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Firefox 0-day exploited in the wild to unmask Tor users (Help Net Security)
2016-11-30 17:09

An anonymous user of the SIGAINT darknet email service has revealed the existence of a JavaScript exploit that is apparently being actively used to de-anonymize Tor Browser users. The warning came through a post on the tor-talk mailing list, which included the exploit (one HTML and one CSS file). Tor Project leader Roger Dingledine acknowledged the post, noted that the Firefox team is already working on a patch, and once it is done, the Tor … More →


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