Google is shutting down its dark web monitoring this week. Here’s why it never helped much – and what actually protects your accounts and identity instead.

Having your personal data stolen is an ongoing risk for anyone using the internet in any form. Email, social media, banking, healthcare, streaming, and any app or service that requires a login are at ...

There’s a thriving marketplace for personal information operating below the internet’s surface. Here’s what you need to know. You know how valuable your personal information, like your Social Security ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alex Vakulov is a cybersecurity expert focused on consumer security. The internet can be thought of as a vast iceberg, with the ...

Google noted that the dark web report would stop monitoring for new entries on January 15. The data it finds will be available for another month, leaving Google’s system on February 16. In essence, ...

The dark web gets a bad reputation, but I've learned to navigate it safely for legitimate research and privacy purposes—without breaking any laws. I always start my dark web journey with the right ...

Google is discontinuing its "dark web report" security tool, stating that it wants to focus on other tools it believes are more helpful. Google's dark web report tool is a security feature that ...

The dark web often feels like a mystery, hidden beneath the surface of the internet that most people use every day. But to understand how scams and cybercrimes actually work, you need to know what ...

You see a green ombre screen, a graphic of a cut onion and a header that reads "Welcome to Tor Browser, you are now free to browse the internet anonymously." You're ...

Staying one step ahead of cybercriminals requires a proactive approach. Integrating dark web intelligence into your open-source ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Davey Winder is a veteran cybersecurity writer, hacker and analyst. Update, March 7, 2025: This story, originally published March ...