It’s been touted as a WhatsApp alternative. The company that operates it has faced sharp criticism for not doing enough to curtail revenge porn or counterfeit vaccination cards. Now, a new study has found that Telegram is, surprise surprise, an appealing home for cybercriminals. The revelation comes from a study conducted by Cyberint for a...Read More

Two people have been arrested in what police say is one of New Zealand’s most “prolific” dark web drug operations, involving an estimated $1.2m in transactions. Sergeant Reece Sirl said police targeted a “prolific” user on the country’s largest dark web server as a part of Operation Laver — an ongoing push to put pressure...Read More

Paedophiles are using the dark web to share information about how to gain access to childcare centres to sexually abuse babies and toddlers while avoiding getting caught. Warning: This story contains discussion of child sexual abuse. A Four Corners investigation has uncovered private forums where predators coach each other and post proof of their abuse....Read More

Cybersecurity today is about a lot more than just firewalls and antivirus software. As organisations adopt cloud computing, remote work, and global supply chains, their exposure increases exponentially. Yet, many of the gravest cybersecurity risks take root far from the visible web and the reach of standard security tools. Yes, on the dark web! The...Read More

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