Modified version of Tor Browser spies on Chinese users
Cybersecurity biz Kaspersky has spotted a modified version of the Tor Browser it says collects sensitive data on Chinese users.
The data collected by the browser itself includes internet history and data entered into website forms, said the threat hunter. More spyware was hidden in an accompanying library that collected further data, including computer name and location, user name, and MAC addresses of network adapters, before sending it to a command and control server.
The icing on the cake is an embedded functionality to execute shell commands, thus giving the attacker full control over the machine. The Tor Browser is designed for anonymity and enables use of the dark web. While some of the activity it facilitates is illegal, it is also often used for legitimate purposes. However, it is blocked in China.
Which is why Chinese residents sometimes resort to creative ways of downloading it, usually from third-party websites. In the case of the malicious version found by a link was posted in January 2022 on a YouTube channel that advocates internet anonymity in the Chinese language.The malicious Tor Browser installer was hosted on a Chinese cloud sharing service and appears identical in terms of user interface to the authentic one. However, it did not have a digital signature and some of the files obviously differed from the original, said Kaspersky.
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