People buying opioids and sedatives online face deadly fakes, expert warns
National Crime Agency reveals 65 people have died from taking nitazenes, which are up to 100 times stronger than heroin
November 2022
Medibank says ransomware group’s threat to release customer information a ‘distressing development’
‘Data will publish within 24 hours’ post to darknet blog says, after Australian health insurer refused to pay ransom
July 2022
100,000 happy pictures: a new tool in the cyber ‘arms race’ against child sexual abusers
The volume of child sexual assault material online is on the rise. An Australian project is crowdsourcing images of safe children so it can find those in danger
March 2022
Rights and freedom
Viewers of online abuse at high risk of contacting children directly, study finds
Darknet survey finds 42% sought contact after watching sexual abuse online, with escalating porn habits driving users to illegal material
October 2021
Fears over availability of ‘date rape’ drugs online
Calls for restrictions around the substances to be tightened with five-year jail term or unlimited fines
September 2021
Rights and freedom
Online child abuse survey finds third of viewers attempt contact with children
Largest major survey of its kind finds 70% of respondents first saw child sexual abuse material when they were under 18
May 2021
The networker
Welcome to DarkSide – and the inexorable rise of ransomware
John Naughton
The hacking of a US gas pipeline is proof that cybercrime is now a major industry – with its own trading markets and even CSR
March 2021
Experts warn Covid vaccines being sold on darknet likely to be scams
Doses bought online could be unsafe or ineffective, and buyers’ money or personal information stolen, Australia’s regulator says
January 2021
'Too many crimes': police say arrests may follow Queensland darknet raids
Australian man arrested in Germany over 'world's largest' darknet marketplace
December 2020
Dark web crime: how Australia's powerful new warrants would work
Peter Dutton says Australia’s crime agencies need more powers to reach the darkest recesses of the online world. Here’s how they’ll work if passed
November 2020
Silk Road bitcoins worth $1bn change hands after seven years
Funds have lain dormant since darknet site founder Ross Ulbricht was jailed in 2013
April 2020
Darknet investigation finds hundreds of coronavirus 'cures', 'vaccines' and expensive PPE
Australian Institute of Criminology report finds 224 listings from 110 vendors in China, the US and Australia
November 2019
UK organised crime gangs profit most in Europe from darknet drugs sales – report
EU drugs agency estimates UK dark web vendors sold illegal drugs worth more than £24m
October 2019
Police arrest hundreds over international child sexual abuse website
South Korean-based site accepted digital currency for access to videos, with victims rescued in US, UK and Spain
May 2019
German police shut down one of world's biggest dark web sites
Arrests in Germany, Brazil and US relate to ‘Wall Street Market’ which allowed trade in drugs, stolen data and malicious software
April 2018
Terrorists ‘plot in shadows of the dark net’, report warns
Authorities must deny extremists use of ‘safe havens’ in cyberspace
March 2018
Australia books blog
The Darkest Web: exploring the ugly world of illegal online marketplaces
Eileen Ormsby was threatened with violence when she reported a hitmen-for-hire scam. Now the Australian writer goes even deeper into the dark web
February 2018
'Sadistic' paedophile Matthew Falder jailed for 32 years
Cambridge graduate blackmailed victims over dark web and encouraged rape of child
January 2018
Australia's financial regulator wants to go undercover on dark web
Australian Securities and Investment Commission says it needs more powers to combat financial crime
