Tor Browser 3.6.3 - Use Tor on Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux without needing to install any software

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 Team Recommends Workarounds for Flaw in I2P

The developers of the TAILS operating system say that users can mitigate the severity of the critical vulnerability researchers discovered in the I2P software that’s bundled with TAILS with a couple of workarounds, but there is no patch for the bug yet. The vulnerability that affects TAILS is in...

Researchers Demo TAILS Flaw Exploit, Disclose Details to Developers

The critical vulnerability in the TAILS operating system discovered by researchers at Exodus Intelligence lies in the I2P software that’s bundled with the OS and the company has released some details and a video demonstrating an exploit against the bug. Exodus researchers said that the...

Researchers Plan to Disclose Critical Bugs to TAILS Team Soon

The developers of the TAILS operating system are poised to release a new version of the software–which is designed to preserve privacy and anonymity–and it includes several security fixes. However, there are several other security issues that aren’t patched in the new release, vulnerabilities...

Infosec A-Team to Launch NSA-Proof Invisible Messenger for Whistleblowers

If a whistleblower discloses an activity to the public, then there should be a trust-based mechanism that ensure the protection of truth-tellers on an international level by hiding their identities. In an effort to provide this kind of service and security, Security experts grouped together to...

Tor 0.1.2.15 ControlPort Missing Authentication Unauthorized Access Vulnerability

No description provided by source. source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25188/info Tor is prone to an unauthorized-access vulnerability due to a design error when handling multiple connections to the ControlPort. An attacker can exploit this issue to reconfigure Tor and significantly weaken t...

New Oil and Natural Gas ONG-ISAC Launches

Energy utilities certainly have not been spared by hackers who for years have targeted vulnerabilities in process control systems and networks with alarming success. In a move to close the gap and keep that corner of the U.S.’ critical infrastructure secure, a new information sharing group popped...

[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: tor-0.2.4.22-2.fc20

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...

Tails - The Amnesic Incognito Live System Released

Tails , The Amnesic Incognito Live System, is a live system that aims to preserve your privacy and anonymity. It helps you to use the Internet anonymously and circumvent censorship almost anywhere you go and on any computer but leaving no trace unless you ask it to explicitly. It is a complete...

Tor Browser v3.6 - Anonymity Online and defend yourself against network surveillance and traffic analysis

The Tor Browser Bundle lets you use Tor on Windows, Mac 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 anonymity, and is self-contained. Changelog v3.6 Here is the complete changelog since TBB 3.5.4...

Applink configuration data is exposed anonymously

If you make an anonymous GET request to /rest/issueLinkAppLink/1/appLink/info , the instance will tell you all the names, IDs and URLs of the applinks configured on the instance. e.g. an anonymous request to https://jira.atlassian.com/rest/issueLinkAppLink/1/appLink/info returns code:javascript...

WhiteHat Releases Aviator Browser for Windows

The privacy and anonymity of users’ online communications has been at the forefront of many discussions in the tech community and the general public in the last year as more and more information has leaked out about the NSA’s methods and how the agency collects vast amounts of user data. Keeping...

Tor Network used to Host 900 Botnets and hidden Darknet Markets

Tor network offers users browse the Internet anonymously and is mostly used by activists, journalists to conceal their online activities from prying eyes. But it also has the Dark side, as Tor is also a Deep Web friendly tool that allows hackers and cyber criminals to carry out illicit activities...

Tor Instant Messaging Bundle - A New Anonymous and Encrypted messaging Software

We are living in an era of Mass Surveillance, conducted by the Government Agencies like the NSA and GCHQ, and we ourselves gave them an open invitation as we all have sensors in our pockets that track us everywhere we go i.e. Smartphone. Encryption and security are more important today than any...

Learn How DuckDuckGo Search Engine helps you to be a Good Programmer

So you want to be a Programmer? Want to learn - How to code, Debug, and Program? The Web is full of free resources that can turn you into a programmer in no time, but never knew Where to start or How to troubleshoot your programs. Learning How to be a good programmer begins with learning logic...

Tor Exit Relay Scanner: Exitmap

Tor is one of the best and freely available privacy software that lets people communicate anonymously online through a series of nodes that is designed to provide anonymity for users and bypass Internet censorship. An exit node, the final destination in the series of servers Tor users hop through...

Malicious Russian Tor Exit Relays Intercepting encrypted Traffic of Facebook Users

Tor is one of the best and freely available privacy software that lets people communicate anonymously online through a series of nodes that is designed to provide anonymity for users and bypass Internet censorship. When you use the Tor software, your IP address remains hidden and it appears that...

28% of Internet Users know the Importance of Online Privacy Tools

Privacy is “workings of your mind”. We share our personal moments captured in images, credit card details, thoughts that are personal or professional with a person or a certain group at different instances of time and want it to be safe and secure. We use an electronic gadget to share something...

[Bugtroid] Pentesting for Android

Bugtroid is an innovative tool developed by the team of Bugtraq-Team. The main features of this apk, is that it has more than 200 Android and Linux tools PRO for pentesting and forensics through its Smarthphone or tablet. It has a menu categorized according to the nature of the tool may find:...

Chewbacca Tor-Based Malware Steals Keystrokes

The Tor network may provide a lead-lined cover for Internet users seeking a measure of privacy online, but it also has proven to be an attractive shelter for attackers. A number of malware campaigns have been able to successfully maneuver on Tor, using the anonymity network as a communication...