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TorMoil Vulnerability Leaks Real IP Address from Tor Browser Users
The Tor Project has released a security update for the Tor Browser on Mac and Linux to fix a vulnerability that leaks users' real IP addresses.
- November 03, 2017
- 03:58 PM
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Russian Authorities Announce Takedown of RAMP Dark Web Marketplace
Russian police acknowledged today that they were responsible for taking down RAMP [Russian Anonymous Marketplace] — a Tor-based market that primarily sold drugs — a Russian Interior Ministry official told Russian news agency TASS today.
- September 19, 2017
- 10:37 AM
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New Webinar: Choose Your Own Investigation — Browser Attack Edition
Modern attacks have shifted focus to the browser, yet detection tools remain largely blind to the crucial activity happening there.
Join Push Security on February 11th for an interactive "choose-your-own-adventure" webinar on ClickFix, credential phishing, and other in-browser attacks we've observed in the wild.
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The Loopix Anonymity System Wants to Be a More Secure Alternative to Tor
Loopix is a new anonymity network developed by a group of researchers from University College London (UCL) that comes with all the good parts of previous systems and new additions to improve security.
- September 16, 2017
- 01:35 PM
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Ichidan Is a Shodan-Like Search Engine for the Dark Web
Two days ago, Bleeping Computer came across a new Dark Web portal that allows users to search Tor Onion sites in the same way users utilize Shodan to discover Internet-exposed services.
- September 14, 2017
- 03:35 AM
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Exploit Broker Zerodium Offers $1 Million for Tor Browser Zero-Days
Zerodium, a company that buys exploits to sell to government agencies, is offering up to $1 million for zero-days affecting the Tor Browser.
- September 13, 2017
- 12:38 PM
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FBI Used Booby-Trapped Video to Catch Suspected Sextortionist Hiding Behind Tor
On Monday, US authorities announced the arrest of a suspect who used Tor to disguise his online identity and coerce underage female victims into sending sexually explicit images and videos in a tactic commonly referred to as "sextortion."
- August 09, 2017
- 10:06 AM
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Russia Passes Bill Banning Proxies, Tor, and VPNs
A bill that bans the use of proxies, Tor, and VPNs passed the Russian government's two legislative bodies and has now reached the desk of President Vladimir Putin, who can now sign it into law just by a stroke of his quill.
- July 26, 2017
- 12:15 AM
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Briar Tor-Based Messenger Passes Security Audit, Enters Beta Stage
Briar, an instant messaging service that works over the Tor network, has reached beta stage today, the app's creators announced.
- July 21, 2017
- 02:00 PM
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Scammer Uses Fake Tor Browser to Lure Victims to Supposed Dark Web Marketplace
A new malicious app disguised as a modified version of the Tor Browser is targeting users looking to buy illegal products off the Dark Web.
- July 13, 2017
- 12:35 AM
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French Police Seize Two Tor Relays in WannaCry Investigation
Two days after the WannaCry ransomware outbreak wreaked havoc across the world, French police seized a server running two Tor relays belonging to French activist Aeris, who said the server was confiscated in connection to the WannaCry attacks.
- June 11, 2017
- 04:40 AM
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It's Probably a Bad Idea to Run a Tor Exit Node in Your Home, in Russia
Russian authorities have arrested a mathematics teacher from Moscow on accusations of organizing riots and calling for terrorist activities or justifying the use of terrorism via the Internet.
- April 13, 2017
- 04:35 AM
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Tor Browser Will Feature More Rust Code
The Tor Browser, a heavily modified version of the Firefox browser with many privacy-enhancing features, will include more code written in the Rust programming language.
- April 02, 2017
- 03:00 AM
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New Dark Web Service Helps Crooks Trick You in Revealing Your Payment Card PIN
A new service launched on the Dark Web this week simplifies the process of tricking victims whose card details have been exposed into revealing their card's PIN.
- March 03, 2017
- 01:00 PM
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Quickly Add an .onion URL to Your Site with the Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK)
Security researcher Alec Muffett has created a new project called the Enterprise Onion Toolkit (EOTK), which can help website owners add a .onion URL for their site's domain in a matter of minutes.
- February 10, 2017
- 08:40 AM
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AthenaGo RAT Uses Tor2Web Proxy System to Hide C&C Server
Security researchers have discovered a never-before-seen remote access trojan (RAT) that utilizes Tor proxies to redirect traffic from infected hosts to servers hidden on the Tor network.
- February 09, 2017
- 01:45 PM
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Windows DRM Files Used to Decloak Tor Browser Users
Downloading and trying to open Windows DRM-protected files can deanonymize Tor Browser users and reveal their real IP addresses, security researchers from Hacker House have warned.
- February 02, 2017
- 08:20 AM
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Meet TorWorld, an Upcoming Tor-as-a-Service Portal
TorWorld project wants to teach you about Tor and become a hosting provider for Tor nodes.
- January 25, 2017
- 01:00 AM
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ProtonMail Is Now Available via a Tor Address to Avoid Global Censorship
ProtonMail, today's largest provider of encrypted email services, has announced today a Tor URL that users can utilize if the service is blocked in their country by ISPs or the central government.
- January 19, 2017
- 09:25 AM
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Ultrasound Tracking Could Be Used to Deanonymize Tor Users
Ultrasounds emitted by ads or JavaScript code hidden on a page accessed through the Tor Browser can deanonymize Tor users by making nearby phones or computers send identity beacons back to advertisers, data which contains sensitive information that state-sponsored actors can easily obtain via a subpoena.
- January 03, 2017
- 11:16 AM
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Firefox 52 Borrows One More Privacy Feature from the Tor Browser
Mozilla engineers have added a mechanism to Firefox 52 that prevents websites from fingerprinting users using system fonts.
- December 30, 2016
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