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Tor Adopts a Proof-of-Work Defense to Protect Against DDoS Attacks

Tor, the routing service that stresses anonymity and for almost a year was under a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, is introducing a new line of defense with the latest release of its ...
Security Boulevard

The FBI Identified a Tor User

No details, though: According to the complaint against him, Al-Azhari allegedly visited a dark web site that hosts “unofficial propaganda and photographs related to ISIS” multiple times on May 14, 2019. In ...

Someone Is Running Lots of Tor Relays

Since 2017, someone is running about a thousand — 10% of the total — Tor servers in an attempt to deanonymize the network: Grouping these servers under the KAX17 umbrella, Nusenu says ...

Apple Will Offer Onion Routing for iCloud/Safari Users

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 ...

Illegal Content and the Blockchain

Security researchers have recently discovered a botnet with a novel defense against takedowns. Normally, authorities can disable a botnet by taking over its command-and-control server. With nowhere to go for instructions, the ...
NetworkMiner 2.6

NetworkMiner 2.6 Released

We are happy to announce the release of NetworkMiner 2.6 today! The network forensic tool is now even better at extracting emails, password hashes, FTP transfers and artifacts from HTTP and HTTP/2 ...
NetworkMiner 2.6

NetworkMiner 2.6 Released

We are happy to announce the release of NetworkMiner 2.6 today! The network forensic tool is now even better at extracting emails, password hashes, FTP transfers and artifacts from HTTP and HTTP/2 ...

Newly-discovered KryptoCibule malware has been stealing and mining cryptocurrency since 2018

Security researchers at Slovak security firm ESET have discovered a new family of malware that they say has been using a variety of techniques to steal cryptocurrency from unsuspecting users since at ...

Into the Dark: Scratching the Surface of the Dark Web and Its Potential Risks to Users

Numerous data leaks appeared on the dark web in the second quarter of 2020. At the end of May, for instance, Cyble found a government database containing the personal information of more ...
Your Hacked Facebook Account Goes for $75 on the Dark Web

Your Hacked Facebook Account Goes for $75 on the Dark Web

A new report from Privacy Affairs says that cybercriminals on the Dark Web will pay on average $1,000 for a full range of stolen documents and account details that enable them to ...