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Beware Tor Traffic- Daily Security Byte EP. 243

April 1, 2016 By Corey Nachreiner

Few of you will be surprised to hear that bad actors sometimes use Tor to hid their nefarious activities. However, you might be surprised to learn that the majority of traffic coming from Tor is malicious. Watch today’s video to learn more about this, and how you might block it in your network.

(Episode Runtime: 2:11)

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdsXheWv5w

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • 94% of Tor traffic is malicious – Ars Technica
  • Blog post on the trouble with Tor – Cloud Flare
  • Public list of Tor exit nodes – Tor Project
  • Open source project comparing Tor exit nodes to malicious IPs – GitHub

— Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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