Security News

New ways to fingerprint Tor Browser users discovered (Help Net Security)
2016-03-11 14:15

Users who want to remain anonymous online often opt for using the Tor Browser, which hides their real IP address, but there are techniques that (more or less) malicious actors can used to identify...

FBI subpoenaed Carnegie Mellon University for Tor-using suspect’s IP address (Help Net Security)
2016-02-25 19:04

A court order in the case of U.S. vs Brian Farrell, a man charged with conspiracy to distribute illegal drugs while he was allegedly an administrator of the Silk Road 2.0 website, has provided...

Judge Confirms DoD Funded Research to Decloak Tor Users (Threatpost)
2016-02-25 15:51

The Tor Project is dismayed at a District Court judge's confirmation that the government paid Carnegie Mellon University to research how to unmask users on the Tor network.