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Tor Network Is Under Attack through Directory Authority Servers Seizures
Tor has been targeted once again, but this time at a much larger scale. A new attack on Tor network reportedly would either completely shut it down worldwide or turn it into evil network. This time Tor – an internet browser which allows people to maintain their anonymity online by protecting thei...
Tor Project Warns of Possible Upcoming Attack on Network
The Tor Project is warning that an unnamed attacker is planning to try to cripple the network by seizing directory authorities, the servers that help Tor clients find Tor relays in the network. Tor officials said that the network right now is still safe to use, and also emphasized that they are...
Paper: NetFlow Data De-Anonymizes Tor Users
Tor Project leaders are trying to rein in concerns about an academic paper describing an end-to-end traffic correlation attack that could be used by a well-funded attacker such as a nation state to de-anonymize traffic on Tor. Executive director Roger Dingledine points out that the researchers...
Parrot Security OS - Friendly OS designed for Pentesting, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Cloud pentesting, Privacy/Anonimity and Cryptography
Parrot Security OS is a cloud friendly operating system designed for Pentesting, Computer Forensic, Reverse engineering, Hacking, Cloud pentesting, privacy/anonimity and cryptography. Based on Debian and developed by Frozenbox network. Who can use it Parrot is designed for everyone, from the Pro...
New Mozilla Privacy Initiative to Include High-Capacity Tor Relays
Mozilla is starting a new initiative that the company says is designed to incorporate more privacy enhancing features into Firefox and the other Mozilla products. The project, known as Polaris, involves collaboration with The Tor Project and the Center for Democracy and Technology and will involv...
Facebook Now Accessible Via Tor Anonymous Network Using .Onion Address
If you are fan of the largest social networking site Facebook, but also want to remain anonymous while using your Facebook account, then there is really a Good news for you. Facebook on Friday began offering a way for security and Privacy conscious users to connect to its social networking servic...
Facebook Creates .Onion Site; Now Accessible Via Tor Network
UPDATE – This story has been updated with commentary from the Tor Project. Facebook announced today that the social network will now be directly available to users as a Tor hidden service. The Tor Project is an Internet-traffic anonymization service that relays user traffic through a number of...
TorBirdy - Torbutton for Thunderbird
TorBirdy is Torbutton for Thunderbird, Icedove and related Mozilla mail clients. It may also work with other non-web browser Mozilla programs such as Sunbird. This extension configures Thunderbird to make connections over the Tor anonymity network. Notable changes in this release include: 0.1.3, ...
Tor Browser 4.0 - Everything you need to safely browse the Internet
The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical...
Tails 1.2 - Privacy for anyone anywhere
Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity , and helps you to: use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship ; all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the...
Privacy-focused Tails 1.1.2 Operating System Released
Tails, a Linux-based highly secure Operating System specially designed and optimized to preserve users' anonymity and privacy, has launched its new release, Tails version 1.1.2. Tails, also known as 'Amnesiac Incognito Live System', is a free security-focused Debian-based Linux distribution, whic...
New Initiative Simply Secure Aims to Make Security Tools Easier to Use
The dramatic revelations of large-scale government surveillance and deep penetration of the Internet by intelligence services and other adversaries have increased the interest of the general public in tools such as encryption software, anonymity services and others that previously were mainly of...
Comcast Calls Reports it Will Terminate Tor Users Inaccurate
Comcast’s damage-control processes continue to get a workout. Weeks after an infamously exasperating exchange went public between a customer service person and a customer wishing to disconnect their service, the mega ISP spent most of the weekend defending itself from charges it was discouraging...
Tails 1.1.1 - The Amnesic Incognito Live System
Tails is a live operating system, that you can start on almost any computer from a DVD, USB stick, or SD card. It aims at preserving your privacy and anonymity , and helps you to: use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship ; all connections to the Internet are forced to go through the...
Intelligence Insiders Disclose Bug Information With Tor
The executive director of the Tor Project told the BBC that U.S. and U.K. intelligence agencies are in an internal cat and mouse game, with one faction trying to break the anonymity network, and another one sharing bugs anonymously with Tor developers. Andrew Leman, in an extensive...
[SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: tor-0.2.4.23-1.fc19
Tor is a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system. Applications connect to the local Tor proxy using the SOCKS protocol. The local proxy chooses a path through a set of relays, in which each relay knows its predecessor and successor, but no others. Traffic flowing down the...
Tor Browser 3.6.4 and 4.0-alpha-1 are released
The Tor software protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run by volunteers all around the world: it prevents somebody watching your Internet connection from learning what sites you visit, it prevents the sites you visit from learning your physical...
Debian DSA-2993-1 : tor - security update
Several issues have been discovered in Tor, a connection-based low-latency anonymous communication system, resulting in information leaks. - Relay-early cells could be used by colluding relays on the network to tag user circuits and so deploy traffic confirmation attacks CVE-2014-5117. The update...
[SECURITY] [DSA 2993-1] tor security update
------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2993-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Peter Palfrader July 31, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...
