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Backdoor.AndroidOS.Torec.a: First Tor-Based Trojan for Android

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Feb

2014

Security researchers from Kaspersky say theyve identified the first Tor-based Android Trojan. The threat, dubbed Backdoor.AndroidOS.Torec.a, uses the anonymization network to hide its communications. According to experts, Torec.a relies on Orbot, an open source Tor client for Android mobile devices. Orbot functionality is leveraged to send commands from the CC server to the Trojan. The […]

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‘Spoiled Onions’ in the Tor Network, Researchers Find

24

Jan

2014

Something is rotten in the state of Tor: Swedish researchers have found at least 22 corrupted exit nodes that were tampering with encrypted traffic leaving the supposedly private Tor network. While the corrupted nodes were able to touch only a small amount of Tor traffic, theyre evidence of what security experts have long feared: that […]

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If Microsoft thinks old Tor clients are risky, why not Windows XP?

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Jan

2014

Microsoft has been removing outdated Tor clients, stating that they pose a security threat, but if that’s the case, what about other outdated software? Aren’t they a threat too?

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