Dark web forums are among the most consequential corners of the internet that most people will never see, and that most organizations can’t afford to ignore. Unlike the surface web, dark web forums operate predominantly on the Tor network, designed for anonymity and resistant to conventional monitoring. These aren’t fringe communities. Active darknet forums host...Read More
A few years back, I heard someone refer to St. Germaine as “bartender’s ketchup.” That really stuck with me. The elderflower liqueur was near-ubiquitous in the late 2000s, popping up on trendy cocktail menus everywhere and dominating nearly every drink it graced. I never got wildly into St. Germaine, but I like the idea that...Read More
Your personal data is worth more on the dark web than you might think. Email addresses, passwords, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, they’re bought and sold in bulk across underground marketplaces that most people will never see. The problem isn’t that breaches happen. It’s that most people find out months or years too late, if...Read More
A new study of 2,000 U.S. adults shows dark web users report much higher rates of depression, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, self-injury and digital self-harm than surface web users. Study Snapshot: A new Florida Atlantic University study reveals that dark web users show significantly higher levels of depression, paranoia, suicidal thoughts, self-injury, and digital self-harm compared...Read More
The dark web isn’t something you can just stumble upon, and that’s a good thing. Although it’s often used for transactions and conversations that need to remain anonymous, sites on the dark web can host illegal activity, phishing links, financial scams, and malware. There’s also little to no recourse to be had if you encounter...Read More
RSA Claims it can analyze millions of daily events with 98 percent accuracy RSAC 2026 Google’s Gemini AI agents are crawling the dark web, sifting through upward of 10 million posts a day to find a handful of threats relevant to a particular organization. Available now in public preview, the dark web intelligence service built...Read More
Every day, billions of people use the internet without ever knowing that the websites they visit represent less than 5% of what actually exists online. Beneath the surface web sits an entirely separate layer, one that standard browsers can’t reach, search engines don’t index, and most people only hear about in headlines involving data breaches,...Read More
In the first half of 2025, the Identity Theft Resource Center reported 1,732 publicly disclosed data compromises in the U.S., resulting in over 165 million breach notifications to affected individuals and indicating that the year is on track to set a new record for reported incidents. Most of those breaches originate on the regular internet and...Read More
The dark web isn’t something you can just stumble upon, and that’s a good thing. Although it’s often used for transactions and conversations that need to remain anonymous, sites on the dark web can host illegal activity, phishing links, financial scams, and malware. There’s also little to no recourse to be had if you encounter...Read More
The dark web isn’t something you can just stumble upon, and that’s a good thing. Although it’s often used for transactions and conversations that need to remain anonymous, sites on the dark web can host illegal activity, phishing links, financial scams, and malware. There’s also little to no recourse to be had if you encounter...Read More
