2025 Dark Web Threat Intelligence Vendor Scorecard

Dark web threat intelligence is gaining increasing relevance and meaning for information security and data security protection. The private sector has come to appreciate the important role cyberthreat intelligence sharing and threat actor attribution play in protecting the financial ecosystem. Dark web threat intelligence has evolved over the years, as more archaic malware like keyloggers have evolved into stealthier infostealer strains like Lumma. But the fundamental practice of dark web threat intel is the same: Collect and analyze dark web data to understand and detect cyberthreats, cyberattacks, cyber vulnerabilities, and cybercriminal activities before they have devastating effects. The “dark web” comprises underground forums, encrypted messaging platforms, and illicit or black-market marketplaces that are not readily visible to the public. Those forums, platforms, and marketplaces require invitation and approved access, which is where dark web threat intelligence analysts and specialists play key roles in helping organizations identify threats and threat actors that put their businesses, customers, employees, and intellectual property at risk. 

In 2023, a wide range of cross-sector businesses ranked dark web intelligence tools as their most effective fraud, identity, and authentication methods. Javelin’s newest cybersecurity scorecard, the 2025 Dark Web Threat Intelligence Vendor Scorecard, evaluates leading dark web threat intelligence vendors on the market today. Vendors included in this report are evaluated across five categories Javelin deems critical to dark web threat intelligence: Threat Actor and Tactics, Techniques, and Procedures (TTPs) identification; Data Processing and Enrichment of threat intelligence; Contextual and Strategic Analysis of threat intelligence; threat intelligence Source Collection; and Indicators of Compromise (IoCs).

Key questions discussed in this report:

• How are leading dark web intel providers tracking threats and threat actors?
• What role can and should dark web threat intel vendors play in threat intel sharing?
• How and where will threat intelligence evolve, based on dark web intelligence that combines human intelligence with AI and even quantum computing?

Companies Mentioned: 

Constella Intelligence, Cybersixgill, a Bitsight company, Deepwatch, Flare Systems, Flashpoint Ignite, Fortra, Google Threat Intel (GTI), Hudson Rock, Intel 471, Intsights, a Rapid7 company, KELA, MITRE, NordStellar (Nord Security), Outpost 24, Prodaft, Qintel, Recorded Future, a Mastercard company, Reliaquest (formerly Digital Shadows), Section 2, SpyCloud, Terbium Labs, a Deloitte company, Verizon Business, Webz, ZeroFox

Take a look at the companion report: 
Dark Web Threat Intel: Critical Pillar of Modern Cybersecurity