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Disable clipboard events override

Everyone encountered at least once a form that ask you to confirm your password or email address to check you didn't make some mistake when re-typing it. But it's not rare at all to have those websi

Hardened Tor Browser with Selfrando

6 June 2016, the Tor Project announced a hardened version of Tor Browser: 6.5a1-hardened. Here some links: Download page for hardened builds (only avaible for Linux at this time). Distribution direct

Pastejacking vs clipboard hijacking

Clipboard hijacking# It as been possible for a long time to use css (-9999px position trick) to append malicious content to the clipboard. Users doesn't notice anything and may execute unwanted comman

Tracking down Tor users with mouse movements

Jose Carlos Norte, security researcher, wrote a post detailing how Tor Browser users can be uniquely fingerprinted using the mouse wheel, mouse speed, a CPU benchmark, and “getClientRects”. POCs (proo

FreeBSD 10.3 is here

FreeBSD update to version 10.3. Main improvments: 15 security flaws patched UEFI support Gnome 3.16.2 Full Release Notes on official FreeBSD website.

OpenBSD 5.9 is here

OpenBSD update to version 5.9. Main improvments: Pledge - a new mitigation mechanism process in restricted mode security improved 70% of user components converted WiFi 802.11n multithread network

Newsoo: a French Usenet access provider has been closed

The man known as Optix, the owner of Newsoo, was taken into custody by the DIPJ the 2016/03/22. Newsoo was a French Usenet provider, the service was delivering 2 GB of pirated data per second. Sacem p

Qwant Lite : a refined version

The lite version of Qwant is avaible here. It' a version without JavaScript and without CSS3 so it's more retro-compatible as possible.