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The CIA's “Development Tradecraft DOs and DON'Ts”

Posted on By infossl
cia, cryptography, encryption, hacking, malware, Security technology, tradecraft

Useful best practices for malware writers, courtesy of the CIA. Seems like a lot of good advice. General: DO obfuscate or encrypt all strings and configuration data that directly relate to tool functionality. Consideration should be made to also only de-obfuscating strings in-memory at the moment the data is needed. When a previously de-obfuscated value … Read More “The CIA's “Development Tradecraft DOs and DON'Ts”” »

More on the CIA Document Leak

Posted on By infossl
cia, cryptography, leaks, malware, russia, Security technology, wikileaks

If I had to guess right now, I’d say the documents came from an outsider and not an insider. My reasoning: One, there is absolutely nothing illegal in the contents of any of this stuff. It’s exactly what you’d expect the CIA to be doing in cyberspace. That makes the whistleblower motive less likely. And … Read More “More on the CIA Document Leak” »

WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools

Posted on By infossl
cia, cyberwar, hacking, malware, redaction, Security technology, wikileaks, zeroday

WikiLeaks just released a cache of 8,761 classified CIA documents from 2012 to 2016, including details of its offensive Internet operations. I have not read through any of them yet. If you see something interesting, tell us in the comments. EDITED TO ADD: There’s a lot in here. Many of the hacking tools are redacted, … Read More “WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools” »

Leaked CIA Documents

Posted on By infossl
airtravel, assassinations, cia, leaks, Security technology, wikileaks

I haven’t seen much press mention about the leaked CIA documents that have appeared on WikiLeaks this month. There are three: The CIA review of high-value target assassination programs, classified SECRET, from 2009. The CIA’s advice for agents going through airport security and surviving secondary screening, classified SECRET, from 2011. The CIA’s advice for agents … Read More “Leaked CIA Documents” »