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.

Analysts at SOS Intelligence searched the dark web for providers of SS7 exploit services and found that the four surviving sites all claim to offer SMS blocking and spoofing, location tracking, and call blocking and redirection services, but without exception they are all scams.

Money launderers, cyber criminals and terrorists find cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Monero, Ripple and Zcash very convenient when transacting on dark networks such as TOR and Freenet because of their anonymity and untraceability.

Data is a popular commodity on the dark web, where people buy and sell sensitive information, much of which is stolen through cyber vulnerabilities. Usernames, passwords, account numbers, financial records, credit card details, medical records - all of these are available for access.

The BBC's dark web V3 domain name is https://www.bbcnewsd73hkzno2ini43t4gblxvycyac5aw4gnv7t2rccijh7745uqd.onion, please bookmark it.

Since updating to Tor 0.4.6.8, the v2 Onion service is no longer available in the Tor Browser and users will receive an "Invalid Onion Site Address" error.

Bitdefender is actively supporting this investigation by providing key technical insights throughout the process, as well as providing decryption tools for both prolific ransomware families to help victims recover their files. kpn and McAfee Enterprises are additional supportive partners who are also supporting the investigation by providing technical expertise to law enforcement. This investigation.

The ruling shows that drug traffickers are not untouchable in the dark web trade and that law enforcement will not let the dark web become a haven for drug dealers.