The project this month was to set up a website on a Raspberry Pi3 and then put that website on the “Dark Web”. The project creates the website content using Joomla and adds other functionality that likely makes care and feeding easier. I'm still working on my version of this project and will soon … [Read more...]
Firefox v 50.0.2 released
When a bug is found, how dangerous is it? That's the question because to not patch your system means you assume the risk that bug won't be used to break in to your system. Both the Firefox and Tor browsers have been patched to close the underlying bug reported here yesterday. The new version of … [Read more...]
Firefox 0-day in the wild is being used to attack Tor users
Update: Firefox version 50.0.2 has been released to fix the problem reported below. Read more... This is a serious vulnerability that affects all Firefox users, not just people using Tor. The proof of concept exploit posted to the Tor browser mailing list used apparently old code to expose a Tor … [Read more...]
Book Review: The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld
The Dark Net: Inside the Digital Underworld by Jamie Bartlett 2015 Melville House Cyberspace, if I may use that term, is often divided into distinct parts. The news media does this every day, providing convenient compartments into which they stuff everything from politicians to television … [Read more...]