Tor Project boosts Onion sites' defense against DoS attacks

Illustration of the "dark web", logo of the Tor Browser, which provides access to the Darknet. Binary codes are shown in the background

The developers behind one of the most secure browsers around, the Tor Project, have just increased the security of its onion sites against cyberattacks.

Onion services are sites that can be accessed only by using the Tor browser. However, while seeking to maximize users' privacy online, their technical design has also made these more vulnerable to DoS (denial-of-service) attacks.