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What Is Tor Browser & How Does It Impact Linux Security Teams?
Tor Browser is a privacy-focused web browser that routes traffic through the Tor network to obscure a user’s identity and destination—and that design has direct implications for Linux security teams. It’s built to limit tracking, resist surveillance,...
Comprehending Fingerprinting Risks Faced by Linux Users Today
Linux systems block a lot of noise that targets other p...
Linux VPN Explained: Simple Setup and Privacy Tips
You’ve got Linux installed, the terminal doesn’t scare ...
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Increasing IT Security and Privacy Concerns Among Pros Following Breaches
Security and privacy are top concerns for many IT professionals, and it's especially relevant now, after 2014's highly publicized data breaches. Because of the constant concerns about security and privacy, Tech Pro Research, ZDNet's premium content sister site, conducted a new survey on the topic and compared the results back to a previous survey from 2013.
Lenovo Laptops with Superfish: Man-In-The-Middle Threat Report
Lenovo is in hot water after being caught intentionally shipping laptops with software that steals web traffic using man-in-the-middle attacks.
NSA Spyware Campaign: Long-Term Firmware Infections Across Nations
The US National Security Agency (NSA) has infected hard disk firmware with spyware in a campaign valued as highly as Stuxnet that dates back at least 14 years and possibly up to two decades, according to an analysis by Kaspersky Labs.
California SB 178: Warrant Requirement for Digital Privacy Protection
Backed by a number of tech companies, California is eyeing state legislation to protect Relevant Products/Services its citizens from warrantless government surveillance of e-mails, text messages and cellphone communications. The proposed legislation is being backed by state senators Mark Leno, a Democrat, and Joel Anderson, a Republican.
Create Your Own VPN/TOR Router With Raspberry Pi For Privacy
Surf the Internet securely with your very own portable WiFi VPN/TOR router. You can configure a Raspberry Pi with Linux and some extra software to connect to a VPN server of your choice. The VPN connection encrypts your internet traffic so that hackers and spies can
Gustav Nipe Protests Surveillance With Wi-Fi Honeypot in Sweden
The chairman of the youth wing of the Swedish Pirate Party successfully fooled attendees at a major Swedish security and defense conference into connecting to an open Wi-Fi network that he controlled
NSA Document Leak Exposes Cyber Surveillance Challenges and Limitations
A new wave of U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) document leaks show the agency wasn
Insights from Glenn Greenwald on Privacy and Surveillance Issues
In some ways it may be fair to say that 2014 was the year when issues of survaillance and privacy became a huge part of our public discourse. And so I thought that re-posting this fantastic TED video by Glenn Greenwald on Why Privacy Matters is rather appropriate.
Critical NTP Flaws Risk Remote Code Execution on UNIX Systems
Remote code execution vulnerabilities in the standard implementation of the network time protocol (NTP) can be exploited by attackers to compromise servers, embedded devices and even critical infrastructure systems that run UNIX-like operating systems.
Warning: Tor Exit Nodes Experience Control Issues and Security Risks
Thomas White (@CthulhuSec) warned users to steer clear of his Tor servers after he lost control following what he
FISC Approves 90-Day Extension For NSA Section 215 Program
The secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has authorized a 90-day extension to the Section 215 bulk telephone collection program used by the National Security Agency, giving the agency through the end of February to run the program in the absence of legislation establishing a new authority.
Five Effective Add-Ins For Enhancing Your Online Privacy
Want to help make sure your privacy is protected when browsing the Web, sending messages on social network services, and more? Then try out these five great browser add-ins.
Free HTTPS Certificates Available Through Let's Encrypt Initiative
Browsing the Web could be made a lot more secure Relevant Products/Services if sites used the HTTPS encryption protocol instead of HTTP, but installing the security Relevant Products/Services certificates that enable this has generally been difficult, time-consuming and sometimes costly as well.
EFF Accuses ISPs Of STARTTLS Tampering Affecting Email Security
As Net Neutrality debates swirl, privacy advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and VPN provider Golden Frog have gone public with a Federal Communications Commission filing that got more attention for accusations that Verizon FIOS customers were having their Netflix streaming service throttled back.
Facebook's New Tor Hidden Service Promotes Anonymity Online
Facebook has never had much of a reputation for letting users hide their identities online. But now the world
Explore Facebook's New Anonymized Access Through Tor Hidden Service
Facebook announced today that the social network will now be directly available to users as a Tor hidden service. The Tor Project is an Internet-traffic anonymization service that relays user traffic through a number of proxy servers all around the world in order to cloak their true IP address and identity.
Verizon Wireless Traffic Alteration Raises Privacy Issues
Verizon Wireless has been subtly altering the web traffic of its wireless customers for the past two years, inserting a string of about 50 letters, numbers, and characters into data flowing between these customers and the websites they visit.
Senator Ron Wyden Discusses Privacy Issues And Government Oversight
Senator Ron Wyden thought he knew what was going on. The Democrat from Oregon, who has served on the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence since 2001, thought he knew the nature of the National Security Agency
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