The Spanish police have arrested a suspected hacker in Alicante for allegedly conducting 40 cyberattacks targeting critical public and private organizations, including the Guardia Civil, the Ministry ...

Ransomware gangs continued to wreak havoc in 2024, but new research shows that the amounts victims paid these cybercriminals ...

Who is Ross Ulbricht? All about Silk Road online drug kingpin with Princess Bride nickname pardoned by Trump - Prosecutors ...

As with other malware, infostealer families evolve as malware programmers create, use, and market the initial software or MaaS, then alter the code to add features and avoid detection in future ...

Despite 26% of the dark web's user base originating from India, awareness remains alarmingly low. In BRICS nations, only 28 ...

It was just after midnight when a phone call from an unknown number woke Dorine Núñez Ávila.

Martin Ready, 42, is currently remanded in HMP Barlinnie but sentencing has been delayed due to the lack of a bed in a secure ...

The president granted the unconditional release of the online drug impresario as a favor to libertarians and cryptocurrency ...

Ulbricht, who was convicted of running an anonymous online drug marketplace, became a hero to crypto-holders everywhere. What ...

Until, of course, in 2013 the Silk Road was shut down by FBI agents and Mr Ulbricht, then 29 years old, was arrested in the ...

By David Yaffe-Bellany and Ryan Mac David Yaffe-Bellany reports on the cryptocurrency industry ... of the most popular outposts of the so-called Dark Web, a hidden corner of the internet that ...

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