SecureDrop 2.12.0 has been released, adding support for Ubuntu Noble, plus a semiautomated upgrade process. Administrators can upgrade themselves before April 15 or wait for our automated upgrade process after that date. Read More

SecureDrop 2.12.0 is scheduled to be released on March 18, 2025, adding support for Ubuntu Noble, plus a semiautomated upgrade process. Administrators will have three weeks following the release to perform the semiautomated upgrade, or wait for our automated upgrade process after that period. Read More

SecureDrop team member Kunal Mehta demo’d the SecureDrop Workstation at RightsCon 2025 on Feb. 25. You can watch a recording of the talk; the slides are also available. Read More

Over the next two months, all SecureDrops will see their underlying Ubuntu operating system upgraded from version 20.04 (code-named “Focal”) to 24.04 (“Noble”). This is the first time we’ve performed an in-place upgrade. This blog post explains the technical background and process that led to this. Read More

SecureDrop Workstation 1.1.1 has been released! This version adds support for Fedora 41-based system VMs and allows for more robust provisioning and updating. Read More

Over the past month, we’ve seen significant interest in newsrooms setting up SecureDrop. We’re excited to see more adoption of SecureDrop. Here are five things you should know before getting started: Read More

In internal code review, we found two security vulnerabilities in the SecureDrop Workstation. We have released SecureDrop Workstation 1.0.1 and SecureDrop Client 0.14.1 to fix both vulnerabilities. Read More

Tails recently released version 6.11, which contains fixes for a number of critical security vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities would require an attacker to have first gained access to the system remotely (which is not currently known to be possible), and the Tails team is not aware of any of these vulnerabilities … Read More