apple
Apple rolled identity verification into iOS 26.4 for UK users under the Online Safety Act, requiring credit card scans or government photo ID to confirm users are over 18. If you decline, app downloads and in-app purchases get restricted on a phone you already own. The system is expanding
tails
Tails 7.5 upgrades to Tor 0.4.9.5 with Counter Galois Onion encryption and patches over 30 high-severity Firefox vulnerabilities through Tor Browser 15.0.7.
botnet
On February 3, 2026, the I2P anonymity network was flooded with 700,000 hostile nodes in what became one of the most devastating Sybil attacks an anonymity network has ever experienced. The network normally operates with 15,000 to 20,000 active devices. The attackers overwhelmed it by a factor
tor
Tor Browser 15.0.6 ships with Counter Galois Onion circuit encryption that eliminates tagging attacks, plus a heap buffer overflow patch from Firefox ESR 140.7.1.
whonix
Whonix 18.1.4.2 disables VirtualBox dynamic resolution by default after developers discovered the auto-resize feature creates unique fingerprints that persist across reboots.
cybersecurity
A criminal proxy service openly bragged "Working since 2004!" on its homepage while the FBI apparently had other priorities for two decades.
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.
Darknet & Darkweb News, OpSec, OSINT and More
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.
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 16.0a2 lands with a Firefox 147 base, OpenSSL 3.5.5 security patches, and the first glimpse of life after ESR.
A Macron loyalist filed a complaint because he didn't like X's algorithm, and now Europol is calling it a child exploitation investigation.
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.
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.
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.