Summary: The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) has released version 6.11 to address critical security vulnerabilities identified during an external audit. These vulnerabilities, while requiring prior exploitation, could have led to significant privacy breaches, prompting the Tails team to recommend an immediate upgrade for users.

Threat Actor: Unknown | unknown
Victim: Tails Users | Tails Users

Key Point :

• Critical vulnerabilities in Tails 6.10 and earlier versions could allow persistent malware installation via Tails Upgrader.
• Enhanced protections against online monitoring have been implemented to safeguard user anonymity.
• Fixes include securing Persistent Storage settings and introducing a feature to detect partitioning errors.
• Users are strongly advised to upgrade to Tails 6.11, especially those who have used Tails extensively since January 9th.