Behind the CIA’s hacking tools
Who is behind the CIA’s hacking tools? Surprisingly ordinary geeks, it seems.
At the start of March came the first part of yet another Wikileaks document dump. This time is details the CIA’s hacking capabilities. The world suddenly feared spooks watching them through their TVs and smartphones. It all made for great headlines.
The Agency has developed scores of interesting projects, not to mention a stash of hitherto unknown zero day vulnerabilities. The dump also gives notes on how to create well-behaved, professional malware. Malware that stands the least chance of detection, analysis and attribution to Langley.
We’ve also learned some useful techniques for defeating antivirus software, which the Agency calls Personal Security Products (PSPs).
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