Security News

Did Carnegie Mellon Attack Tor for the FBI? (Schneier on Security)
2015-11-16 12:19

There's pretty strong evidence that the team of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University who canceled their scheduled 2015 Black Hat talk deanonymized Tor users for the FBI. Details are in this...

Week in review: Linux ransomware, university researchers unmask Tor users, and how one man changed the way we understand SSL (Help Net Security)
2015-11-16 07:35

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: Ivan Ristic and SSL Labs: How one man changed the way we understand SSL "When I originally came with the idea of SSL...

Tor: FBI Paid CMU $1 Million to De-Anonymize Users (Threatpost)
2015-11-12 20:15

The Tor Project accuses the FBI of paying Carnegie Mellon University $1 million to attack Tor hidden services and uncloak users of the anonymity network.