Dark Net… How Elliot & Fsociety Made Their Hack of Evil Corp Untraceable 17 Aug 201717 Aug 2017 Welcome back, my tenderfoot hackers! Well, the first season of Mr. Robot just ended and Elliot and fsociety successfully took down Evil Corp! They have effectively destroyed over 70% of the world's…
Legal… Aaron Swartz and MIT: The inside story 29 Jul 201729 Jul 2017 The mysterious visitor called himself Gary Host at first, then Grace Host, which he shortened for his made-up e-mail address to “ghost,” a joke apparently, perhaps signaling mischievousness — or…
Attacks… How Shipping Giant Maersk Dealt With a Malware Meltdown, And Other Security News This Week 3 Jul 20173 Jul 2017 WHEN A PIECE of unprecedented malicious software rampages through thousands of critical networks around the world, it tends to get our full attention. And this week's digital plague, known as…
Cyber Security… SSH Tunneling 9 May 20179 May 2017 Recently I wanted to set up a remote desktop sharing session from home pc to my laptop. While going through the set up guide I came across ssh tunneling. Even…
Cloud Security… Forget VPN’s for private browsing, get involved with TOR 3 Apr 20174 Apr 2017 Recently President Trump reversed a privacy law that was introduced in the last administration, that prevented Internet Service Providers (ISP's) from selling your data to advertisers. When I say your…
Privacy… Facebook manifesto redacted to omit plans for AI to monitor private messages 19 Feb 201719 Feb 2017 An earlier version of Mark Zuckerberg's 6,000-word manifesto for Facebook revealed his belief that artificial intelligence could one day be used to monitor private messages for terrorists scheming an attack.…
Privacy Upgrade your SSH keys! 24 Sep 201624 Sep 2016 Whether you're a software developer or a sysadmin, I bet you're using SSH keys. Pushing your commits to Github or managing your Unix systems, it's best practice to do this…
Privacy… A new Tor that can resist next-generation state surveillance 1 Sep 20161 Sep 2016 Tor is an imperfect privacy platform. Ars meets the researchers trying to replace it. J.M. Porup - 31/8/2016, 07:25 Since Edward Snowden stepped into the limelight from a hotel room in Hong…
Cyber Security… Schneier has joined the Tor project 15 Jul 201616 Jul 2016 It's with great satisfaction that I bring you the news that security expert Bruce Schneier has joined the Tor project as a director. Schneier has just confirmed it on his…
Privacy App Tracks Where Governments Hack Activists and Reporters 28 May 201628 May 2016 IN AN AGE when spies carefully hide their tracks through layers of obfuscation and proxy servers, locating the perpetrators of online surveillance is often nearly impossible. But the victims…
Privacy Keep Identity Anonymous Using Tor and VPN 19 Apr 201619 Apr 2016 ANONABOX DEVICES BLEND TOR AND VPN TOGETHER TO PROVIDE USERS WITH UTMOST ANONYMITY ON THE INTERNET Anonabox, a hardware company focused on providing internet security and privacy for users has announced…
Privacy An NSA-Proof Twitter, Built With Code From Bitcoin and BitTorrent 13 Apr 201613 Apr 2016 When mass political protests erupted throughout Brazil in June, Miguel Freitas did what countless others did: He followed the news on Twitter. Tweets revealed information he couldn’t get anywhere else,…
Privacy Who’s tracking your location? Just about everybody 8 Apr 20168 Apr 2016 That pricey device in your pocket knows exactly where you are. And it’s sharing your location with more people than you realize. Your smartphone is equipped with antennas that send…
Cyber Security… Tor Project says it can catch spying code 29 Mar 201629 Mar 2016 The Tor Project is fortifying its software so that it can quickly detect if its network is tampered with for surveillance purposes, a top developer for the volunteer project wrote…
Privacy Setup a VPN On Kali Linux For Anonymity 16 Mar 201616 Mar 2016 Virtual Private Networks (vpn) create an encrypted ‘tunnel’ between your computer and the host server, with the internet traffic going in and out of the host server. Your ISP or…
Cyber Security… Contribute to privacy: Configure a TOR relay 9 Mar 20169 Mar 2016 The Tor network relies on volunteers to donate bandwidth. The more people who run relays, the faster the Tor network will be. If you have at least 2 megabits/s for…
Privacy How Mobile Ads Leak Personal Data 23 Feb 201623 Feb 2016 The personal information of millions of smartphone users is at risk due to in-app advertising that can leak potentially sensitive user information between ad networks and mobile app developers, according…
Privacy Google Has Gathered Info On You. Here’s How To Delete It! 9 Feb 20169 Feb 2016 In the past there was the Roman Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire. Over here in 2015 we have the Google empire. No seriously, think about it! Google…
Privacy Comodo’s so-called ‘Secure Internet Browser’ Comes with Disabled Security Features 3 Feb 20163 Feb 2016 Beware Comodo Users! First of all, make sure whether your default browser had been changed to "Chromodo" -- a free browser offered by Comodo Antivirus. If your head node is…
Privacy Privacy rejoice: Facebook’s Android app now supports Tor 20 Jan 201622 Feb 2017 Facebook has added the option to route traffic from its Android mobile app over the Tor anonymity network. This will come as good news for privacy-conscious users or those living…
Cryptography… Moves to rein in ‘dark’ networks 7 Dec 201522 Feb 2017 A key House lawmaker is pushing a new initiative to deal with the proliferation of encrypted technologies that critics say allow terrorists to communicate without detection. The effort from House…
Dark Net… Tor Project appeals for help to continue 25 Nov 201522 Feb 2017 The Tor anonymous browsing project has asked for donations to improve the network and invest in educational projects. The Tor Project is a non-profit scheme which runs Tor. Otherwise known…
Privacy Beware of ads that use inaudible sound to link your phone, TV, tablet, and PC 19 Nov 201522 Feb 2017 Privacy advocates are warning federal authorities of a new threat that uses inaudible, high-frequency sounds to surreptitiously track a person's online behavior across a range of devices, including phones, TVs,…
Privacy… Tor launches anti-censorship Messenger service 2 Nov 20152 Nov 2015 A new chat tool has been launched in an effort to improve the security of online messaging. Tor Messenger allows users to chat over the Tor (The Onion Router) network…
Privacy CISA data-sharing bill passes, a sad day for privacy on the internet. 29 Oct 2015 A controversial draft law, which one senator called a "surveillance bill by another name," has passed the Senate. CISA, the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (S. 754), will allow private companies…
Encryption… How the NSA can break trillions of encrypted Web and VPN connections 17 Oct 201517 Oct 2015 For years, privacy advocates have pushed developers of websites, virtual private network apps, and other cryptographic software to adopt the Diffie-Hellman cryptographic key exchange as a defense against surveillance from…
Privacy Landmark EU ruling says US privacy protections are inadequate 6 Oct 2015 Europe's highest court today ruled that Facebook cannot send personal information on European users to data centers in the US, invalidating a 15-year trans-Atlantic data transfer agreement. In a decision that…
Cyber Security… Apple’s Biggest Hack Ever: 4000 Malicious iOS Store Apps Linked to CIA? 26 Sep 2015 The First major cyber attack on Apple's App Store has now been linked to CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). Last week, Researchers disclosed some 39 iOS apps on Apple's App Store…
Hactivism… Privacy group calls for a boycott of tech companies supporting CISA 26 Sep 2015 Privacy advocates are stepping up their lobbying efforts against the controversial cyber threat information sharing bill currently in Congress after several tech giants indicated their support. Activist group Fight for…
Privacy… Hotspot Shield Launches VPN Plugins For Chrome And Firefox 18 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 A free and unrestricted internet can be a dangerous place, but it’s always important for the tools that prevent government or corporate censorship of the web to stay one step ahead…
Dark Net… Mapping How Tor’s Anonymity Network Spread Around the World 18 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 ONLINE PRIVACY PROJECTS come and go. But as the anonymity software Tor approaches its tenth year online, it’s grown into a powerful, deeply-rooted privacy network overlaid across the internet. And…
Cyber Security… Implanted Cisco routers are coming after you and your insecurities 15 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 SECURITY COMPANY Mandiant has warned that the mythical router implant security attack is a real thing, and that it has seen at least 14 incidents in the wild. The SYNful…
Hacking… Hacking Team, Computer Vulnerabilities, and the NSA 15 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 When the National Security Administration (NSA) -- or any government agency -- discovers a vulnerability in a popular computer system, should it disclose it or not? The debate exists because…
Dark Net… Tor becomes extra secure as .onion becomes Special-Use Domain Name 15 Sep 201522 Sep 2015 Tor granted Special-use status by IETF, to become more secure and get security certificates. The dark web browser Tor has now become extra secure as the .onion url has now…
Cyber Security… Flawed TLS Implementations Leak RSA Keys 10 Sep 201515 Sep 2015 A number of TLS software implementations contain vulnerabilities that allow hackers with minimal computational expense to learn RSA keys. Florian Weimer, a researcher with Red Hat, last week published a…
Legal… California assembly passes digital privacy bill 10 Sep 201515 Sep 2015 The California state assembly has passed a digital privacy bill that aims to prevent government access without warrant to private electronic communications. The bill would provide some exceptions for law…
Attacks… Employees put business data at risk by installing gambling apps on their phones 6 Sep 20156 Sep 2015 If you work for a large, global company, chances are some of your peers have installed gambling apps on the mobile devices they use for work, and that's bad news…
Legal… Justice Department Cracks Down On The Use Of Cellphone Tracking Technology 4 Sep 20154 Sep 2015 Federal law enforcement officers will now be required to obtain a search warrant before using technology that tracks cellphone locations, according to a policy update issued by the Justice Department on Thursday.Under…
Open Source… How to create an I2P Darknet site 20 Apr 201516 Sep 2016 Originally the concept of an anonymous network, developed by the military, was to send and receive messages that were encrypted and hard to decipher. Nowadays this network, known as the darknet…
