We are discontinuing the dark web report, which was meant to scan the dark web for your personal information. It will stop monitoring for new results on January 15, 2026 and its data will no longer be available from February 16, 2026. While the report offered general information, feedback showed that it did not provide...Read More

International law enforcement agencies have shut down one of the longest-running and most prolific drug marketplaces on the dark web, known as Archetyp Market, and arrested its alleged administrator. The operation, which took place between June 11 and 13, also targeted the platform’s moderators, top vendors and technical infrastructure, with coordinated raids conducted across Germany,...Read More

AI agents are evolving beyond basic single-task helpers into more powerful systems that can plan, critique, and collaborate with other agents to solve complex problems. Deep Agents—a recently introduced framework built on LangGraph—bring these capabilities to life, enabling multi-agent workflows that mirror real-world team dynamics. The challenge, however, is not just building such agents but...Read More

A British organization dedicated to stopping child sexual abuse online said Wednesday that its researchers observed dark web users sharing “criminal imagery” that the users said was created by Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence tool Grok. The images, which the group said included topless pictures of minor girls, appear to be more extreme than recent reports...Read More

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A large part of the dark web is filled with legitimate sites. Together with the much larger “deep web,” they account for the vast majority of the content that is online. The surface web most of us know is merely the tip of the iceberg. Yet accessing content on the deep web is far from...Read More

When FBI agents arrived outside William Spearman’s home in the quiet suburb of Madison, Alabama, in November 2022, they were prepared for danger.    Their search warrant was so important to the bureau that it was approved by the FBI director himself. When the agents breached Spearman’s door with tactical explosives, Spearman fought back, tussling...Read More

Crypto dominates payments but there are new players Transactions overwhelmingly rely on cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC). “Criminal entities choose this method due to a misconception that cryptocurrency is anonymous and untraceable by law enforcement,” says the AFP. Increasingly, privacy-focused coins such as Monero (XMR) and Zcash (ZEC) are being adopted to protect anonymity and make...Read More

Look past the ominous name and the urban legends. The dark web is, ultimately, just a particular section of the internet—albeit one that is intentionally obscure. At a high level, we can say that the internet has three layers. The open web, which includes all the public-facing sites you can find on a search engine. ...Read More

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The dark web often feels like a mystery, hidden beneath the surface of the internet that most people use every day. But to understand how scams and cybercrimes actually work, you need to know what happens in those hidden corners where criminals trade data, services and stolen...Read More