dark Web Threats
Gather Intelligence on Dark Web Criminality
Criminals use the anonymity of the dark web to conduct illicit activity and evade law enforcement and cybersecurity professionals. The dark web creates challenges including:
Criminals on the dark web believe they are out of reach, can avoid investigators, and therefore the consequences of their actions.
Uncover Hidden Criminality with Searchlight Cyber
Searchlight Cyber customers have access to best-in-class dark web investigation and monitoring capabilities, which allow them to undermine the anonymity of the dark web that cybercriminals thrive on. These tools allow security professionals and law enforcement to regain the advantage over dark web criminals.
Why Investigators Choose Searchlight Cyber
Get Comprehensive Dark Web Intelligence
Data is valuable. Relevant and actionable intelligence is priceless. Searchlight gives you instant visibility into what’s being shared on the dark web through our automated data collection.
Investigators get access to +475 billion recaptured data points from the clear, deep, and dark web – data that was once difficult to track is now searchable at the click of a button. This enables you to capture evidence and identify threats earlier.
See What Threats You Can Uncover
Unlock Automated Dark Web Intelligence
Reduce resource on manual intelligence gathering with a platform that gives you direct access to dark web data that is automatically gathered, indexed, and categorized from the dark web.
Access Law Enforcement-Grade Data
Use the same products and dataset trusted by government and law enforcement organizations around the world to investigate criminality taking place on the dark web.
Search Live and Historic Dark Web Data
Our dataset is automatically updated and archived, meaning data remains within our platform even if it has been deleted from the source. Access years of historic data for trends and intelligence.
Utilize Enriched and Actionable Data
Data within our product is enriched with context from our threat intelligence team and mapped to MITRE ATT&CK, providing you with the information you need to take action on dark web intelligence.
Use Our Proprietary Tools
Unlock capabilities such as Dark Web Traffic Monitoring, Stealth Browser, and AI-Powered Translation to access dark web data that no other dark web intelligence vendors provide.
Gain a Breadth of Intelligence Collection
Searchlight’s team works tirelessly to maintain access to closed sources including forums, paste bins, and encrypted communication apps such as Telegram, so you don’t have to.
Live and historic data from
850k+
Dark web sites
Intel on buyers, sellers, and goods from
110+
Dark web marketplaces
And criminal chatter gathered from
210+
Dark web forums
Organizations Use Searchlight Cyber For:
Cyber Crime Investigation
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Access marketplaces, forums, and hidden chats, so criminals who use the anonymity of the dark web no longer have anywhere to hide.
Provide agents with an intuitive dark web investigation tool that allows them to safely and effectively search the dark web.
Collate evidence on individuals and criminal organizations that allows you to orchestrate takedowns and make arrests.
Cyber Threat Intelligence
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Gather threat intelligence directly from the source: cybercriminals operating on the dark web. Inform your defenses in real time with first-party collection on your adversaries, their tactics, and their capabilities.
Investigate the “pre-attack” activity of cybercriminals, as they undertake their reconnaissance on dark web markets, forums, and hidden chats.
Identify threat actors and groups that are targeting your industry, geography or peers.
Analyze the capabilities and assess the threat of the cybercriminals operating on the dark web.
Cybersecurity Risk Assessment
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Determine the risk of a cyberattack based on your level of dark web exposure. Use Searchlight Cyber to identify where your organization is listed on the dark web, take steps to mitigate vulnerabilities, and reduce your cybersecurity risk.
An estimate of your cybersecurity risk based on research from the Marsh McLennan Cyber Risk
Understand how different types of dark web exposure relate to the increased likelihood of a cybersecurity incident.
Find out where your organization is exposed on the dark web - with coverage of markets, forums, Telegram channels, paste sites, and more.
External Attack Surface Management
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Map your external attack surface with additional intelligence on where your organization’s infrastructure is exposed on the dark web. Continuously monitor for compromised assets, vulnerabilities, and misconfigurations.
An outside-in view of your external attack surface automatically mapped to the relevant MITRE ATT&CK techniques
Receive notifications whenever cybercriminals on the dark web mention your company, including firmware, network components, and software.
Get a holistic view of your online exposure with visibility into sources including code repositories, social chats, CVEs, and phishing sites.
Incident Response
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Inform incident response planning with dark web intelligence. Mitigate cyberattacks faster with the ability to trace back cybercriminal actions from the dark web, through features such as Dark Web Traffic Monitoring.
Prepare your incident response playbooks with threat intelligence on your adversaries derived from the dark web.
Gain a better understanding of cybercriminals tactics, techniques, and procedures and how they operate from the dark web.
Inform incident mitigation with a better understanding of the path cybercriminals took to launch the attack against you.
Ransomware Monitoring
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Enhance your protection against ransomware with continuously updated intelligence gathered from ransomware groups’ dark web leak sites on their victimology and known associates operating on dark web forums.
Use our Ransomware Search and Insights module to get an overview of all ransomware groups that are active on the dark web.
Get the latest data on ransomware groups, with their profiles updated live to include their tactics, known members, and victims.
Create alerts for new activity from the groups that are of the highest concern to your business.
Security Operations
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Automated, continuous monitoring of the dark web can enhance your security operations by providing early warning of threats emanating from the dark web. Improve alert prioritization with dark web enrichment.
Enrich alerts from other cybersecurity tools with context from the dark web to help prioritize imminent threats.
Intercept chatter about your organization, new vulnerabilities being sold, and malware being developed.
Monitor dark web traffic to and from your network with Searchlight’s
proprietary technology.
Supply Chain Security
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Monitor the dark web for any indicator that key partners and suppliers are being targeted by cybercriminals. Identify data leaks, supply chain vulnerabilities, or dark web chatter aimed at suppliers and take action.
Identify supply chain vulnerabilities that are being developed or sold in cybercriminal marketplaces.
Find data leaks that might indicate that a supplier has already been compromised, and might lead to a further attack against your business.
Continuously assess the dark web exposure of your suppliers without having to install anything on the company’s network.
Our Dark Web Intelligence Solutions
Cerberus: Dark Web Investigation
Built in collaboration with law enforcement and government agencies, Cerberus gives investigators and cybersecurity professionals access to more than 15 years of intelligence gathered from dark web marketplaces, forums, and leak sites. This data is updated in real-time and continuously archived, providing the most comprehensive platform on the market for investigating dark web criminality.
- Identify, preserve, and share dark web evidence with ease.
- Secure access to Tor and I2P services for intelligence gathering.
- Set alerts to monitor keywords and actors across the dark web.
DarkIQ: Dark Web Monitoring
DarkIQ continuously monitors the dark web for threats related to your organization. It automatically cross-references your external attack surface against over 475 billion deep and dark web records, alerting your security team to threats such as leaked credentials, phishing sites, and dark web chatter in hacking forums, marketplaces, encrypted chats, and more.
- Automatically spot threats with our continuous dark web scanning.
- Get prioritized alerts focused on your specific attack surface.
- Resolve threats quicker with our MITRE ATT&CK® Mapping.
How Searchlight Cyber Supports Your Organization
Law Enforcement
Law enforcement at all levels – from local and state police, to special units, to federal and international agencies – use our dark web investigation tools to uncover dark web criminality, collect evidence, and ultimately bring criminals to justice.
Bring Criminals to Justice“It gives investigators a statistical overview of marketplaces in a blink of an eye.”
Anonymous
Senior Cybercrime Investigator
Government
We help government agencies to gather intelligence and intercept communications, giving them an operational advantage over human traffickers, drug cartels, and terrorist groups operating on the dark web.
Gain the Tactical Advantage“We were blown away by the robustness of the platform and its features, and could immediately see the value that dark web intelligence would add to our cybersecurity toolset.”
Markus Mosca
CEO at Arina
Enterprise
Gather threat intelligence, continuously monitor the dark web for signs that you are being targeted, and gain an invaluable opportunity to mitigate threats earlier in the “Cyber Kill Chain”, before your network is breached.
Spot Threats Earlier“[Searchlight Cyber]'s capabilities are becoming critically important for digital investigations, as criminality increasingly crosses into the hidden underground of the dark web.”
Edward Franco
Chief Technology Officer, Oakwood Bank
MSSPs
Join the MSSPs enhancing their services and unlocking new revenue streams with dark web intelligence. Our partner program and product suite are built to match MSSPs’ business models and technology requirements.
Unlock Revenue Opportunities“Preventive cybersecurity will become increasingly important for businesses in the coming years and the addition of the pre-attack intelligence provided by Searchlight Cyber complements the growth of the more conventional protection market, such as SOC and EDR.”
Julien Lopizzo
CEO and founder of Semkel
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Book your demo: Identify cyber threats earlier– before they impact your business
Searchlight Cyber is used by security professionals and leading investigators to surface criminal activity and protect businesses. Book your demo to find out how Searchlight can:
Enhance your security with advanced automated dark web monitoring and investigation tools
Continuously monitor for threats, including ransomware groups targeting your organization
Prevent costly cyber incidents and meet cybersecurity compliance requirements and regulations