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Your secure computer anywhere. Tails is a portable operating system that protects against surveillance and censorship. Tails uses the Tor network to protect your privacy online and help you avoid censorship. Enjoy the Internet like it should be. Shut down the computer and start on your Tails USB stick instead of starting on Windows, macOS, or Linux. Tails leaves no trace on the computer when shut down.

1 July

Tails 7.9.1

Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.17. Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.11. Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.94, which fixes CVE-2026-43503 (DirtyClone) and CVE-2026-46331 (PACKET_EDIT_MEME), vulnerabilities that could allow an application in Tails to gain (…)

18 June

Tails 7.9

Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.16. Update some firmware packages. This improves support for newer hardware: graphics, Wi-Fi, and so on. Fixed problems Stop notifying about outdated Secure Boot certificates in rare cases where the certificates are already up (…)

4 June

Tails 7.8.1

This release is an emergency release to fix a serious security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in the Tor client. Changes and updates Update the Tor client to 0.4.9.9, which fixes several security vulnerabilities. Update the Linux (…)

21 May

Tails 7.8

Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.14. Remove Thunderbird. You can still install Thunderbird as additional software. If you have both the Thunderbird Email Client and Additional Software features of the Persistent Storage turned on, Tails automatically adds (…)

12 May

Tails 7.7.3

This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser and in the Tor client. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.86, which fixes Dirty Frag, a vulnerability that (…)

4 May

Tails 7.7.2

This release is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel. Changes and updates Update the Linux kernel to 6.12.85, which fixes Copy Fail, a vulnerability that could allow an application in Tails to gain administration privileges. For (…)

30 April

Tails 7.7.1

This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser. Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.11, which fixes several vulnerabilities in Firefox 140.10.1. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in practice (…)

23 April

Tails 7.7

New feature Detection of outdated Secure Boot certificates Since 2023, Microsoft has started replacing the Secure Boot certificates originally issued in 2011. These older certificates begin expiring in June 2026. Tails now notifies you if the computer that you are using has (…)

15 April

Tails 7.6.2

This release is an emergency release to fix an important security vulnerability in the confinement of Tor Browser. Changes and updates Update Flatpak to 1.16.6, which fixes CVE-2026-34078, a major sandbox escape vulnerability. Using this vulnerability, an attacker could (…)

7 April

Tails 7.6.1

This release is an emergency release to fix important security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser. Changes and updates Update Tor Browser to 15.0.9, which fixes several vulnerabilities in Firefox 140.9.0. We are not aware of these vulnerabilities being exploited in practice. (…)

Weekly Cybersecurity Roundup: Dormant Code, Record Patches, and AI on Both Sides of Security

AI Appreciation Day arrived alongside a reminder that scale does not always require automation. Dutch and Belgian police disrupted an investment fraud (…)

18 July

New Spirals Ransomware Uses IIS Web Shell and PsExec to Encrypt IT Firm in Under 24 Hours

A previously unseen ransomware family dubbed “Spirals” struck an IT services company in South Asia in June 2026. Symantec’s Threat Hunter Team reports that (…)

18 July

New wp2shell WordPress Core Flaw Lets Unauthenticated Attackers Run Code

Updated July 18, 2026: the two flaws now carry CVE IDs, the full mechanism has been published, a persistent-object-cache condition has surfaced, and a (…)

17 July