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Yet Another Russian Hack of the NSA — This Time with Kaspersky’s Help

Posted on By infossl
cyberattack, cyberespionage, hacking, insiders, kaspersky, leaks, nsa, russia, Security technology

The Wall Street Journal has a bombshell of a story. Yet another NSA contractor took classified documents home with him. Yet another Russian intelligence operation stole copies of those documents. The twist this time is that the Russians identified the documents because the contractor had Kaspersky Labs anti-virus installed on his home computer. This is … Read More “Yet Another Russian Hack of the NSA — This Time with Kaspersky’s Help” »

ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual

Posted on By infossl
exploits, hacking, implants, kaspersky, leaks, malware, nsa, Security technology, windows

The ShadowBrokers released the manual for UNITEDRAKE, a sophisticated NSA Trojan that targets Windows machines: Able to compromise Windows PCs running on XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Vista, Windows 7 SP 1 and below, as well as Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the attack tool acts as a service to capture information. UNITEDRAKE, … Read More “ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual” »

Duqu Malware Techniques Used by Cybercriminals

Posted on By infossl
cybercrime, kaspersky, malware, nsa, Security technology, stuxnet, zeroday

Duqu 2.0 is a really impressive piece of malware, related to Stuxnet and probably written by the NSA. One of its security features is that it stays resident in its host’s memory without ever writing persistent files to the system’s drives. Now, this same technique is being used by criminals: Now, fileless malware is going … Read More “Duqu Malware Techniques Used by Cybercriminals” »

The Equation Group's Sophisticated Hacking and Exploitation Tools

Posted on By infossl
edwardsnowden, exploits, hacking, implants, kaspersky, nsa, Security technology, vulnerabilities

This week, Kaspersky Labs published detailed information on what it calls the Equation Group — almost certainly the NSA — and its abilities to embed spyware deep inside computers, gaining pretty much total control of those computers while maintaining persistence in the face of reboots, operating system reinstalls, and commercial anti-virus products. The details are … Read More “The Equation Group's Sophisticated Hacking and Exploitation Tools” »

Corporate Abuse of Our Data

Posted on By infossl
cyberwar, cyberweapons, disclosure, essays, fsecure, kaspersky, malware, secrecy, Security technology, symantec

Last week, we learned about a striking piece of malware called Regin that has been infecting computer networks worldwide since 2008. It’s more sophisticated than any known criminal malware, and everyone believes a government is behind it. No country has taken credit for Regin, but there’s substantial evidence that it was built and operated by … Read More “Corporate Abuse of Our Data” »

Regin: Another Military-Grade Malware

Posted on By infossl
espionage, kaspersky, malware, microsoft, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, symantec

Regin is another military–grade surveillance malware (tech details from Symantec and Kaspersky). It seems to have been in operation between 2008 and 2011. The Intercept has linked it to NSA/GCHQ operations, although I am still skeptical of the NSA/GCHQ hacking Belgian cryptographer Jean-Jacques Quisquater. Powered by WPeMatico

Sophisticated Targeted Attack Via Hotel Networks

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adobe, hacking, hotels, kaspersky, malware, Security technology

Kaspersky Labs is reporting (detailed report here, technical details here) on a sophisticated hacker group that is targeting specific individuals around the world. “Darkhotel” is the name the group and its techniques has been given. This APT precisely drives its campaigns by spear-phishing targets with highly advanced Flash zero-day exploits that effectively evade the latest … Read More “Sophisticated Targeted Attack Via Hotel Networks” »