Craig Wright is not Satoshi Nakamoto
An investigation into Craig Wright's claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, examining forged evidence and failed cryptographic proofs
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An investigation into Craig Wright's claims to be Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto, examining forged evidence and failed cryptographic proofs
Helping Blockchain.info become the second site after Facebook to offer a Tor hidden service with a CA-signed SSL certificate, protecting users from MITM attacks
During Operation Onymous the FBI seized a fake clone of a jihad funding site while leaving the real version online, highlighting the scattershot nature of the takedowns
The FBI announced the seizure of a large number of darkweb sites to much fanfare. It turns out most of what they got were fake clone sites
A breakdown of 60 Minutes Australia's story on Silk Road and Bitcoin, including their confusion between the Deepweb and Darknet concepts
A technical analysis of the FBI's claims about how they located Silk Road's server, showing their explanation doesn't match how Tor hidden services work
An in-depth look at the underground networks behind "The Fappening" - how they operate, the techniques used to compromise iCloud accounts, and Apple's security weaknesses
Disclosure and fixes for a number of bugs in the Wordpress plugin for the popular Disqus commenting system
How weak session ID generation using uniqid() in CS-Cart allows session hijacking through targeted brute-force, plus a frustrating disclosure timeline
Discovering XSS, SQL injection indicators, and poor cookie security in Australia's myGov portal that could expose 2.2 million citizens' tax and health records