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Unprecedented Spike In TOR .Onion Nodes (profwoodward.org)

Posted by whipslash on from the tor-files dept.

Martin S. writes: The Tor project is reporting an unprecedented rise in unique .Onion nodes, rising from around 40k to 60k in just a few days, says security researcher Professor Woodward. I wonder is this could possible be related to Shari Steel plan to push Tor mainstream, as reported on /. a few days ago.

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  1. Encryption trojans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    There's a recent spike in encryption trojans, too. The recovery-keys are provided through TOR.
    e.g.
    http://1.f.ix.de/scale/geometry/695/q75/imgs/18/1/7/5/3/8/0/5/locky-desktop-9dc10fc8250d6db0.png

    Looks like its generating specific servers to get the keys from for every victim.

  2. Re:Sites, not nodes by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    How does the Tor swarm work anyway when most people don't have open ports for listening? Btw I'm posting this from Tor, kudos to Slashdot for allowing it when most sites are a PITA to use from Tor.