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The latest dump from Wikileaks alleges the CIA installed custom router firmware on unsuspecting targets in order to spy on internet activity. Continue reading Wikileaks Alleges Years of CIA D-Link and Linksys Router Hacking Via ‘Cherry Blossom’ Program
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WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing a framework – which is being used by the CIA for monitoring the Internet activity of the targeted systems by exploiting vulnerabilities in Wi-Fi devices.
Dubbed “Cherry Blossom,” the framework was allegedly designed by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) with the help of Stanford Research Institute (SRI
Continue reading Wikileaks Unveils ‘Cherry Blossom’ — Wireless Hacking System Used by CIA
WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to turn Windows file servers into covert attack machines that can silently infect other computers of interest inside a t… Continue reading This CIA Tool Hacks Windows Computers Silently Over the Network
Pandemic is a Windows implant built by the CIA that turns file servers into Patient Zero on a local network, infecting machines requesting files with Trojanized replacements. Continue reading WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Patient Zero Windows Implant
Latest Vault 7 release exposes operation that infects PCs inside targeted networks. Continue reading WikiLeaks says CIA’s “Pandemic” turns servers into infectious Patient Zero
WikiLeaks released a new set of CIA cyberwarfare documents on Thursday, marking the 10th installation in the two-month-old Vault 7 series. This publication focuses on Pandemic, a CIA project that infects networks of Windows machines through the Server Message Block (SMB) file sharing protocol with trojanized versions of software that can mean complete compromise of targeted devices. The documents date from April 2014 to January 2015. The latest release contains less contextual data and documents than most previous Vault 7 publications, prompting questions from experts about the exact operation of the Pandemic malware. For example: How does get into the Windows kernel in order to replace normal files with spyware? And why is this document dump seemingly less complete than others? “Why it’s missing is anyone’s guess,” Williams said. “But you don’t see the operator manual, etc. Everything else, with the exception of MARBLE (which is a library) has a user guide. This does […]
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It’s Friday, which means that WikiLeaks is releasing another installment from Vault 7, the cache of CIA documents on cyberwarfare. This time it’s a tool that targets Microsoft Windows and a common version of Linux. This release comes the same day that Sweden announced it would drop its rape investigation into WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. British authorities still have a warrant out for Assange’s arrest for failure to appear in court. The U.S. government has not said whether it will charge Assange in the releases of classified information. The newest WikiLeaks release is focused on classified CIA malware called Athena that targets all Windows operating systems including the latest offering, Windows 10. The dates of the leaked documents show that the CIA was able to hack Windows 10 only months after it was released. The malware also targets Ubuntu v. 14.04, the most popular version of Linux. The weapon was developed […]
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WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, detailing a spyware framework – which “provides remote beacon and loader capabilities on target computers” – allegedly being used by the CIA that works against every version of Microsoft’s Windows operating systems, from Windows XP to Windows 10.
Dubbed Athena/Hera, the spyware has been designed to take full control over the
Continue reading WikiLeaks Reveals ‘Athena’ CIA Spying Program Targeting All Versions of Windows
WikiLeaks released details on what it claims are two frameworks for malware samples dubbed AfterMindnight and Assassin, both allegedly developed by the US Central Intelligence Agency. Continue reading WikiLeaks Reveals Two CIA Malware Frameworks