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Wikileaks Drops ‘Vault 8’: CIA Wrote Code Impersonating Russian Anti-Virus Giant
WikiLeaks says it has published the source code for the CIA hacking tool ‘Hive,’ which indicates that the agency-operated malware could mask itself under fake certificates and impersonate public companies, namely Russian cybersecurity firm Kaspersky Lab.
The CIA multi-platform hacking suite ‘Hive’ was able to impersonate existing entities to conceal suspicious traffic from the user being spied...
CIA malware targets Microsoft OSes from Windows XP to Windows 10
CIA documents concerning malware designed for Windows computers were published online Friday as part of WikiLeaks latest “Vault 7” dump.
The malware, known as “Athena,” targets Microsoft operating systems from 2001’s Windows XP to the company’s current Windows 10 release.
Dates on the documents, which range from September 2015 to February 2016, reveal the CIA’s ability to hack Windows...
NSA: Not Only Snooping But Infecting Computer Networks Worldwide
Recently discovered Snowden information reveals the NSA infected more than 50,000 computer networks worldwide with malware, the Dutch news outlet NRC.nl reports.
Not only does the NSA snoop your personal communications, the agency also excels at infecting computer networks with malicious software.
Edward Snowden, the former NSA analyst roundly excoriated by government as a dangerous leaker, has revealed...
Snowden confirms NSA created Stuxnet with Israeli aid
US surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden
Fugitive US surveillance whistleblower Edward Snowden says the United States and Israel created the Stuxnet computer virus to sabotage Iran’s nuclear energy program.
In an interview with the German weekly Der Spiegel published on Monday, Snowden, who has been holed up in a Moscow airport since June, said the US National Security Agency (NSA) and Israel...
FBI to block internet in 350000 computers worldwide
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says thousands of users might lose their internet connection because of a virus detected in 2007.
The DNSChanger virus has infected about 350,000 PC users worldwide, sending users to unintended and sometimes illegal sites.
The FBI set up “surrogate” servers to keep the infected PCs working, but they decided to “pull the plug” on July 9, 2012, because...
Planned US Internet Blackout On March 8 Raises Concerns
A disturbing Ministry of Trade report circulating in the Kremlin today is raising serious concerns over the United States plan to shut down significant parts of the Internet on 8 March in a move many Russian experts warn could be a prelude to massive attacks against the growing number of dissidents in that country.
According to this report, The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will unplug on...
Drones: invisible to radar but vulnerable to primitive viruses?
The billion-dollar defense complex that keeps America safe and sound is yet again under attack, with an antiquated computer virus now apparently attacking the Pentagon’s drone aircraft fleet.
Sykipot, a malicious piece of malware that has been around since at least 2006, was recently waged at the computer systems of US governmental department and defense contractors. Although Symantec, a world-wide...
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