[tor-dev] [CRITICAL] DeepCorr Traffic Confirmation Attack

[silentguard at dnmx.org]

Hi,

I was just reading a paper on traffic confirmation attacks over here
https://arxiv.org/pdf/1808.07285v1.pdf. This attack runs with the help of
deep learning algorithm called DeepCorr. This attack can be run in a Five
Eyes country or an authoritarian regime like Russia where companies are
compelled to cooperate with the government making this attack plausible.
The ISP and the website operators are the two endpoints for this attack.
This attack was able to achieve a success rate of over 96% which
represents a serious threat to Tor users in these regions. The paper also
includes some countermeasures on how to defeat this method of traffic
confirmation.

Thanks.