Security News

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...

ProtonMail Gets Own Tor-Accessible .Onion Hidden Service (Threatpost)
2017-01-19 19:25

Encrypted email service ProtonMail announced early Thursday that it had added its own Tor hidden service.