Recent times have set a true example of growing hacker’s power
in internet industry. A considerable security breach took place at very
famous Hacking team which is known for providing surveillance equipment
to government and their enforcement agencies.
The breach leaked many confidential documents which analysts are
studying to provide new revelations every day. Recent disclosures
revealed that FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) conversed to Hacking Team about unmasking target that uses Tor.
An FBI agent had a word with Hacker Team who is supposed to be a part of exclusive cybercrime unit as per revelations made by a mail on September 2014. Agent also inquired about the RCS system, Remote control system capable of unveiling the IP address of a Tor-using Target.
In version 8, IP address of targets using Tor could be revealed as
per one of the engineers. Then he enquired about feasibility of same
with the latest version 8. Then he asked for alternative if it does not
conquer Tor on the Box.
The conversations are attention-grabbing as it revealed such
conversations; these conversations are part of emails put on Wiki Leaks.
FBI agents wanted users to go through a file download process which
later infects their system with some malicious virus. Then possible
process could be like attaching a pdf or documents with a scout which is
part of Hacking Team’s Spyware.
In another conversation with Hacking Team staff, one of the staff
members mentioned that if any user access Tor Browser Bundle then their
IP address can be easily revealed. Different and more secure ways are
there to connect to the Tor network without the Tor browser and most of
the people would know that.
Email conversations failed to reveal anything about target and
anything else about end result of this entire conversation. This also
provided some information about Hacking team of providing advices to its
customers as well beyond serving to government and enforcement agencies
as per Motherboard write up.
Tor Honeypot : Revealing True identity of Tor Users
FBI commented that they does not comment on specific tools , with
time they identify, evaluated and test potential exploits for
strengthening Cyber security when enquired about this leak, In the next
conversation the same FBI agents showed interest in more tools. Since
2011 hacking team has grossed about $773,000 from the FBI.
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