tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post1203755193992550945..comments2024-03-27T17:16:47.951+01:00Comments on UNDER MATTAN: Cyberterrorister utger sig för Facebook - men kapar och infekterar datorer - Vad kallas de?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-141878910793686547.post-36029832109608015192014-03-13T22:09:52.123+01:002014-03-13T22:09:52.123+01:00--NSA Aiming To Infect 'Millions' Of Compu...--NSA Aiming To Infect 'Millions' Of Computers Worldwide With Its Malware; Targets Telco/ISP Systems Administrators--<br /><br />Mars 13 2014 by Tim Cushing - InformationLiberation<br /><br />The NSA is still working hard to make the world's computer usage less safe. The latest leak published by The Intercept shows the agency plans to infect "millions" of computers worldwide with malware, making it easier for the NSA to harvest data and communications from these compromised machines.<br /><br /> The classified files – provided previously by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden – contain new details about groundbreaking surveillance technology the agency has developed to infect potentially millions of computers worldwide with malware “implants.” The clandestine initiative enables the NSA to break into targeted computers and to siphon out data from foreign Internet and phone networks.<br /><br />The methods detailed include the agency masquerading as a Facebook server and sending out laced spam emails in order to subvert users' computers and give the NSA access to local files as well as control of webcams and microphones. <br /><br />Not only does the agency actively work to delay bug fixes in order to exploit systems, but its ongoing malware mission ensures that using a computer and/or accessing the web will always be more dangerous than it should be.<br /><br /> Mikko Hypponen, an expert in malware who serves as chief research officer at the Finnish security firm F-Secure, calls the revelations “disturbing.” The NSA’s surveillance techniques, he warns, could inadvertently be undermining the security of the Internet.<br /> <br />“When they deploy malware on systems,” Hypponen says, “they potentially create new vulnerabilities in these systems, making them more vulnerable for attacks by third parties.”<br />The NSA has argued previously that its malware targets are strictly national security threats. But the evidence provided here undermines this defense of NSA malware deployment.[...]<br /><br />http://www.informationliberation.com/?id=46803Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com