SecureDrop has completed its sixth security audit, conducted by 7ASecurity and sponsored by the Open Technology Fund. The audit identified three vulnerabilities—one medium-severity and two low-severity—all of which were fixed in the SecureDrop 2.10.0 release. In their report, the auditors praised SecureDrop's robust defense against a broad range …
Dangerzone, a Freedom of the Press Foundation open-source tool that protects journalists while they view electronic documents, has gotten even safer with its integration of gVisor in version 0.7.0. This collaboration with Google’s gVisor team enhances Dangerzone’s ability to isolate and neutralize malicious files without directly interfacing with the …
SecureDrop Workstation 1.0.0 has been released, offering significant security and usability enhancements for journalists. Key improvements include support for Qubes 4.2, automatic retries for downloads, and new media format compatibility. With these updates, the project transitions into an open beta, enabling more newsrooms to migrate to the next-generation user experience …
The SecureDrop team has introduced the SecureDrop Protocol, designed to enhance security for whistleblowers and journalists. In addition to providing end-to-end encryption, the new protocol eliminates the need for accounts, prevents message flow tracking, and limits the server’s ability to collect metadata. Built with robust cryptographic principles, it’s engineered for …
In an independent review, the Freedom of the Press Foundation tool that helps journalists work with electronic documents safely was found to have no critical vulnerabilities
Freedom of the Press Foundation is now the official home of Dangerzone, an open source tool developed by Micah Lee at First Look Media to make it safer for journalists to work with electronic documents sent to them by sources.
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