Piotr Duszyński, a security consultant, recently revealed a method that could disclose a visitor’s real IP address despite traversing through the TOR network. This is a huge privacy issue; Tor was built with privacy in mind. There are environmental conditions that must be satisfied, however. Despite the inclusion of “Tor” in the headline, this threat expands past just using the … [Read more...]
My Journey into the Dark Web
Setting the Stage Upon recent exposure to and an increase in public awareness of this “dark web” topic, I decided to take a gander myself to see what it’s all about. Prior to embarking on this journey, however, I did do some research into how to go about accessing this portion of the internet and how to go about doing it safely. There were quite a few introductory articles … [Read more...]
Beware Tor Traffic- Daily Security Byte EP. 243
Few of you will be surprised to hear that bad actors sometimes use Tor to hid their nefarious activities. However, you might be surprised to learn that the majority of traffic coming from Tor is malicious. Watch today's video to learn more about this, and how you might block it in your network. (Episode Runtime: 2:11) Direct YouTube … [Read more...]
Hacking Nation States & Crashing iPhones – WSWiR Episode 154
Unfortunately, lots of security news suggests lots of cyber crime. If you want to stay protected, you need to keep up to date; but who has time? Hopefully our weekly InfoSec video can help. Last Friday's episode covered an IRS data leak, a mysterious text message that crashed iPhones, some scary new crowd-sourced ransomware, and more. Watch the YouTube video below for all the … [Read more...]
Crowd-sourced Ransomware – Daily Security Byte EP.90
Cyber criminals are getting more creative with malware dissemination by crowd-sourcing distribution. A ransomware author is giving away his creation for free, in return for help finding new victims. Cyber criminals spread the malware far and wide, and the author gets a 30% cut of the illicit profits. Watch today's security video to learn more about this new threat called … [Read more...]
