In this way, users can inadvertently transfer cryptocurrency to cyber criminals. Cyber criminals use the Trojanized browser mainly to steal cryptocurrency by changing wallet addresses to those owned by them. These scripts can modify visited website content and be used to steal details on forms, hide original content, add new content, display fake messages, and so on. It does this through a Command & Control (C&C) server. The trojanized Tor browser injects different content and scripts on each visited website. This trojanized version prevents users from updating it, since any update would be to a legitimate version of Tor (and thus criminals would no longer be able to misuse it). Research shows that these websites were promoted on various Russian forums relating to internet privacy, Darknet markets, cryptocurrencies, etc. This page leads to tor-browserorg.īoth torpoectorg and tor-browserorg claim that they distribute official the Tor browser with an interface in Russian. When opened, the rogue website informs people that their Tor browser is out-of-date, even when it is not. The address of the official Tor download page is torprojectorg, which is very similar to that of the trojanized version (torpoectorg).
We strongly advise against using this version - uninstall it immediately.
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People who install Tor downloaded from these web pages install a trojanized version. This malicious version is based on, and very similar to, an official Tor browser version (7.5).Ĭyber criminals proliferate it using two unofficial download web pages: torpoectorg and tor-browserorg. Tor is the name of a legitimate web browser, which allows users to browse the web with as much privacy as possible, however, there is a trojanized version that is designed by cyber criminals and used to steal cryptocurrency.
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