Free Tools to Check and Monitor if Your Passwords Are on the Dark Web

As cybercrime continues to increase at an alarming rate, here are some free tools to check and monitor if your passwords are on the dark web.

Most people or organizations do not know that their data has been stolen. If you want to keep pace with cybercriminals hackers on the dark web, here are a few free online tools and notifications that can help with the fight.

The news is full of large breaches resulting in incredible amounts of data being exposed. Here is a list of a few of the largest data breaches on the internet:

• io – February 2019 – It has been confirmed that 763,117,241 unique email addresses were part of the data breach including Dates of birth, Email addresses, Employers, Genders, Geographic locations, IP addresses, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, and Physical addresses.
• Adobe – October 2013 – It has been confirmed that 152,445,165 Adobe accounts were breached with each containing an internal ID, username, email, encrypted password and a password hint in plain text.
• Onliner Spambot – August 2017 – The malicious software contained a server-based component located on an IP address which exposed many files containing personal information totaling 711,477,622 unique email addresses with many having passwords.
• LinkedIn – May 2016 – LinkedIn had 164,611,595 million email addresses and passwords exposed.
• Collection #1 – January 2019 – It has been confirmed that a large collection of credential stuffing lists with a data list containing 2.7 billion records including 772,904,991 million unique email addresses and passwords.

Here are some considerations to think about as you review the information in this article:

1. You cannot stop websites from getting hacked as this is out of your control.
2. It is crucial you take proactive security measures to protect your usernames, passwords, and identity.
3. The longer you have been at an organization or used the same email address, the more likely it will eventually be on a spam list on the dark web.

Why is it important to check and monitor if your passwords are on the dark web?

Google conducted a recent survey with the The Harris Poll and the results were alarming:

• Nearly 25 percent of participants have used the following common passwords, or some variation: “abc123,” “Password,” “123456,” “Iloveyou,” “111111,” “Qwerty,” “Admin” or “Welcome.”
• 59 percent have incorporated a name of their family member, partner, pet, or child for their online account
• 27 percent have confessed to attempting to guess someone else’s password online.
• 17 percent of the group above managed to guessed correctly.
• 43 percent have access to someone else’s active password online.
• 43 percent admitted to sharing their password for streaming service such as Netflix, their email account, social media such as Facebook, and their online shopping accounts such as Amazon.
• 57 percent have shared their password with their significant others
• 11 percent have reported changing their password after a breakup.
• Only 37 percent use two-factor authentication.
• 34 percent have admitted to changing their passwords regularly.
• 15 percent report using a password manager such as LastPass
• 36 percent admit to tracking passwords on a piece of paper.
• 38 percent report losing time because of a data breach.
• Only 45 percent have admitted they would change their password if breached.

Free Tools to Check and Monitor if Your Passwords Are on the Dark Web

Here are some free tools to check and monitor if your passwords are on the dark web. Most of these are reactive and will only alert you after the hack of your stolen credentials on the dark web.

Here’s how to use three free tools to check and monitor if your passwords are on the dark web.

 Full details and tools on our online blog:

Free Tools to Check and Monitor if Your Passwords Are on the Dark Web

Very Important. Most online services will not ask you to enter your login info directly from an email. If they do, to be safe, go directly to their website to log in and reset your password.

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