Tor Browser

Pierluigi Paganini March 29, 2023
Clipper attacks use Trojanized TOR Browser installers

Researchers discovered malware-laced installers for the TOR browser that is spreading clipper malware in Russia and Eastern Europe. Kaspersky researchers discovered a Trojanized version of the Tor Browser that is spreading a clipper malware in Russia and Eastern Europe. The attackers take advantage of the fact that the official Tor Project has been banned in […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 05, 2022
OnionPoison: malicious Tor Browser installer served through a popular Chinese YouTube channel

OnionPoison: researchers reported that an infected Tor Browser installer has been distributed through a popular YouTube channel. Kaspersky researchers discovered that a trojanized version of a Windows installer for the Tor Browser has been distributed through a popular Chinese-language YouTube channel. The campaign, named OnionPoison, targeted users located in China, where the Tor Browser website […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 18, 2022
Tor Browser 11.5 is optimized to automatically bypass censorship

The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, which introduces functionalities to automatically bypass censorship. The Tor Project team has announced the release of Tor Browser 11.5, the new version of the popular privacy-oriented browser implements new features to fight censorship. With previous versions of the browser, circumventing censorship of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 26, 2022
Do not use Tails OS until a flaw in the bundled Tor Browser will be fixed

The maintainers of the Tails project (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) warn users that the Tor Browser bundled with the OS could expose their sensitive information. The maintainers confirmed that Tor Browser in Tails 5.0 and earlier is unsafe to use for sensitive information. “We recommend that you stop using Tails until the release of 5.1 […]

Pierluigi Paganini July 08, 2021
Tor Browser 10.5 is out, it includes a new anti-censorship feature

The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 10.5 which enhances an anti-censorship feature and warns of V2 onion URL deprecation. The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 10.5 which implements an improved anti-censorship feature and warns users of V2 onion URL deprecation in favor of the newer V3 URLs. The first version supporting V3 URLs […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 22, 2021
Tor Browser 10.0.18 fixes a bug that allows to track users by fingerprinting installed apps

The Tor Project released Tor Browser 10.0.18 that addresses a flaw that allows sites to track users by fingerprinting the installed apps. The Tor Project has released Tor Browser 10.0.18, the new version of the popular browser addresses multiple flaws, including a vulnerability that could be exploited to track users by fingerprinting the applications installed […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 03, 2020
Tor Browser 9.5 is available for download, with new interesting features

Tor Browser 9.5 includes important security updates to Firefox, users on desktop will be able to opt-in for using onion sites automatically whenever the website makes them available.  Starting with the release of Tor Browser 9.5, new features will make accessing onion addresses easier.  Now, there is also an opt-in mechanism available for websites that want Tor […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 14, 2020
A bug in Tor Browser allows execution of JavaScript even in Safest security level

Tor Project maintainers warned users about a severe flaw in the Tor browser that may execute JavaScript code on sites it should not. The Tor Project announced a major bug in the Tor browser that may cause the execution of JavaScript code on sites for which users have specifically blocked JavaScript. The development team at […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2019
Trojanized Tor Browser targets shoppers of Darknet black marketplaces

A tainted version of the Tor Browser is targeting dark web market shoppers to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. A Trojanized version of the Tor Browser is targeting shoppers of black marketplaces in the dark web, threat actors aim to steal their cryptocurrency and gather information on their browsing activity. […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 20, 2019
Tor Browser 8.5.2 fixes Firefox zero-day. Update it now!

Developers at the Tor Project have released the Tor Browser 8.5.2 to address the recently fixed CVE-2019-11707 zero-day flaw in Mozilla Firefox. Yesterday I reported the news of a critical zero-day in Firefox that was addressed by Mozilla with a new release. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2019-11707, is a type confusion flaw in Array.pop. Mozilla has addressed […]