I2P
A botnet that broke DDoS records at 31.4 terabits per second accidentally crippled I2P's anonymity network while trying to use it as a backup command infrastructure, and the developers responded with post-quantum cryptography enabled by default.
Tails
Tails 7.4.2 ships as the second emergency release in 12 days, patching 169 Linux kernel CVEs that could let an attacker escalate from a compromised application to full system control.
Ubuntu
Canonical pulled the Software & Updates GUI from Ubuntu 26.04 because they decided the checkboxes were "dangerous" for you, a person who somehow managed to install Linux.
tor browser
Tor Browser 16.0a2 lands with a Firefox 147 base, OpenSSL 3.5.5 security patches, and the first glimpse of life after ESR.
Europol
A Macron loyalist filed a complaint because he didn't like X's algorithm, and now Europol is calling it a child exploitation investigation.
Tor
The Tor Project released Arti 2.0.0 on February 2, 2026, advancing relay infrastructure and eliminating legacy configuration options as the Rust-based implementation moves toward replacing C tor entirely.
Darknet
A 33-year-old Slovakian man who ran Kingdom Market has pleaded guilty after customs inspectors at Newark Airport found crypto wallets and devices linking him directly to the darknet marketplace.
Darknet & Darkweb News, OpSec, OSINT and More
The two men who ran Empire Market, one of the largest darknet marketplaces ever, have both pleaded guilty to drug conspiracy charges and now face sentences ranging from 10 years to life.
A British national faces life in prison after a four-day trial connected his Dream Market fentanyl operation to the overdose deaths of two Navy submariners in Georgia.
The FTC claims behavioral age verification protects children while requiring continuous monitoring of every user's online activity.
A malicious contributor vandalized Vietnamese translations in Tor Browser 15.0.4, prompting an unscheduled release that also backports 14 Firefox 147 security fixes including sandbox escapes.
Linux 6.12.63, Tor Browser 15.0.4, and critical bug fixes arrive in Tails 7.4 alongside a controversial feature cut.
Monero 0.18.4.5 arrives with Ledger Nano Gen5 compatibility and patches for daemon synchronization problems.
Your encrypted messages sit on infrastructure controlled by a German private equity firm whose previous acquisitions include Cloud7 premium dog beds and The Tofoo Company.
Hiding 53.5 kilograms of cocaine in a vehicle's exhaust system worked exactly as well as anyone with basic OPSEC knowledge would expect Revenue officers found it in minutes.
GNUnet 0.26.2 shipped December 22, 2025 with two targeted bugfixes: NULL reporting in the post-quantum cryptography layer and UTF-8 case conversion API repair.
Every Tor circuit travels through exactly three relays, but the algorithm selecting those relays determines whether your traffic stays anonymous or gets correlated.
The latest Qubes release eliminates disposable VM boot delays while introducing self-identity device assignment for hardware you actually control.
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