What's more bothersome is if these exploits get into the wrong hands. And that's entirely possible.
But unless those wrong hands can also alter a UPS shipment while going unnoticed, it's not as dangerous. Still concerning though.
What's more bothersome is if these exploits get into the wrong hands. And that's entirely possible.
So, it sounds like code could only be done with having physical access to the device itself.
Interesting spy stuff.
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 documentsAll of this assumes that:
1) Wikileaks information is accurate
2) Wikileaks is honest
Plenty of reason to doubt both these days.
And unless the supply chain is actually compromised, then physical access is required, and if someone has physical access to your advice, its as good as compromised, thats always been true.
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."?Or like Apple with far less exploits that are limited by having physical access to the device.
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:Not sure if being sarcastic. But that's kind of BS. Any device able to receive files can get a virus. The real question is whether they're affected by said virus, like some digital form of Typhoid Mary.
Dark Matter isn't exclusively Mac focused, however, and includes a few new iPhone exploits in the round-up as well. One is called "NightSkies 1.2" and is described as a "beacon/loader/implant tool" for the iPhone that is designed to be physically installed on an iPhone directly within its manufacturing facility. This conspiracy-leaning exploit is said to date back to 2008 -- one year after the first iPhone debuted -- and suggests, according to WikiLeaks, that "the CIA has been infecting the iPhone supply chain of its targets since at least 2008."
But unless those wrong hands can also alter a UPS shipment while going unnoticed, it's not as dangerous. Still concerning though.
Show me the proof.It was just proven the exploits were in brand new fresh in the package never been activated iPhones.
All of this assumes that:
1) Wikileaks information is accurate
2) Wikileaks is honest
Plenty of reason to doubt both these days.
Wikileaks is a known foreign enemy of the US who conducts cyber warfare. Not a public service.Wikileaks is a public service. Thank you to those that risk it all to expose the truth.
Show me the proof.
Wikileaks is a known foreign enemy of the US who conducts cyber warfare. Not a public service.
Not surprising the government has a secret arsenal of weapons to gather cyber information on multiple platforms and devices. The part that bothers me is how far they go to do it to the average person.
The "wrong hands" can write code too - this stuff isn't magic.What's more bothersome is if these exploits get into the wrong hands. And that's entirely possible.
Well there you go folks. These are all spying devices. Probably the most harmful thing Apple has done is try to con their customers into thinking their gadgets are secure.
Might as well just blog our life story, daily correspondence and inner secrets on Facebook and be done with it.
The CIA does not spy on its own citizens en-masse either. They don't have the manpower. The NSA however is a different and separate story.
Well there you go folks. These are all spying devices. Probably the most harmful thing Apple has done is try to con their customers into thinking their gadgets are secure.
Might as well just blog our life story, daily correspondence and inner secrets on Facebook and be done with it.
Wikileaks is a known foreign enemy of the US who conducts cyber warfare. Not a public service.
I doubt it. The government has a fairly wide swath of prosecutorial immunity.This likely means the Justice department lied to the court in the SB iPhone case. I wonder if there will be prosecutions?
All of this assumes that:
1) Wikileaks information is accurate
2) Wikileaks is honest
Plenty of reason to doubt both these days.
And unless the supply chain is actually compromised, then physical access is required, and if someone has physical access to your advice, its as good as compromised, thats always been true.
"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.Oh but they do get physical access to our stuff. They intercept it en route to its final destination:
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy...de-factory-show-cisco-router-getting-implant/
Quote from that article:
"The document, a June 2010 internal newsletter article by the chief of the NSA’s Access and Target Development department (S3261) includes photos (above) of NSA employees opening the shipping box for a Cisco router and installing beacon firmware with a “load station” designed specifically for the task.
The NSA manager described the process:
Here’s how it works: shipments of computer network devices (servers, routers, etc,) being delivered to our targets throughout the world are intercepted. Next, they are redirected to a secret location where Tailored Access Operations/Access Operations (AO-S326) employees, with the support of the Remote Operations Center (S321), enable the installation of beacon implants directly into our targets’ electronic devices. These devices are then re-packaged and placed back into transit to the original destination. All of this happens with the support of Intelligence Community partners and the technical wizards in TAO."
Cisco has been having a rough time with its international customers trusting its equipment and for good reason. It's not Cisco's fault, their equipment leaves the factory "clean".
I have no idea if the government spooks bother with any of us. I guess it would depend on what you do for a living.
Actually neither the CIA nor the NSA have a remit for domestic spying, that's the FBIs job.Again, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that the Central Intelligence Agency has tools to conduct espionage. It's literally their job description. This has been known for a long time. These Wikileaks revelation just state the obvious. So calm down everyone.
No, the CIA in not spying on you. These tools are used for statecraft, espionage, and terrorism threats. The CIA doesn't care about the porn you have on your Mac. Calm down.
The CIA does not spy on its own citizens en-masse either. They don't have the manpower. The NSA however is a different and separate story.
This is another rouse to get you riled up like last time. No actual tools were released. Just the knowledge that the CIA possesses the ability, which we already knew. No big deal. Calm down.