Category Archives: Technology

Of darknets, onion routing and online anonymity

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

Darknets are usually defined as closed, often decentralized and hidden, networks that overlay a public medium such as the Internet. Although common knowledge gives this term a “peer-to-peer file sharing” connotation, exchange of information, frequently anonymously, across multiple parties would … Continue reading →

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Is there a blue pill for Qubes OS?

Posted on May 1, 2011 by Flavio Villanustre

Those who regularly follow the Black Hat briefings probably remember Joanna Rutkowska who presented a novel attack against Windows Vista (and any Operating System running on an x86 architecture, in general). She was the first researcher to demonstrate a piece of … Continue reading →

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