Security News

French Police Seize 6 Tor Relay Servers in WannaCry Investigation (The Hackers News)
2017-06-11 08:51

WannaCry, the biggest ransomware attack in the history, gained prominence very rapidly in the media globally after the ransomware infected more than 300,000 computers in over 150 countries within...

APT29 Used Domain Fronting, Tor to Execute Backdoor (Threatpost)
2017-03-27 20:14

APT29, a/k/a Cozy Bear, has used Tor and a technique called domain fronting in order to secure backdoor access to targets for nearly two years running.

FBI's Exploit Against Tor (Schneier on Security)
2017-03-13 11:33

The Department of Justice is dropping all charges in a child-porn case rather than release the details of a hack against Tor....

DOJ Dismisses Playpen Case to Keep Tor Hack Private (Threatpost)
2017-03-06 20:33

Prosecutors with the U.S. Department of Justice dropped their case against a suspect who visited the dark web site child pornography site Playpen.

Week in review: Windows DoS zero-day, uncloaking Tor Browser users (Help Net Security)
2017-02-06 04:32

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Half of IT pros don’t know how to improve their security posture Mid-market enterprises have high confidence in their...

Uncloaking Tor Browser users with DRM-protected files (Help Net Security)
2017-02-03 17:40

Digital Rights Management (DRM)-protected media files can be used to reveal Tor Browser users’ actual IP address and therefore possibly reveal their identity, HackerHouse researchers have...