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some of these tools include Hive
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scribbles fine dining Sonic Screwdriver
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night skies and weeping angel Hive was a
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command and control framework used to
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manage malware implants on compromised
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systems a command and control framework
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allows an attacker or in this case the
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CIA to essentially communicate and send
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commands to malware they've implanted on
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a system I've allowed the CIA to do all
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of this through websites that appeared
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ordinary to anybody who came across the
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connection it would appear to just be a
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normal link to maybe a software website
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when the underlying traffic would
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actually be extracting sensitive
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information from the targeted devices
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back to the CIA servers scribbles dub
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the Snowden stopper is a tool that
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embedded web Beacon tags into
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confidential documents that were likely
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to be stolen the purpose of this is to
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track access by whistleblowers and
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foreign spies it would generate
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invisible unique watermarks for
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Microsoft Office documents which when
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opened sent information back to the CIA
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about the viewer fine dining hey
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collection of malware laced applications
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that were disguised as legitimate
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programs agents could use these apps
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stored on a USB drive to infect the
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target's computer while appearing to
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just run normal software the list of
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decoy apps include VLC Google Chrome
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Opera and Firefox Libre office prei
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Skype 7zip the game 2048 and even some
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antivirus software Sonic Screwdriver was
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a tool that manipulated the firmware of
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Apple's Thunderbolt to ethernet adapters
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making them store and execute malicious
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code during a Max boot process this
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means it would bypass security
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mechanisms like firmware passwords
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taking control of the system before the
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operating system even loads and because
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the attacks Target the low-level
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firmware of the computer the malicious
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code would persist even after the
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operating system is completely
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reinstalled continuing with the Apple
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attack night skies works like a basic
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command and control system but it can
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also uniquely embed itself into the
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iTunes application this allows the CIA
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to Monitor and control not just the Mac
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but also any iPhone that's synced with
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it and most famously weeping angel
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weeping angel was a software suite
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developed in partnership with Britain's
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MI5 that would allow Samsung TVs to be
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turned into listening devices even when
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they appear to be turned off
