Communication with the command and control (CC) server via Tor used by a version of Bifrose backdoor could be leveraged by IT administrators to detect the cyber intrusion. Tor (The Onion Router) is a network of computers designed to anonymize communication between two parties by concealing their location. It is generally used to fight censorship […]
By Joseph Menn LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense did not receive personal data on users of Internet privacy service Tor through a government-funded project to detect vulnerabilities, a Defense spokeswoman told Reuters on Tuesday. “This particular project was focused on identifying vulnerabilities in Tor, not to collect data that would reveal […]
Tor has been a thorn in the side of law enforcement for years now, but new work from Wireds Kevin Poulsen shows the FBI has found a new way to track users across the network. Poulsen looks at the 2012 case of Aaron McGrath, who agents found hosting child pornography on a network of servers […]
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