But unless those wrong hands can also alter a UPS shipment while going unnoticed, it's not as dangerous. Still concerning though.
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WikiLeaks Continues 'Vault 7' With New Documents Detailing Mac-Related CIA Exploits
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But unless those wrong hands can also alter a UPS shipment while going unnoticed, it's not as dangerous. Still concerning though.
Wikileaks is a public service. Thank you to those that risk it all to expose the truth.
Except Snowden showed us the intercept programs where the government loaded the spyware in transit. This leak mentions factory installation as well. Looking at the Geek Squad leaks, it wouldn't be a stretch to find some of these tools present in Genius Bar software/hardware.
Eventually it will come out how involved Apple was in this. For now they can deny, but the law was written that they must be covertly compliant in FISA requested attacks on devices and services. Like Snowden stated, no internet connected tech is safe from the dragnet.
The government already confirmed some of the previous leaks by seeking to have it removed from viewing. There hasn't been a single instance of Wikileaks providing false documents
Physical access like this: "While CIA assets are sometimes used to physically infect systems in the custody of a target it is likely that many CIA physical access attacks have infected the targeted organization's supply chain including by interdicting mail orders and other shipments (opening, infecting, and resending) leaving the United States or otherwise."?
That's f'd up. I'd rather deal with avoiding crap in the wild. At least I can actively try to mitigate the possible damage.
You misinterpreted the intent of the @vertical smile quote. "They did say that iPads don't get PC viruses though, which is true. Just like I don't get PC viruses." He's cleverly pointing out the deception in the ad. Just like the fact that vertical smiles doesn't get PC viruses, here's a short list of other things that don't get PC viruses:
a ham sandwich, Harry Potter, a wooden ruler, my prostate, a sample of e coli...
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It was just proven the exploits were in brand new fresh in the package never been activated iPhones.
Complete BS. Wikileaks has a 100% track record. They are real journalism.
Wikileaks is a known foreign enemy of the US who conducts cyber warfare. Not a public service.
The constitution of America was created to protect the people from government. That is why we flourish as a society.
Wikileaks is doing the same.
Having worked in the industry for more than 10 years I can tell you that the government doesn't care one bit about the average person. You aren't even on their radar. As long as you aren't having sex with kids, running MASSIVE piracy rings (the original distributor of software, albums etc, not just some guy seeding a torrent), or plotting terrorist activity, they don't give a s*it about you. Seriously. These guys are so incredibly busy that only don't bother with anything less than the most important targets (and even that they don't have the time to address most of).
The sad thing isn't that the CIA has capabilities to spy on people using everyday electronic devices, but rather that people think that the CIA gives a rats behind what the majority of people are doing on their devices. Sure, if you're a foreign national who has nefarious plans, you should be concerned, but Joe and Jane American, British, German, Italian, French, etc., would be thinking they're far more important than they are if they think any government wants to know what they're doing on their devices.
This could be partly why Apple is motivated to build their own (ARM-based) CPUs — so that they can have a brand new system design that is not susceptible to known compromises. They could lock down the boot process by having full control over how everything works together. Combine that with technology like Touch ID and a system would not even boot at all without passing physical identity verification. This is generally how iOS devices work today, so Apple is bringing this to the Mac.
Combine this with the advancements in Artificial Intelligence and massively-powered computers can be doing the monitoring 24-7, and raising red flags when something is noticed. Then the "manpower" steps in to take a closer look.
I would think when Apple says they are secure, they are as secure as Apple can make them at any given point. They can't account for every hack or exploit that comes out and from experience, they are good at sending out updates to patch exploits as they are found.
"Sonic Screwdriver" is another Dr. Who reference just like "Weeping Angel" (a spy tool mentioned in the last Wikileaks document dump). The "sonic screwdriver" was a universal tool that Dr. Who could use to do nearly anything such as pick a lock, start a car, turn on a computer, etc.
Weeping Angels were alien creatures who looked like harmless stone statues while you were actually looking at them but they came to life and would attack you the moment you blinked your eyes or turned your head. They were only dangerous if they were not being watched. I find a great irony that the CIA is using these metaphors for their tools and activities.
Weeping Angels were alien creatures who looked like harmless stone statues while you were actually looking at them but they came to life and would attack you the moment you blinked your eyes or turned your head. They were only dangerous if they were not being watched. I find a great irony that the CIA is using these metaphors for their tools and activities.
Alot of it depends on how you view things. They certainly have a record of outing things the U.S. government (and many others) does not like. But it seems they just publish stuff others have given them. Kind of like how we found out about all the mass surveillance of the population done by the U.S. government when Mr. Snowden got that information out.
As security experts have said over and over - when it comes to computers, either everyone can be secure or nobody can. I'd much rather have all the exploits outed and our collective systems and security (for the country) made secure - from a strategic standpoint. Our intelligence agencies can operate around those barriers and still do their jobs (like they did before this was available to them), they're good....its just alot easier for them if there are holes in everyone's computer systems & they want to keep that.
From the standpoint of getting these holes patched for everyone, then this is good thing - this also proves the experts points about these security holes...they aren't just for our own use, they get out one way or the other to others who wish to do bad things to us via the weakened security of computer systems in our country (despite being very convenient for our 3 letter agencies to use as weapons...again their narrow focus). JMHO...
Steve would have protected against nothing less than Vault 10... err... Vault X.
There's only one reason to doubt Wikileaks... you're blinded by petty partisan politics and will swallow anything that makes your little party team feel better about themselves.
Their record for accurate information has been 100%, so you have to ignore their entire history to come up with a different conclusion.
Nice try though. Run along now.
"Intelligence Community partners" seems to imply collusion or coercion of the freight forwarders and shipping companies because the spooks need to know when and to whom shipments are being sent.
One way Cisco could avoid this massive octopus would be to offshore their production from the USA.
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Actually neither the CIA nor the NSA have a remit for domestic spying, that's the FBIs job.
Problem is that it is ever more difficult to prevent these agencies from doing domestic work and catching them at it.
Risk is that these agencies, with cyber exploits are much more able to scale their activities both horizontally and vertically against domestic targets.
This is how turn-key surveillance becomes available to a potentially despotic administration.