WikiLeaks’ latest batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, details CIA hacking tactics and how the agency can hamper forensic investigators from attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to them. The tool was in use at the agency as recently as 2016. The third release, which contains 676 source code files for the agency’s secret anti-forensics […]
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FLASHBACK: Wikileaks releases #Vault7 ‘Marble’ docs: Proof CIA disguises their attacks as Russian, Chinese, Arabic
‘CIA’s Cherry Bomb’: WikiLeaks #Vault7 reveals wireless network targets
The Cherry Blossom program also provides a means to perform software exploits on particular ‘targets’, meaning the hacker can take advantage of vulnerabilities on the target’s device, according to a Wikileaks press release. Wikileaks notes that the common use of WiFi devices in homes, offices, and public spaces makes them ideal for these […]
#Vault7: CIA’s ‘Athena’ anti-Windows malware ‘better than bombing things’
The latest in WikiLeaks’ series of #Vault7 leaks was released Friday detailing malware that provides remote beacon and loader capabilities on target computers using several Microsoft Windows operating systems. ‘Athena’ is the latest codename for the release which consists of five documents. In the user guide, the operating systems which can be targeted are: […]
#Vault7 ‘Athena’: CIA’s anti-Windows malware ‘better than bombing things’
‘Athena’ is the latest codename for the release which consists of five documents. In the user guide, the operating systems which can be targeted are: Windows XP Pro SP3 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit/64-bit, Windows 8.1 32-bit/64-bit, Windows 2008 Enterprise Server, Windows 2012 Server, and Windows 10. Once installed on a target computer, Athena will use […]
WikiLeaks drops latest #Vault7 batch detailing Archimedes network hacking tool
A user manual describing an alleged CIA tool known as ‘Archimedes’, purportedly used to attack computers inside a Local Area Network (LAN), has been released by WikiLeaks. The latest batch is the seventh in the whistleblowing organization’s ‘Vault 7’ series. The Archimedes tool enables traffic from one computer inside the LAN to be redirected […]
#Vault7: WikiLeaks reveals CIA ‘Scribbles’ tool can track whistleblowers & foreign spies
Released as part of the whistleblowing organization’s ‘Vault 7’ series, the project is purportedly designed to allow the embedding of ‘web beacon’ tags into documents “likely to be stolen,” according to a press release from WikiLeaks. Dr Martin McHugh, Information Technology Programme chair at Dublin Institute of Technology, said web beacons can be used for “bad […]