Security News

Tor Browser 6.0 released (Help Net Security)
2016-06-01 13:15

The Tor Browser lets you use Tor on Windows, OS X, or Linux without needing to install any software. It can run off a USB flash drive, comes with a pre-configured web browser to protect your...

Judge Tosses Evidence Gathered by FBI’s Tor Exploit (Threatpost)
2016-05-27 14:00

A federal judge granted a defense motion in the case of a Vancouver teacher charged with possession of child pornography, excluding evidence gathered by a FBI network investigative technique that...

Motion Filed Asking FBI To Disclose Tor Browser Zero Day (Threatpost)
2016-05-12 12:56

Mozilla filed a motion asking the courts to compel the government to turn over details on a zero-day vulnerability in the Tor Browser used to hack visitors to a child pornography website.

Former Tor developer helped the FBI unmask Tor users (Help Net Security)
2016-04-28 21:36

A developer who used to work at Tor Project is the mastermind behind “Torsploit” (aka “Cornhusker”), the malware that was used by the FBI in 2012 to unmask visitors to three child pornography...