[B E A S T]

If you were to connect to a botnet would you use tor alone? if not what else do you use with tor to maximize anonymity?

[SysAdmin]

Anything can be compromised, even Tor. Never use a single point of connection, always use a redundant connection to cover your Operational Security. Use a VPN, purchase it on a fake name with cryptocurrency, then buy a VPS, connect to the VPS and use another VPN on there.

I've read a while ago that a team of hackers used encrypted Virtual Machines as a Command & Control server, so they essentially connected to the C&C server from a VPN and fortified their OpSec with a highly encrypted Virtual Machine.

[sh4moon]

If you were to connect to a botnet would you use tor alone? if not what else do you use with tor to maximize anonymity?

I wouldn't. it makes a single point of failure, like sys said. use some proxies that aren't based in your home country. several of them preferably.

Anything can be compromised, even Tor. Never use a single point of connection, always use a redundant connection to cover your Operational Security. Use a VPN, purchase it on a fake name with cryptocurrency, then buy a VPS, connect to the VPS and use another VPN on there.

I've read a while ago that a team of hackers used encrypted Virtual Machines as a Command & Control server, so they essentially connected to the C&C server from a VPN and fortified their OpSec with a highly encrypted Virtual Machine.

do you have a link to that article or whatever it was? I want to read about that.

[SysAdmin]

I wouldn't. it makes a single point of failure, like sys said. use some proxies that aren't based in your home country. several of them preferably.


do you have a link to that article or whatever it was? I want to read about that.

I'll try and find it, cause it has been about a year. If I find it, I'll post the link.

[SandboxEscaper]

I wouldn't trust TOR at all.. and you really need to know what you're doing. If you make ONE mistake, they will catch you. Like others said.. it's best to use it as an extra layer.

To quote HackBack DIY guide..

"
3) (Optional) Don't connect directly to Tor

Tor isn't a panacea. They can correlate the times you're connected to Tor
with the times your hacker handle is active. Also, there have been
successful attacks against Tor [8]. You can connect to Tor using other
peoples' wifi. Wifislax [9] is a linux distro with a lot of tools for
cracking wifi. Another option is to connect to a VPN or a bridge node [10]
before Tor, but that's less secure because they can still correlate the
hacker's activity with your house's internet activity (this was used as
evidence against Jeremy Hammond [11]).

The reality is that while Tor isn't perfect, it works quite well. When I
was young and reckless, I did plenty of stuff without any protection (I'm
referring to hacking) apart from Tor, that the police tried their hardest
to investigate, and I've never had any problems.
"

[B E A S T]

I wouldn't trust TOR at all.. and you really need to know what you're doing. If you make ONE mistake, they will catch you. Like others said.. it's best to use it as an extra layer.

To quote HackBack DIY guide..

"
3) (Optional) Don't connect directly to Tor
 
  Tor isn't a panacea. They can correlate the times you're connected to Tor
  with the times your hacker handle is active. Also, there have been
  successful attacks against Tor [8]. You can connect to Tor using other
  peoples' wifi. Wifislax [9] is a linux distro with a lot of tools for
  cracking wifi. Another option is to connect to a VPN or a bridge node [10]
  before Tor, but that's less secure because they can still correlate the
  hacker's activity with your house's internet activity (this was used as
  evidence against Jeremy Hammond [11]).

  The reality is that while Tor isn't perfect, it works quite well. When I
  was young and reckless, I did plenty of stuff without any protection (I'm
  referring to hacking) apart from Tor, that the police tried their hardest
  to investigate, and I've never had any problems.
"

Yep, tor alone isn't good at all.

[indianboy]

If you were to connect to a botnet would you use tor alone? if not what else do you use with tor to maximize anonymity?

Dear brother...
Don't use tor directly. Tor usage can be caught by your isp. it is also possible that your isp is tracking your tor usage. Always use socks, vpn, vps, vm, and also use vpn, vps and socks inside vm as sys and shamoon said.it will increase your anonimity perfectly.
Thanks for the wonderful question..☺

[osiris.sh]

i use it alone, no extra security