Pierluigi Paganini
October 05, 2016
Why Signal is considered the most secure instant messaging app? It stores only a few information about its users, and the events demonstrate it. Despite many of the most popular apps are implementing end-to-end encryption, not all applications are equal. Security experts recommend Signal for secure communications, in the aftermath of the DNC hack the staffers […]
Pierluigi Paganini
October 02, 2016
Researchers devised two correlation attacks, dubbed DefecTor, to deanonymize Tor users using also data from observation of DNS traffic from Tor exit relays. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies dedicate an important commitment in the fight of illegal activities in the Dark Web where threat actors operate in a condition of pseudo-anonymity. A group of security researchers at […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 29, 2016
Every time you type a number to start an iMessage conversation on your iPhone, Apple logs your message contacts and other metadata. In January 2015, experts claimed that Apple is not able to read messages sent between devices through iMessages, but reported that the company but it is still able to access data in the backups. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
September 09, 2016
From January 2017, Chrome will indicate connection security with an icon in the address bar labeling HTTP connections to sites as non-secure. Google continues its effort to make the web a better place by pushing the adoption of encryption, we left the IT giant in May when it announced the decision to switch on default HTTPS […]
Pierluigi Paganini
August 05, 2016
The rise of the Internet of Things is being heralded by many as the beginning of a new Industrial Revolution. Technology firms are now linking objects ranging from household appliances to industrial machinery to the internet. With telecommunications firms on board, manufacturers are coming up with new, innovative uses for everyday objects. Yet linking these […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 20, 2016
According to the ICO Baby monitors are still open to hackers across the UK, the ICO issued a list of recommendations to avoid privacy breaches. Early this year, the Shodan search engine launched a feature that lets users easily access vulnerable webcams. In September 2015, researchers from the Rapid7 security firm discovered a number of security vulnerabilities affecting several Video […]
Pierluigi Paganini
July 17, 2016
A group of researchers has developed Riffle, a new anonymity scheme that provides better security and performance than others, including Tor. Tor is probably the most popular anonymizing network, million of users leveraged on it to protect their privacy and online anonymity. Now Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers revealed a new anonymity architecture that could rival Tor. […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 20, 2016
Earlier June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser that implements a feature dubbed Selfrando to defeat exploits. Early June the Tor Project announced a hardened version of the popular Tor Browser, the Tor Browser 6.5a1-hardened. “A new hardened Tor Browser release is available. It can be found in the 6.5a1-hardened […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 18, 2016
This week it was discovered that the Tesco Android Bank app won’t run with the Orbot privacy tool installed on the user’s mobile device. I always highlighted the importance of censorship and internet monitoring, architectures like the Tor network are much more than evil tools in the hands of crooks, but probably someone has a different opinion. Tesco Bank […]
Pierluigi Paganini
June 05, 2016
The popular Tor developer Jacob Appelbaum left the Core Team of the Tor Project after âsexual mistreatmentâ allegations. Appelbaum is recognized as one of the most active and influential digital advocates and security researchers. He is one of the few reporters to have had a preview of the NSA secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden. The news is […]
