Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
I came across this article by Matt Burgess over on Wired UK, about being anonymous online, whilst I was doing some research for a client last week (yes, whilst on leave). I thought you should all read it as privacy is important: How to Be More Anonymous Online | WIRED …
…or any other software. Governments around the world, including for instance Russia, ban Tor web sites from the internet in their countries as it is a very effective way for users to conceal their IP address from authorities. However this had led to a rise in other sites offering Tor …
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It has been revealed that the Tor network has been suffering a sustained series of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks, which has been going on since July 2022. Tor and I2P networks hit by wave of ongoing DDoS attacks (bleepingcomputer.com) At its peaks, this attack has been stopping users …
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Of course there is, and in some surprising places. Here is a report by the The Citizen Lab, examining how Microsoft Bing censors autosuggestions on politically sensitive Chinese names and other topics. This is not only applied in China, as we would expect, but in other regions too! Bada Bing, …
I am a great fan of the Tor browser – I use it when carrying out research and when added to a VPN, it gives me a high level of privacy – particularly useful when travelling or working away from the office. Now the latest release includes functionality to assist …
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