On 14-09-23 12:45 PM, Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) wrote: > Il 9/22/14, 11:42 PM, grarpamp ha scritto: >> Whether clones or worse, there's something >> very weird going on with these guys. > Here an OSINT notes/analysis on several of that "suspicious" software: > https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AqtQ4kKC2rLzdEVjWkxTcUVTTWxmdnh4VWFDY25zTHc&usp=sharing > > I've been particularly considering also other "suspicious" software that > has been "strangely" solicited/promoted across many activists community > but comes from unknown/anonymous persons. > > Please note that such TorProject copycat site seems to be particularly > targeting UAE users from Sourceforge's stats: > - TorBrowser (16.170 download with 2nd top-country UAE) > - Browser4Tor (357 download, with 46% from UAE) > > That analysis is a bit old, September 2013, but may contain userful info > for people digging into that problem. Also TorProject.org and mirrors may be blocked by countries or by netnannies/firewalls, but SourceForge and Cnet download sites typically arent, even though they often contain malware of late. Thus the uptake on malicious fakes can be high for some of Tor's likely users.
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