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THE TOR PROJECT is entering a crucial phase in its nearly 10-year existence. In the wake of the Edward Snowden leaks, it has assumed a higher profile in the world of privacy and security than ever before. But it’s also come under increased attack by governments out to demonize it, and by law enforcement and […]
Short Bytes: Researchers at MIT have developed MIT Secure SMS system called Vuvuzela which is more secure than Tor anonymous system. This invention was made after the MIT researchers made a pattern discovery in the Tor system about the traffic pattern of the data. Recently the researchers from MIT analyzed the patterns of packet directions […]
Short Bytes: With gitnonymous project, now you can obfuscate your true identity while making Git commits and pushing to public repositories. Using the instructions given on the GitHub page, learn to setup your anonymous account. Chris McCormick (aka chr15m) released an open source project called gitnonymous which can help you contribute to any public repository by […]
Proposed French Law Would Ban TOR In Response to Paris Terror Attacks France is looking to tighten its censorship laws after the gruesome Paris terror attacks. According to French newspaper Le Monde, authorities in Paris are considering banning the use of TOR anonymity service and ban free Wi-Fi service across France. French authorities hope to […]
A lot of people think that TOR services are unhackable because they are on a “secure environment”, but the truth is that those services are exactly the same that run on any normal server, and can be hacked with the same tools (metasploit,hydra,sqlmap…), the only thing you have to do is launch a transparent proxy […]
CARNEGIE MELLON’S researchers pulled their talk on cracking the protections of the anonymity software Tor from the schedule of the Black Hat security conference in 2014, the university has been nearly silent about rumors that their technique ended up in the FBI’s hands. Now the university has finally spoken up—to deny the Tor Project’s claim […]
More than a year ago, the Tor Project patched its software against a vulnerability being exploited by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University, it said, for the purpose of de-anonymizing users of Tor hidden services. Yesterday, Tor Project director Roger Dingledine accused the prominent Pittsburgh university of accepting at least a $1 million payout from the […]
Short Bytes: In a blog post, Tor Director has outlined the unethical ways that were employed by FBI to unmask Tor users. He added that the invasion of people’s privacy on a wholesale level is unacceptable by crossing the ethical lines between research and targeting innocent users. The Tor Project head has accused the FBI […]
Calling the formal recognition of the .onion as a Special-use Domain Name by the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) “a small and important landmark in the movement to build privacy into the structure of the Internet,” Jacob Appelbaum, a security researcher and developer, privacy expert and a core member of the Tor Project, said in […]
Short Bytes: The Tor Project has announced the release of the beta version of its Tor Messenger that allows you to chat anonymously over the Tor network. Built over Mozilla’s Instantbird platform, the Tor Messenger can be used by Windows, Mac and Linux users. With its motto of anonymity and security by default, The Tor […]
Dark-web deadbeats may not be as anonymous as they think. A bloke in the US was charged on Friday after FBI spyware caught him downloading child sex abuse material. Luis Escobosa, of Staten Island, admitted to Feds he broke federal child pornography laws by viewing depraved photos on a hidden Tor service. Unknown to Escobosa, […]
Short Bytes: Do you know about the Darknet and TOR? Here’s an interesting piece of information if you are interested in the web security and related niche. The internet you use and the websites your browse – these are just a fraction of the entire web. Some of you would be knowing this widely popular fact […]
Since Edward Snowden exposed the extent of online surveillance by the US government, there has been a surge of initiatives to protect users’ privacy. But it hasn’t taken long for one of these efforts—aproject to equip local libraries with technology supporting anonymous Internet surfing—to run up against opposition from law enforcement. In July, the Kilton Public […]
Short Bytes: The Dark Web sites running with .onion domain are now much safer to visit. Now, .onion has got a Special Use Domain status that grants it an official recognition and the websites are eligible for security certificates like the ordinary sites. The Dark Web is often painted as a place that is scary […]
Agora dark market suspends operations after finding “suspicious activity.” A dark market website that relies on the Tor privacy network to keep its operators anonymous is temporarily shutting down amid concerns attackers are exploiting a newly reported weakness that can identify server locations. As Ars reported last month, the technique requires the adversary to control […]
Short Bytes: A report from IBM researchers has shown that the use of Tor network is on the rise. As a result, the growth of malicious traffic and hacking attacks originating from the Tor network is higher than ever. The United States government helped in the creation of The Onion Router and it funds it regularly for its development. Many […]
Short Bytes: Traffic fingerprinting is a technique used to sniff the web traffic by analyzing the data packets’ flow pattern- without removing the encryption. This technique has been recently used successfully to break the layers of anonymity of the Tor network users and hidden services. The Tor network is one of the most used popular system […]
Earlier this month, as a part of the massive breach at the infamous Hacking Team, numerous documents were leaked. Since then, analysts are busy going through them and new revelations are greeting us each day. In the same process, leaked documents have revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) communicated with Hacking Team to […]
Tor is a free software that is widely used by people to protect their identity and avoid network surveillance. The Onion Router (TOR) stops the tracking of your internet activity by directing your traffic through a free and volunteer network of more than 6000 relays spread across the world. Recently a post was published on […]
What is the news? The popular Darknet email service, SIGAINT, has warned its users that its email service has become a target of a government attack. SIGAINT was targeted by an attacker who tried to hack the email service my utilizing 70 bad Tor exit nodes about a week ago. SIGAINT is an email service that […]
Security of Tor Project, the most popular service to browse the web anonymously, is under suspicion. Tor Project has suffered from a couple of security setbacks in the recent times. These included the attacks on Tor and confirmation of the possibility of the security breaches. Back in 2014, judicial agencies and law enforcement agencies all […]