Tag: Tor
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Command Line Tor
Let’s take a look at the command line first. So Tor, in the bundle we all know and love, consists of two things – the browser and the …
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A Quick Tor Primer
So Tor can be used by malware authors to hide, command, and control traffic. It’s not that common, but it is becoming more popular as a …
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HotSpot Shield, PureVPN & ZenMate found leaking users real IP addresses
“The fast response of Hotspot Shield is something we think is worth commending. We felt that they worked with our research team in a fast …
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HotSpot Shield, PureVPN & ZenMate found leaking users IP addresses
“The fast response of Hotspot Shield is something we think is worth commending. We felt that they worked with our research team in a fast …
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Tor pedo’s torpedo torpedoed: FBI spyware crossed the line but was in good faith, say judges
ANalysis US judges have shut down an appeal from a convicted pedophile who claimed the FBI hacking of his computer was an illegal and …
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Smashing Security #063: Carole’s back!
Fitness trackers breaching your privacy, how anyone can create convincing celebrity porn, and how ransomware authors are getting ripped off …
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Bitcoin payments used to unmask dark web users
Researchers have discovered a way of identifying those who bought or sold goods on the dark web, by forensically connecting them to Bitcoin …
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Bitcoin hijack steals from both ransomware authors AND their victims
Talk about having a bad day… First you get hit with ransomware, demanding you send a Bitcoin payment to anonymous hackers Then you …
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I’ll torpedo Tor weirdos, US AG storms: Feds have ‘already infiltrated’ darknet drug souks
The US Attorney General has set up a task force of FBI agents and tech nerds to further smoke out online peddlers of illegal opioids. The …
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Scammers become the scammed: Ransomware payments diverted with Tor proxy trickery
Cybercriminals are using Tor proxies to divert ransomware payments to their own Bitcoin wallets. Ransomware scammers have long directed …
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Old Bitcoin transactions can come back to haunt you
A group of researchers from Qatar University and Hamad Bin Khalifa University have demonstrated how years-old Bitcoin transactions can be …
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6 years jail time for ‘one of the largest dark web drug dealer
Burchard who went by the online handle of “Caliconnect” on the dark web was arrested in March 2016, and initially was pleaded not …
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