Security Agencies Target Tor Network

The NSA has repeatedly tried to attack people using Tor, a popular tool protecting their Internet anonymity. This is despite the fact the software is primarily funded and promoted by the government of the United States itself.

According to secret NSA files, disclosed by Edward Snowden, the agency successfully identified Tor users and then attacked vulnerable software on their machines.

HOWTO : Tor and Proxychains on Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS

(A) Tor

Step 1 :

sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tor.list

Append the following :

deb http://deb.torproject.org/torproject.org precise main

Save and exit.

sudo -sH

HOWTO : Burp Suite with Tor on Mac OS X 10.8.4

Step 1 :

Go to the Burp Suite official site to download the free edition.

Then save it to Documents folder.

Step 2 :

Open a terminal.

nano burpsuite_free.sh

java -jar /Users/samiux/Documents/burpsuite_free_v1.5.jar

Replace "samiux" with your user name.

Step 3 :

Go to Java official site to download Java JRE

Step 4 :

Go to Tor official website to download and install "Tor Browser Bundle for 64-Bit Mac".

Step 5 :

Go to Privoxy official site to download Privoxy 3.0.21 64 bit.pkg and install.

Step 6 :

Open a terminal.

nano /usr/local/etc/privoxy/config

Append the following lines :

forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9150 .
forward 192.168.*.*/ .

Restart the Mac.

Step 7 :

Open a terminal and go to the Documents folder.

./burpsuite_free.sh

Options >> Upstream Proxy Servers >> Add >> Proxy host >> 127.0.0.1
Options >> Upstream Proxy Servers >> Add >> Proxy port >> 8118

Step 8 :

Start "TorBrowser_en-US". The TorBrowser will launch.

ToBrowser >> Preferences >> Advanced >> Connection >> Settings

Select "Manual proxy configuration:".

HTTP Proxy >> 127.0.0.1 >> Port >> 8080
SOCKS Host >> 127.0.0.1 >> Port >> 9150

Step 9 :

Make sure Burp Suite is behind the Tor my visiting cmyip.com

Remarks :

To install in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is similar. However, the port 9150 will be port 9050.

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