Several Russians, who were searching for Tor browser, in their language, they have a fake version. This fake software the cyber criminals approximately $44,000 to bitcoin (BTC) seized.
The antivirusbedrijf, ESET discovered the malware, and they know from a blog post on WeLiveSecurity.
Tor is a network that makes use of a technique called onion routing. It has been developed by the U.s. army in 1995, to provide anonymous communications to facilitate this. Today, it is an open-source software is very popular among those who value privacy on the internet.
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Fake websites
In 2014, there have been two websites were created: the tor-browser.)org torproect(.)org. The two urls are very similar to the real url https://www.torproject.org. So if you are a typfoutje, you are on these platforms to get.
This is also a warning to other internet sites. So Check that the websites you are visiting by looking at the url to check it out.
If the target of the software on their computer, but when the bitcoin addresses that are copied will be changed. In this way, the BTC to the address of the criminals behind these websites will be sent.
Update
Users have been offered through these web sites with the message that their Tor browser is not up-to-date it was. And then there was also the possibility to stay up to date. Do you agree? Then, from that moment on, your PC is infected with malware.
The software is exclusively for Windows, there is no evidence of contamination in, for example, Linux, mac os, or a mobile system of governance.
The stolen BTC
Once installed, it will change the software so it automatically updates the address. According to ESET, it has been there for about 4.8 BTC stolen in this way. This is bitcoin, it is to be found at the three addresses linked to the fake Tor browser.
The action, according to ESET is also used to transfer money from QIWI wallets, and a kind of a Visa prepaid account, you have to steal it.
Safety and security
This sort of thing to show time and time again how important it is to have to deal with bitcoin. Check the address several times before you have a large amount to send, and to do so in a safe and secure environment.
Source: Cointelegraph
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