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Tor 0.2.1.20 (Mac)

Tor is free software and an open network that helps you defend against a form of network surveillance that threatens personal freedom and privacy, confidential business activities and relationships, and state security known as traffic analysis. Tor protects you by bouncing your communications around a distributed network of relays run...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Network, Relay, Tor, Internet, Networking, Security

Software downloads 2009-11-01

US, South Korea site attacks traced back to UK

US, South Korea site attacks traced back to UK One would think .....Assuming that these are all/mostly Windows PCs then MicroSoft or any responsible party should be able to scan, locate, and disinfect them whenever they connect the the internet (considering that MS has managed to make life miserable for...

Tags: Desktops, site attack, Infected PC

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

Critical security alert issued for Tor

Critical security alert issued for TorNot Only TorThis affects Linux users of OpenVPN and some other applications as well.Windows users generally need not worry, except where as in the case of Tor important keys may have been generated on a vulnerable Linux platform.More here:http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2008/msg00152.htmlRE: Critical security alert issued for TorThis...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, UNIX, Tor, Critical security alert

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Critical security alert issued for Tor

If you use Tor for anonymity/privacy on the Web, you might want to pay attention to this critical security announcement from project leader Roger Dingledine. According to the advisory, a known vulnerability in the Debian GNU/Linux distribution's OpenSSL package could allow an attacker to figure out private...

Tags: OpenSSL, Security Alert, Tor, Ssl/Tls, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Dan Egerstad's Tor exit nodes get him arrested and proves a point I made in July

Dan Egerstad's Tor exit nodes get him arrested and proves a point I made in JulyActually, I believe Facebook login is securedWhile I'm the first to admit Facebook's numerous design flaws developing on it is something of an experience, I think you're incorrect on this one. It's subtle, but the...

Tags: Dan Egerstad, Tor

Discussion threads 2007-11-19

Dan Egerstad's Tor exit nodes get him arrested and proves a point I made in July

It's late at night and you're using the anonymity feature of the Tor "cloud" to mask the fact that your surfing porn. When you're done at 3am, you go to bed thinking "Ha! Fooled 'em again. No one has any idea." Think again. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Password, Tor, E-mail, Online Communications, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-11-16

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodes

The hacker behind the recent public disclosure (Techmeme, Wired, SecurityFocus) of 100 sensitive government/embassy e-mail accounts says he aimed packet sniffers at Tor exit nodes to capture the confidential information. Dan Egerstad, a computer consultant based in Sweden, said his packet sniffer focused entirely on POP3 and...

Tags: Traffic, Government, Node, E-mail, Tor, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2007-09-10

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodes

Sensitive government e-mails leak through Tor exit nodesAnd that is why you never send unencrypted emails....I don't get it, the government security folks apparently do not train their users on the weakness's of sending unencrypted emails.I don't know what TOR is, but ...I don't know what TOR is, but is...

Tags: E-mail, Tor, HTTP, government e-mail, Sensitive government e-mail, I-don't-know-what TOR

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Hacker builds tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles

Hacker builds tracking system to nab Tor pedophilesAn arrest should be imminent"As to whether this is enough for law enforcement authorities to make an arrest and build a case, Moore's answer: "No idea.""Sounds like what Moore is doing is pretty clearly illegal. If he is in fact doing what he...

Tags: Domain names, Internet service providers (ISPs), NETWORKING, Network technology, hacker, JanusVM, Tor, DNS, DNS Request, applet, server

Discussion threads 2007-03-07

Hacker builds tracking system to nab Tor pedophiles

Amidst concerns that pedophiles are using public Tor the Onion Router servers to trade in child pornography, über-hacker HD Moore is building a tracking system capable of pinpointing specific workstations that searched for and downloaded sexual images and videos of kids.Moore, the brains behind the Metasploit Project, has come up...

Tags: Privacy, Open source, Metasploit, Exploit code, Spyware and Adware, Punditocracy, Vulnerability research, Browsers, Patch Watch, Hackers

Blog posts 2007-03-06

Surfing anonymously? You just might get a call from campus police

The intersection between academic freedom and security collided recently in a Bowling Green University professors office. In an opinion piece in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Paul Cesarini, an assistant professor of visual communication and technology education at BGU, described a university network-security technician and campus police paid him...

Tags: Education Technology, Cybersecurity, Higher Ed, Privacy, Cesarini, Tor

Blog posts 2007-02-12

Torpark

For those concerned about privacy, Torpark, a free, anonymous Internet browser based on Firefox 1.5 that does not require installation on a desktop, is a godsend. Released by an international group of security experts and human rights workers known as Hacktivismo, Torpark enables you to circumvent content filters and other...

Tags: Web browsers, Network technology, NETWORKING, Torpark, Tor Network, Mozilla Firefox

Product reviews 2006-09-25

Activists unveil stealth browser

Activists unveil stealth browserJust have to say itDid anyone else notice that Torpark backwards is kraprot? =-)(BTW- I prefer firefox so there =-p)The TOR network is illegal in USthe US law demands that the surfing records should be kept for 3 months.Since the ISP sees only a TOR connetion, the...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Web browsers, INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, NETWORKING, Tor, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Service Provider, Microsoft Corp., Tor Network

Discussion threads 2006-09-22

Anonymizer says it will rescue Chinese from the search censors

Anonymizer says it will rescue Chinese from the search censorsTrace free web browserTry looking at tor.eff.org. Another technique that might work as well.Who Is Worried About The Chinese?Who in the US is worried about the Chinese when we have a government of our own that thinks spying on its...

Tags: Firewalls, Anonymizer, anonymizer, Tor

Discussion threads 2006-01-30

Additional Resources

What the Google Privacy Dashboard can mean for health

I'm with the "Oh noes".Giving an advertising company access to all my health data just so I can find out if someone like, say, an advertising company has access to it, strikes me as a bit of on own goal.Trust Google with more data?Google already has- my IP address- my...

Tags: E-mail, Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Google Inc., health care, dashboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

xB Browser 2.9.4.28 (Windows)

The main advantage compared to other anonymous Web browsers is that xB Browser requires no configuration or technical knowledge in order to achieve anonymity. xB Browser is open-source so you can feel safe knowing what goes into our code. Additionally, it is even portable on a USB stick so you...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cookie, XeroBank, xB Browser

Software downloads 2009-10-24

News to know: Google, IBM; AMD; Apple

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Earnings wrap: Sam Diaz: Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring Larry Dignan: IBM...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., E-books, Desktops, Networking, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-10-16

Mask Surf Pro 2.3 (Windows)

Mask Surf Pro an anonymous surfing solution for professionals. Mask Surf Pro is an easy to use anonymity tool based on a technology called Tor. Mask Surf Professional makes good use of the array of encrypted Tor tunnels and distributed servers and offers you an unparalleled level of protection. It...

Tags: ThankSoft, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-07-23

Balance of power: Windows 7 walks fine line between saving battery life and alienating users

Balance of power: Windows 7 walks fine line between saving battery life and alienating usersSensationalist headlines don't help you make your point... they may help you increase your hits by inviting the ABM crowd to descend like a hoard of locusts, but headlines like this do little to boost your...

Tags: Engineering, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, battery

Discussion threads 2009-07-21

FoxyProxy 2.9 (Windows)

FoxyProxy is an advanced proxy management tool that completely replaces Firefox's proxy configuration. It offers more features than SwitchProxy, ProxyButton, QuickProxy, xyzproxy, ProxyTex, and TorButton. Features include but not limited to an animated statusbar/toolbar icons show you when a proxy is in use; define which proxy to use (or none!)...

Tags: Proxy, Microsoft Windows, LeahScape, FoxyProxy, Web Browsers, Internet

Software downloads 2009-04-24