FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by floodcow » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 8:34 PM UTC

"It wasn’t ever seriously in doubt, but the FBI yesterday acknowledged that it secretly took control of Freedom Hosting last July, days before the servers of the largest provider of ultra-anonymous hosting were found to be serving custom malware designed to identify visitors." ...

FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack
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Re: FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by eulerphi » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 8:55 PM UTC

Let the dark wars begin.

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Post by chris_mahan » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:01 PM UTC

eulerphi wrote: post #2

Let the dark wars begin.

Begun the Dark Wars have.

Re: FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by smtddr » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:05 PM UTC

I don't even know anymore. We're gonna have to raise the bar on what it means to be a "tinfoil hatter"; the original definition has become reality.

"Trust no one! Suspect EVERYTHING!", I can say today without sounding crazy.

Also, remember this? http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/blogs/browse/2011/... ....hmm, I wonder if....

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Post by Margaret12 » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:06 PM UTC

my buddy's mother-in-law makes $75 every hour on the internet. She has been without a job for seven months but last month her check was $17516 just working on the internet for a few hours. useful source...

http://xurl.es/w2x2a

Re: FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by yapcguy » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:11 PM UTC

> "Mozilla confirmed the code exploited a critical memory management vulnerability in Firefox that was publicly reported on June 25, and is fixed in the latest version of the browser."

Will Rust help eliminate the problem of buffer overflows and other memory related hacks?

Re: FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by DanBC » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:13 PM UTC

So, uh, that's a criminal offence in many jurisdictions.

Are we going to see international arrest warrants and extradition and trials?

Re: FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by sillysaurus2 » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:15 PM UTC

What's worrisome is that if they were willing to burn this Firefox JavaScript exploit, then that probably means they know of at least one more.

Re: FBI Admits It Controlled Tor Servers Behind Mass Malware Attack

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Post by pekk » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:16 PM UTC

Misleading title - the FBI did not conduct a 'mass malware attack'

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Post by anonymous » Fri, Sep 13, 2013, 9:22 PM UTC

sillysaurus2 wrote: post #8

What's worrisome is that if they were willing to burn this Firefox JavaScript exploit, then that probably means they know of at least one more.

Keep in mind that this was a known and fixed vulnerability, not an 0day. 'Burning' is a bit misleading in this context.