Researchers at threat intelligence firm Analyst1 recently analyzed the operations of several major cybercrime forums on the Dark Web and found that at least two of them have informal court systems where criminals can file complaints and resolve disputes with their peers.

Nym is still in the development stage, and it's hard to say whether this is a real alternative to Tor, as the developers claim - having to buy crypto tokens may be a deterrent for many people who use Tor today.

Currently new v2 domains can no longer be registered on the Tor network and users can only access existing sites using older versions of the Tor browser, but old v2 domains can still be loaded.

Video clips taken from thousands of hacked "smart home" cameras showing victims naked and even having sex are being sold online.

In an official announcement, the operators of Cannazon, a dark web marketplace, said the DDoS attack was not the reason for the shutdown, but it provided an opportunity to shut down the site, which was the plan all along.

The New York Times' dark web V3 domain name is: https://www.nytimesn7cgmftshazwhfgzm37qxb44r64ytbb2dj3x62d2lljsciiyd.onion, please bookmark it.

The group brought in at least 425,000 euros (£360,000) and may have gained access to government systems or obtained encryption keys from national health authorities.

Despite the closure of these cracked-down marketplaces, the trading market space on the dark web appears to continue to thrive as users choose to easily flee to other markets that are still accessible.

The Tor Project has announced that it will offer hoodies, T-shirts and stickers to encourage Tor relay maintainers to get the number of bridge servers back up.

Tor can do a lot of things, but it is also vulnerable to different types of attacks. The more resources an attacker has, the more likely he is to crack Tor. however, this is expensive, so permanent de-anonymization of all users is not possible. On the other hand, a targeted attack on individuals is conceivable.