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Researcher Finds Tor Exit Node Adding Malware to Binaries

posted by azrael on Sunday October 26 2014, @02:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the some-layers-are-rotten dept.

jbWolf writes:

Josh Pitts of Leviathan Security Group has identified a Tor exit node that was actively adding malware to binary files dynamically. He ran across the misbehaving Tor exit node while performing some research on download servers that might be patching binaries during download through a man-in-the middle attack. An article about this can also be found at Threat Post.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 26 2014, @05:41PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 26 2014, @05:41PM (#110274)

    > Why are people downloading executables via TOR?

    Because those executables might be contraband or at least considered proof of criminal intent in certain countries?
    The sites they are on may even be completely blocked from within their countries.

    > This seems a strange mix of paranoia and careless stupidity.

    You are exhibiting the problem with the authoritarian mindset -- that your personal experience is representative of the way everyone lives and that people who don't conform to your narrowly prescribed understanding of life are stupid.