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TOR Browser Has Been Hit By Consistent DDOS Attacks For The Last 7 Months!
TOR (The Onion Ring) is undoubtedly a highly popular browser option among the more, shall we say, enthusiast-level of online users. Distributing your data connection via a number of volunteer proxies, the overall key concept of TOR is to provide a near-total level of anonymity within your online browsing. Yes,…
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MIT Creates Anonymity Network
When it comes to your online identity people are very protective of it. When it comes to remaining secret, some people decide to use anonymity networks such as Tor to help avoid detection online. While good the Tor network isn’t perfect so as a result, MIT has created a new…
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Mozilla Wants to Know How the FBI Hacked Tor
After it was revealed that the FBI had managed to take control of a site hosting illegal material, people were quickly asking how they had managed to use it identify a person amongst the thousands of users connecting to the site. Now it would seem that Mozilla, the company behind…
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Warrant Used To Track Users Through Tor Invalidated
When it was revealed that an NIT (network investigative technique) had been used to track people across Tor, people were worried about just how they had got permission to deploy such a far sweeping piece of computer malware. It would now seem that the warrant issued didn’t give as much…
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Tor Accuses CloudFlare Of Blocking Its Network
Content provider CloudFlare is no stranger to the spotlight, with being accused of protecting pro-ISIS by Anonymous causing it some issues. Now it would seem that they are instead on the throwing end of a claim, saying that requests they get from the Tor network (a network designed around allowing anonymous browsing…
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FBI Doesn’t Want To Tell How It Tracked People Across The Tor Network
The FBI are known for their digital prowess, although they may require some help when it comes to breaking into an iPhone. One of their most recent successes was the tracking of people using the Tor network, but after a judge ruled that the defendants representatives needed to know how…
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FBI Hacking Case Judge Doesn’t Understand Computing
A US Judge, during a case regarding the FBI’s use of Network Investigative Technique (NIT) – effectively a form of hacking – was found to have little knowledge or understanding of the concepts being discussed. During a hearing in Seattle on Friday (15th March), Judge Robert J. Bryan presided over…
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Judge Confirms CMU Was Hired to Break Tor by Government
The government is in the news a lot when it comes to technology, especially with Apple going toe to toe with the FBI over gaining access to secure systems. With every country in the world trying to catch up with the constantly changing world of technology, sometimes governments sometimes can…
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Judge Rules That FBI Tor Hack Must Be Revealed to Lawyer
FBI this, FBI that. It would seem that the FBI just can’t help but keep out of the news these days with Apple Vs the FBI seeming to turn companies against the government, but this is not the only case where the FBI is having trouble. The other case is when they…
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Innocent Tormail Users May be Victims of FBI Hacking
In 2013, the dark web email service Tormail was seized by the FBI and the contents of their servers taken with them. It was also suspected that the FBI had made use of a network investigative technique (NIT), an FBI term for a hacking tool to compromise some users of the…
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Facebook Android App Now Supports Tor
For those who are privacy conscious or live in countries where the Facebook service is censored, the social media giant’s Android application has long been unusable. This has changed with the latest version of the Facebook app, which includes the option for the app to route its traffic through the…
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FBI Tracked People Across The Dark Web
The FBI are known to by active in the digital world, having recently admitting to the use of Stingrays to monitor mobile communications and to use zero-day exploits to gain access to systems. It would now seem that there is nowhere that is safe for those who break the law…
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Vuvuzela Messaging System Hides Metadata With Spam
There are lots of ways people try to protect their privacy in the modern world, where techniques like encryption are under fire. While hiding message content can be effective, the ability to collect a mass of metadata can be just as invasive to your privacy if a company, government body…
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Tor Welcomes Shari Steele as Its New Executive Director
Tor has been around for about ten years now, and while the project was received with warmth by numerous users who wanted to maintain their anonymity online, several courts and governments have been trying to dismantle it for quite some time now. In order to evolve and make its goals…
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Twitter Users Hit by State-Sponsored Attackers
On Friday, a number of Twitter users received a notification from the social networking platform, explaining that their accounts had been the target of state-sponsored actors. Unsurprisingly, the supposed targets of these attacks were mass surveillance researchers and security professionals. The incident was surprising for users of Twitter, as until…
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