Identifying users who access Tor hidden services—websites that are only accessible inside the Tor anonymity network—is easier than de-anonymizing users who use Tor to access regular Internet websites.

Certificate authority DigiCert is considering issuing SSL certificates to more Tor .onion address owners after recently providing Facebook with one. However, SSL certificates for pseudo-top-level ...

Little is known about how U.S. and European law enforcement shut down more than 400 websites, including Silk Road 2.0, which used technology that hides their true IP addresses. The websites were set ...

The Tor anonymity network has generated controversy almost constantly since its inception almost two decades ago. Supporters say it’s a vital service for protecting online privacy and circumventing ...

World's most widely used Web server often displays geographic locations of Tor sites. Our end goal for the internet is not compatible with how its setup. There are too many updates needed, and too ...

The Internet is less of a wild west than it once was, but there are still corners of it that are obscured from view and quite shady. For instance, Tor hidden services have included numerous criminal ...

Are Tor's hidden services being overrun by images of child abuse? That's the conclusion of a new paper presented at the Chaos Computer Club Conference in Hamburg this week. Researchers examined ...