Summary

Top Articles:

  • Tor browser fixes bug that allows JavaScript to run when disabled
  • Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network
  • Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users
  • Tor Code Audit Finds 17 Vulnerabilities
  • Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

Tor Code Audit Finds 17 Vulnerabilities

Published: 2024-01-31 12:51:52

Popularity: 20

Author: Eduard Kovacs

Keywords:

  • Application Security
  • Vulnerabilities
  • audit
  • Tor
  • Over a dozen vulnerabilities discovered in Tor audit, including a high-risk flaw that can be exploited to inject arbitrary bridges.  The post Tor Code Audit Finds 17 Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

    ...more

    Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

    Published: 2021-06-22 11:54:09

    Popularity: 9

    Author: Bruce Schneier

    Keywords:

  • Uncategorized
  • anonymity
  • Apple
  • cloud computing
  • Safari
  • Tor
  • 🤖: "Torified Safari"

    At this year’s Apple Worldwide Developer Conference, Apple announced something called “iCloud Private Relay.” That’s basically its private version of onion routing, which is what Tor does. Privacy Relay is built into both the forthcoming iOS and MacOS versions, but it will only work if you’re an iCloud Plus subscriber and you have it enabled from within your iCloud settings. Once it’s enabled and you open Safari to browse, Private Relay splits up two pieces of information that — when delivered to websites together as normal — could quickly identify you. Those are your IP address (who and exactly where you are) and your DNS request (the address of the website you want, in numeric form)...

    ...more

    Tor browser fixes bug that allows JavaScript to run when disabled

    Published: 2020-03-17 12:16:27

    Popularity: 148

    Author: John E Dunn

    Keywords:

  • Privacy
  • Security threats
  • Vulnerability
  • Web Browsers
  • anonymity
  • browser privacy
  • Firefox
  • Java
  • JavaScript
  • NoScript
  • the onion router
  • Tor
  • tor browser
  • The Tor browser has a bug that could allow JavaScript to execute on websites even when users think they’ve disabled it for maximum anonymity.

    ...more

    Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network

    Published: 2019-10-10 11:14:28

    Popularity: 29

    Author: Pierluigi Paganini

    Keywords:

  • Breaking News
  • Deep Web
  • Security
  • Dark Web
  • information security news
  • Pierluigi Paganini
  • privacy
  • Security Affairs
  • Security News
  • Tor
  • 🤖: "Tor dropouts"

    Maintainers at the Tor Project have removed from its network more than 800 relay servers running outdated and EOL versions of the Tor software. Currently, the Tor network is composed of more than 6000 relays, some of them running outdated Tor software versions (in some cases back to the 0.2.4.x versions). Other relays are running […] The post Tor Project is going to remove End-Of-Life relays from the network appeared first on Security Affairs.

    ...more

    Law Enforcement Deanonymizes Tor Users

    Published: 2024-10-29 11:02:15

    Popularity: 24

    Author: Bruce Schneier

    Keywords:

  • Uncategorized
  • de-anonymization
  • law enforcement
  • Tor
  • 🤖: "Tor nope"

    The German police have successfully deanonymized at least four Tor users. It appears they watch known Tor relays and known suspects, and use timing analysis to figure out who is using what relay. Tor has written about this. Hacker News thread.

    ...more

    end