[tor-relays] UbuntuCore (botnet?)

nusenu nusenu-lists at riseup.net
Mon Oct 30 08:09:00 UTC 2017



Paul Templeton:
> These nodes are popping up everywhere - is this some sort of malware being deployed on systems around the globe?

I wrote about them in April 2017:
https://medium.com/@nusenu/is-this-a-ubuntu-based-botnet-deploying-tor-relays-and-bridges-b4ce1a612039

I assume they are not setup by humans.

Since back then the overall CW fraction of these relays increased about
x4 (currently 92 concurrently running relays).

That is about position #69 on the list of biggest operators by CW fraction
https://nusenu.github.io/OrNetStats/maincwfamilies

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