CloudFlare: 94 Percent of Tor Traffic Is Automated or Malicious

CloudFlare: 94 Percent of Tor Traffic Is Automated or Malicious

CloudFlare explains how it deals with Tor traffic

Like Apple, Tor Devs Would Quit Their Jobs If Ordered to Backdoor Their Software

Like Apple, Tor Devs Would Quit Their Jobs If Ordered to Backdoor Their Software

Tor Project reaffirms position against encryption backdoors

Tor Users Can Be Tracked Based on Their Mouse Movements

Tor Users Can Be Tracked Based on Their Mouse Movements

Researcher finds new methods of deanonymizing Tor users

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 29th, 2016
Tor Project Enlists Princeton University to Help Detect Sybil Attacks

Tor Project Enlists Princeton University to Help Detect Sybil Attacks

Tor gets help for fighting against Sybil attacks

Tor Project Accuses CloudFlare of Mass Surveillance, Sabotaging Tor Traffic

Tor Project Accuses CloudFlare of Mass Surveillance, Sabotaging Tor Traffic

CloudFlare is only the tip of the iceberg, many companies do the same, including Yahoo, Google, Akamai

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 25th, 2016
Judge: US Government Paid University to Deanonymize Tor Network

Judge: US Government Paid University to Deanonymize Tor Network

DOD paid $1 million to CMU to deanonymize Tor traffic

HTTP GZIP Leaks Data on the General Location of Tor Websites

HTTP GZIP Leaks Data on the General Location of Tor Websites

Some Tor servers may leak timezone info via gzipped files

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • February 18th, 2016
Dark Web Honeypot Shows How Quickly Leaked Passwords Attract Hackers

Dark Web Honeypot Shows How Quickly Leaked Passwords Attract Hackers

The conclusion: Don't reuse your passwords

Tor Browser 5.5.1 Brings a Functional Private Anonymous Browser to Chinese Users

Tor Browser 5.5.1 Brings a Functional Private Anonymous Browser to Chinese Users

The font fingerprinting defense regression has been fixed

Misconfigured Apache Servers Leak Details About Tor Traffic

Misconfigured Apache Servers Leak Details About Tor Traffic

It's not that bad, but it's not something you could ignore

Tor Browser 6.0 Now in Development, Devs Switch the Guest VMs to Debian Wheezy

Tor Browser 6.0 Now in Development, Devs Switch the Guest VMs to Debian Wheezy

Available for GNU/Linux, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows

Tor Browser 5.5 Gets an Official Release, Includes Tor 0.2.7.8

Tor Browser 5.5 Gets an Official Release, Includes Tor 0.2.7.8

Now based on the Mozilla Firefox 38.6.0 ESR browser

Tor-Based Tails 2.0 Anonymous Live CD Gets Closer to Release, RC1 Is Ready for Testing

Tor-Based Tails 2.0 Anonymous Live CD Gets Closer to Release, RC1 Is Ready for Testing

The amnesic incognito live system that keeps you safe online

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • January 10th, 2016
Cryptography Guru Announces Anonymous Communications Network Called PrivaTegrity

Cryptography Guru Announces Anonymous Communications Network Called PrivaTegrity

David Chaum announces new PrivaTegrity network, his own take on Tor and I2P, but with better encryption

The Tor Project Will Start a Bug Bounty Program

The Tor Project Will Start a Bug Bounty Program

Tor Project to host bug bounty program on HackerOne

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 12th, 2015
MIT Creates Untraceable Anonymous Messaging System Called Vuvuzela

MIT Creates Untraceable Anonymous Messaging System Called Vuvuzela

Researchers are still looking for a Tor alternative

  • Security
  • By Catalin Cimpanu
  • December 11th, 2015
The Anonymous GitHub Clone That Runs on the Dark Web

The Anonymous GitHub Clone That Runs on the Dark Web

Meet Jeff Becker and his creation: git.psi.i2p

 
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