Tuesday, 6. August 2013
Topic: SECURITY - on August 6, 2013 at 5:27:00 PM CEST
TOR Project: Stop using Windows, disable JavaScript
The anonymizing network gives some advice following a startling Firefox zero-day vulnerability
The TOR Project is advising that people stop using Windows after the discovery of a startling vulnerability in Firefox that undermined the main advantages of the privacy-centered network.
The zero-day vulnerability allowed as-yet-unknown interlopers to use a malicious piece of JavaScript to collect crucial identifying information on computers visiting some websites using The Onion Router (TOR) network.
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