Tag: tor
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Dark Web Kingpin Gets 40 Years for Facilitating $430 Million in Illegal Transactions
Meet Raheim Hamilton, aka Sydney and ZeroAngel, the dark web kingpin behind Empire Market, who just got 40 years for facilitating a whopping $430 million in shady deals. He and his partner made it easy for users to stay under the radar with cryptocurrency, encryption, and even a rating system for vendors who could best conceal their illicit goods.

Malware Worms Infect npm Ecosystem in Dual Supply Chain Attacks
Meet IronWorm, a sneaky Rust-based malware that's infecting the npm ecosystem by scraping sensitive secrets from developers' machines and spreading through poisoned packages. This stealthy threat hides behind an eBPF kernel rootkit and communicates with its operators over Tor.