Tor and dark web news

Authorities in Ukraine shut down 94 fraudulent call centers across the country that lured people into investment scams or tried to obtain access to bank accounts.

An Akira ransomware affiliate disabled the endpoint detection and response (EDR) solution on a compromised system by restarting the machine into Safe Mode with Networking.

The Jewelbug hacker group has been carrying out espionage operations targeting governments and militaries while also engaging in cryptocurrency fraud.

Microsoft has released security patches to address a Windows zero-day vulnerability known as "LegacyHive," disclosed after the July 2026 Patch Tuesday.

Multiple 'watermark removers' have surfaced days after Anthropic began watermarking text generated by Claude, including an open source project with over 4,500 GitHub stars and paid AI detection evasion services. None of the tools' claims…

All Flock Safety customers will be required to adopt its "Audit Assistance" feature for tracking abnormal uses, and the company says it will hold license plate data for only seven days in most cases.

A recently patched critical vulnerability (CVE-2026-59310) in VMware vCenter Syslog Server is being exploited in an active campaign to deploy a reverse SSH tool for persistence and remote access.

Beyond Mirai’s usual functions, the new code features include encrypted communications with command-and-control servers and a “sniffer” that looks for default access credentials.

Hardware wallet manufacturer Trezor disclosed a data breach affecting nearly 14,000 of its customers after ShipMonk, its shipping and logistics provider, was hacked

AI coding tools can introduce unvetted or hallucinated open source dependencies faster than traditional security reviews can keep pace. ActiveState explains why organizations should govern packages at the point of selection, before they…

Discord's Go Live feature contributed to a 13-year-old girl's death by suicide, according to Brazilian regulators, who told the company to suspend the streaming technology.

A new White House memo signed by U.S. President Donald Trump instructs the National Coordination Center (NCC) to establish a program that would allow private security companies to apply for approval to hack foreign cybercrime organizations.

The Trump administration will allow private companies to launch attacks on cybercrime organizations, the White House announced.

Germany’s cabinet approved legislation that would let its intelligence agencies hack foreign systems, sabotage adversaries’ supply chains and feed false information to extremists inside Germany, in the biggest overhaul of the country’s spy…

The NCA seized 2.9 tonnes of cocaine worth £232 million at London Gateway Port after it was hidden in a shipment of bananas.