When the source code to a suspected Russian-made malware leaked online in 2013, guess who used it? A new release from WikiLeaks claims the U.S. CIA borrowed some of the code to bolster its own hacking operations.
On Friday, WikiLeaks released 27 documents that allegedly detail how the CIA customized its malware for Windows systems.
Following the recent revelations about the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s cyberespionage arsenal, software vendors reiterated their commitments to fix vulnerabilities in a timely manner and told users that many of the flaws described in the agency’s leaked documents have been fixed. While these assurances are understandable from a public relations perspective, they don’t really change […]
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