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Network Security Services vulnerability fixed in Mozilla

Mozilla has released fixes to fix a critical vulnerability in Network Security Services (NSS) that could potentially be used to cause an application crash and execute arbitrary code. The error was discovered by Tavis Ormandy from Google Project Zero and was named BigSig. NSS is a set of open-source cryptographic computer libraries designed for cross-platform […]

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New de-anonymization Attacks against Tor Users discovered

Security researcher Nusenu tracked down the secret operator of thousands of malicious Tor network servers that allowed him to conduct a Sybil attack. An experienced and well-endowed specialist, who is conventionally referred to as KAX17, has launched and managed thousands of malicious servers on the input, intermediate and output positions of the Tor network since

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The biggest deepweb market in Finland – the Sipulimarket was closed by Europol

Finnish customs has closed a large darknet marketplace Sipulimarket — the only illegal platform for the sale of drugs in Finnish Tor network. The agency conducted the operation together with the Polish police with the support of Europol. According to the authorities, “a significant amount of drugs and other illegal goods” were sold through Silpulimarket.

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Czech Customs Seized over $35,000 in Ethereum during operation against deepweb drug traffic

Customs officials in the Czech Republic seized cryptocurrency as part of an investigation into a suspected drug trafficking group. Seven suspected drug dealers in the Czech Republic have been buying bulk quantities of drugs on the darkweb to resell throughout the Czech Republic. Customs accused the group of regularly purchasing MDMA, LSD, and anabolic steroids

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What is PGP? Is it safe?

Introduction PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) is a digital data encryption application that provides cryptographic privacy and authentication for data communication. PGP was developed by Phil Zimmermann, a special director of Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR) from 1997-2000. When PGP can be used? PGP can be used to send messages confidentially. Messages encrypted using a

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Monero (XMR) is becoming more and more popular among Darknet Markets

The well-known darknet marketplace White House Market has stopped supporting payments in bitcoin and now accepts only Monero. This was announced on social networks of the market. It says that the White House no longer accepts bitcoin, as the third-party provider of the exchange API Morphtoken “suddenly decided to block access to the Tor nodes.”

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Law enforcement officers closed 3 bulletproof VPN services

Law enforcement agencies in the US, France, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands conducted a joint operation Nova, aimed at shutting down three VPN services, that were used by hackers to conduct web skimming, phishing, and account hijacking. As a result of the operation, the following services were closed: insorg.org, safe-inet.com, and safe-inet.net. Soon, the new

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