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Cybercriminals have another way to use a remote server, even if they have not hacked it directly. This is buying unauthorized remote desktop accounts from black-market sites. The black market sites selling stolen remote server are not accessible using a mainstream browser, as they are in the Dark Web. The Dark Web is a section […]
After a digital manual for an MQ-9A Reaper drone belonging to the U.S. military was recently copied online without authorization, it came up for sale on the darknet at just $200 asking price. Andrei Barysevich, a researcher for the threat intelligence firm RecordedFuture, has suggested the deed was done by a non-sophisticated hacker. “Sadly, very […]
In addition to making you anonymous, the Tor network also gives access to the world of Darknet where activities like selling of drugs, weapons, and other illegal stuff happen. A year-long sting operation was conducted by different US agencies including the Secret Service, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), ICE’s Homeland Security Investigation (HSI). It led to […]
What is Tor? Tor is a free, open-source browser that functions using the onion routing process. Tor works on all kinds of internet protocols- HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, Gopher etc. The most notable thing about the Tor browser is that it provides secure browsing by creating an encrypted environment from where no one can access the […]
Tor, the anonymity network was in need of an upgrade, as the world started raising concerns about its reliability. It was this year only when a hacker managed to take down almost 1/5th of the onion network. The possible applications of Tor have reached far ahead than calling it a grey market for drugs and […]
A third banking trojan has added support for EternalBlue, an exploit supposedly created by the NSA, leaked online by the Shadow Brokers, and the main driving force behind the WannaCry and NotPetya ransomware outbreaks. The first banking trojans to do so were Emotet and TrickBot, back in July this year. These two banking trojans used heavy […]
Loopix is a new anonymity network developed by a group of researchers from University College London (UCL) that comes with all the good parts of previous systems and new additions to improve security. Both Loopix and Tor are based on the concept of mix networks and are meant to provide a way to send anonymous messages through […]
A startup that sells exploits to governments says it wants hacks for the browser used by activists, protesters, journalists, and criminals. A notorious startup is offering up to $1 million in rewards to security researchers who can find bugs and develop techniques to exploit the anonymous web surfing tool the Tor Browser. On Wednesday, Zerodium, a […]
On Monday, US authorities announced the arrest of a suspect who used Tor to disguise his online identity and coerce underage female victims into sending sexually explicit images and videos in a tactic commonly referred to as “sextortion.” According to court documents, the FBI managed to catch the suspect in June 2017 after it created […]
Short Bytes: Talking at the DEF CON convention in Las Vegas, the Tor Project co-founder Roger Dingledine said that the dark web doesn’t exist and it’s just a few web pages. He added that media has wrongly labeled it as a heaven for illegal activities. Also, only 3% of Tor users connect to a hidden […]
Following major companies and organizations, the non-profit group behind Tor Project, the largest online anonymity network that allows people to hide their true identity online, has finally launched a “Tor Bug Bounty Program”. With the growing number of cyber attacks and violations, a significant number of companies and organizations have started the Bug Bounty program […]
Tor wants to find bugs which could compromise the identity of its users. The Tor Project has joined with HackerOne to launch a public bug bounty program aimed at finding vulnerabilities which could compromise the anti-surveillance network. The Tor network is a system of nodes and relays used to mask online activity, as well as access areas […]
Creating a website is pretty simple. Creating a hidden service via Tor isn’t much different. In fact, if you have any semblance of what you’re doing, it might even be easier. The biggest thing – the most important step – is downloading Tor (obviously). You can’t do anything without the browser. After installation, you’ll need […]
Short Bytes: Tor Browser, the famous web browser based on Firefox ESR has just got its latest stable release, Tor 7.0. The latest release comes with updated add-ons and various bug fixes for Windows, Linux, macOS variants. Also, it includes Firefox’s multiprocess mode and content sandbox as an effort to tighten the security and improve performance. […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has identified dark web users after they downloaded media through a file sharing services. The DHS obtained the IP addresses of several suspects that visited a child porn site hosted in the Tor network. According to court filings, the suspects shared links to password-protected child pornography media on the Ziifile […]
With darkness is criminal not to browse the web search and another on the forums is to have legal problems. The truth is that: humanity is strange arbitrary. Possible that someone will read an article on the internet black and want to immediately learn more. Moreover, he will actually want the experience and will get […]
Browsing the dark web is not criminal. Doing research and posting on forums is not going to get you in legal trouble. The fact is: humanity is incredibly curious. Chances are someone will read an article about the dark web and instantly want to know more. Moreover, they’ll want to experience it firsthand. Download Tor […]
Short Bytes: TOR vs VPN, a futile discussion that has been in existence since the last five to ten years. The two are different technologies but they are designed to fulfill the same purpose, anonymity and unrestricted access. However, there are some different Tor and VPN which you might want to consider before choosing one of […]
Short Bytes: Want to create Tor’s hidden .onion URL of a website? A free tool named Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK) can help you out with this process by creating a man-in-the-middle proxy between the website and users. It should be noted that his tool only adds a .onion URL for anonymous users; it doesn’t hide your […]
APT29, a/k/a Cozy Bear, has been utilizing a technique called domain fronting in order to secure backdoor access to targets for nearly two years running, experts said Monday. The nation state attackers have reportedly been pairing the anonymity software Tor with a Tor plugin that specializes in domain fronting in order to make it seem as […]
Independent security researcher wants to make creating Tor hidden service versions of websites that much easier. More mainstream services and websites are moving towards the dark web. In 2014, Facebook launched its own Tor hidden service so people could connect to the social network more securely, and last year independent journalistic outfit ProPublica booted up […]