Researchers discover DNS exploit that can identify Tor users

in tor •  8 years ago 

A team of researchers discovered a new method that allows actors to deanonymize Tor users by exploiting the domain name system (DNS). The research team, Nick Feamster, Laura M. Roberts, and Philipp Winter from Princeton University; Tobias Pulls from Karlstad University; and Benjamin Greschbach from KTH Royal Institute of Technology, moved beyond earlier methods used in identifying Tor users.

http://www.scmagazine.com/researchers-discover-dns-exploit-that-can-identify-tor-users/article/527222/?

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