One of the most active banking Trojans that we have observed recently in email and exploit kits is one often referred to as Ursnif or Gozi ISFB [6]. Thanks toRead More →
In April, an independent researcher launched a tool called OnionScan, which probes dark web sites for various vulnerabilities and other issues. Now, another researcher has described how to deploy thatRead More →
Misbehaving hidden service directories are scattered around the world. The trust of the Tor anonymity network is in many cases only as strong as the individual volunteers whose computers form itsRead More →
Chap responsible for very early nodes says ‘recent events’ make it impossible to continue. Tor’s annus horribilus continues, with one of its earliest contributors, Lucky Green, quitting and closing downRead More →
The National Security Agency (NSA) has reportedly turned its focus on Tor and Linux users, having recently shown a keen interest in these users’ online activities. The NSA has goneRead More →
Tor has been the go-to for anonymous communication online for years now — and that has made it one of the juiciest targets possible to the likes of the NSARead More →
Macs targeted with new Backdoor.MAC.Eleanor trojan.Security researchers from Bitdefender have discovered a new malware family that opens a backdoor via the Tor network on Mac OS X systems. The malware’sRead More →
When it comes to accessing public websites, Tor has an intrinsic security problem: though the nodes between your computer and the public internet are unable to see where the trafficRead More →
Selfrando is an alternative to ASLR memory randomization. At the start of June, the Tor Project released version 6.5a1 of the Tor Browser, but compared to previous releases, this one alsoRead More →
Numbers so random no one can predict how random they’ll be. The Tor project has cooked up a new way to generate random numbers to help secure its next-generation onion router.Read More →
