Dark Web Roast - January 2026 Edition
Trellix, Wednesday, February 11th, 2026
In January 2026's underground intelligence roundup, criminal masterminds continue to demonstrate that the phrase "honour among thieves" remains the greatest oxymoron in cybercrime.
This month brought us Ukrainian death-fakers with costume shop police badges, RAMP forum administrators who concluded their operational run like a digital Don Quixote, and malware entrepreneurs frustrated by Google's unreasonable hostility to virus distribution. From $4.5 million Android exploit dreams to the emergence of "avatar detectives" who identify ransomware affiliations by profile picture, the underground continues to prove that sometimes the best cybersecurity defence is simply letting criminals be themselves.