had built up a library of hacking techniques "stolen" from malware developed in Russia and elsewhere.had developed attacks against popular anti-virus products.Methods are said to have included hiding data in images or hidden parts of computer storage had found ways to infect "air-gapped" computers - machines that are not linked up to the internet or other insecure networks.
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Wikileaks claims these might have been used for undetectable assassinations
Wikileaks cia hacking tools android#
Wikileaks also claims that as of last year, the CIA has built up an arsenal of 24 Android "zero days" - the term given to previously unknown security flaws in code. Looks authentic.- Edward Snowden MaApple attacks Still working through the publication, but what has here is genuinely a big deal.
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The whistleblower Edward Snowden said tweeted that the documents looked authentic. Samsung has not commented on the allegations. Under a "future work" section, it is suggested that video snapshots might also be taken and the wi-fi limitation be overcome. Instead, the documents indicate, infected sets were made to covertly record audio, which would later be transferred over the internet to CIA computer servers once the TVs were fully switched back on, allowing their wi-fi links to re-establish. They describe the creation of a "fake-off" mode, designed to fool users into believing that their screens had been switched off. The effort to compromise Samsung's F8000 range of smart TVs was codenamed Weeping Angel, according to documents dated June 2014. Wikileaks said that its source had shared the details with it to prompt a debate into whether the CIA's hacking capabilities had exceeded its mandated powers. "We do not comment on the authenticity or content of purported intelligence documents," he said.
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Wikileaks cia hacking tools software#
Some of the software is reported to have been developed in-house, but the UK's MI5 agency is said to have helped build a spyware attack for Samsung TVs.Ī spokesman for the CIA would not confirm the details. Wikileaks said the tools targeted Windows, as well as Android, iOS, OSX and Linux computers as well as internet routers.