A new installer for Petya was released that also installs the Mischa Ransomware if it is unable to gain Administrative privileges. In the past, when Petya was installed it requested Administrative privilegesRead More →
How does the U.S. government beat Tor, the anonymity software used by millions of people around the world? By hiring someone with experience on the inside. A former Tor ProjectRead More →
The number of people accessing Facebook via the “dark web” now stands at 1 million per month, the tech giant announced today (April 22). Facebook has maintained an “Onion” siteRead More →
Short Bytes: Sarah Jamie Lewis is an independent security researcher who has devised a tool called OnionScan to locate the loopholes in dark web sites. This will allow system admins toRead More →
FBI is fighting back against the federal judge’s order to reveal the Tor Exploit and with DoJ filed a sealed motion requesting the review of the ruling. A few weeksRead More →
Political dissidents and cyber criminals alike will soon be sending anonymous internet traffic through a library at Western University in Canada, thanks to a new “node” in the encrypted TorRead More →
Short Bytes: While TOR software suite promises enhanced privacy and security, researchers have found new ways like TOR user fingerprinting to unmask the users. One such I.T. security expert hasRead More →
A security researcher has devised a new technique to track users by analyzing the mouse movements, even when surfing on the Tor network. While we surf on the Internet weRead More →
What’s driving the surge in hidden services—is it government tampering? In recent weeks, the number of “hidden services”—usually Web servers and other Internet services accessible by a “.onion” address on theRead More →
‘Sybil’ nodes could be used to de-anonymise traffic. The Tor Project is working with Princeton University boffins to try and identify possibly malicious nodes, and prevent them from harvesting traffic byRead More →
