Tor is building an anonymous instant messenger
Forget the $16 billion romance between Facebook and WhatsApp. There’s a new messaging tool worth watching.
On Feb 26, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Did Iran just seize a Deep Web drug market?
All in all, Thursday may not have been the best day people for people who enjoy trafficking in illicit goods online.
On Feb 14, 2014 by Aaron Sankin
5 arrested in connection to prominent Deep Web black markets
Alleged administrators of the black market site Utopia were arrested in Germany and the Netherlands.
On Feb 13, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
In search of Utopia in the Deep Web
Since the fall of Silk Road, there’s been no rest on the Deep Web, but new marketplaces could signal a new era for cybercrime.
On Feb 7, 2014 by Carola Frediani
The Silk Road’s version of a gang was a nerdy book club
Lead by Silk Road head honcho Dread Pirate Roberts, the book club read everything from anarcho-capitalist classics to The Color Purple.
On Jan 31, 2014 by Tim Sampson
The final confessions of a Silk Road kingpin
“I’m guilty,” Steven Sadler, better known on the Deep Web as Nod, admitted in our first conversation, several weeks after he was let out on bond.
On Jan 22, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How to create an anonymous alter ego in 6 easy steps
Privacy might be on its deathbed, but making yourself a bit less machine-readable goes a long way to preserving our right to anonymity.
On Jan 21, 2014 by [email protected]
Microsoft’s secret battle against the Tor botnet
In the battle to clean up millions of infected computers, Microsoft revealed it can remove programs remotely, without users even knowing.
On Jan 16, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Alleged Silk Road owner becomes yoga teacher in prison
Namaste.
On Jan 2, 2014 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
Why British censors need Tor to track down child porn
Organizations fighting child pornography don’t want Tor shut down. Quite the contrary.
On Dec 30, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
As Silk Road 2.0 struggles, new black markets look beyond Tor
A new group believes there’s a different path to take toward black-market nirvana.
On Dec 26, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
How Tor helped catch the Harvard bomb threat suspect
A student has been accused of emailing bomb threats at Harvard to delay final exams, but what’s more interesting is how he was caught.
On Dec 18, 2013 by [email protected]
Inside the bustling, dicey world of Bitcoin gambling
Just in case Bitcoin investing isn’t risky enough for you.
On Dec 17, 2013 by Patrick Howell O’Neill
U.K. and U.S. team up to expose Dark Web pedophiles
An international crime gets an international solution.
On Nov 19, 2013 by Miles Klee
Hacker thieves’ latest offering: Customer support
Paying a ransom to the hacker who locked your computer? There’s an app for that.
On Nov 15, 2013 by Miles Klee
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