The Dark Web in 2025: How AI Is Supercharging the Criminal Underworld

 The dark web has become a bustling marketplace of cybercrime syndicates, digital mercenaries, and illicit services. Artificial intelligence has become the biggest game changer on the dark web—acting as an enabler, weapon, and shield for threat actors. The number of reported AI-enabled cyber attacks rose 47% globally in 2025.

AI has become entrenched in nearly every layer of underground activity: powering hyper-realistic deepfakes, automating malware, refining phishing campaigns, and helping criminals stay one step ahead of global law enforcement. As AI reshapes the dark web, it also introduces urgent challenges related to privacy, ethics, and global regulation.

While AI is increasingly being used to fight cybercrime—IBM reports that 51% of enterprises now use security AI or automation, resulting in an average of $1.8 million less in breach costs—this blog focuses on the sinister side of AI and its impact on the dark web.

AI: The Dark Web’s New Criminal Accelerator

AI has become a core engine powering modern cybercrime. By 2025, threat actors are leveraging advanced models to support every phase of their operations, including:

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