A sign above the headquarters of Kaspersky Lab in Moscow. On Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, Kaspersky Lab said it will open up its anti-virus software to outside review as it deals with security concerns. The company is making the move a month after the U.S. government barred agencies from using its software. (AP/Pavel Golovkin)
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Kaspersky Anti-Virus Software Caught Classified NSA Malware

Kaspersky’s anti-virus software automatically scraped powerful NSA digital surveillance tools off a computer in the United States.

by Jason Ditz

Analysis: DNC Servers Were Locally Hacked, Making Russian Interference Unlikely

The “Russiagate” scandal has dominated headlines and airwaves for months now, with politicians and analysts lining up to pin last year’s election meddling on Russian spies. But an independent investigator’s new analysis lays the blame at the feet of a hacker closer to home.

Analysis: DNC Servers Were Locally Hacked, Making Russian Interference Unlikely

WASHINGTON, D.C.-- In the latest complication for the “Russiagate” scandal, a new analysis has suggested that files and email stolen from the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were copied to a USB drive by someone with physical access to a computer that had DNC server access, indicating that the committee’s records were not hacked remotely by

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Malware Built On NSA Tools Used In Massive Cyber-Attack Hitting 74 Countries

Disruptions reported in at least 74 countries, including Russia, Spain, Turkey, and Japan, with some reports of U.S. infiltration as well.

Malware Built On NSA Tools Used In Massive Cyber-Attack Hitting 74 Countries

Apparent National Security Agency (NSA) malware has been used in a global cyber-attack, including on British hospitals, in what whistleblower Edward Snowden described as the repercussion of the NSA's reckless decision to build the tools. "Despite warnings, @NSAGov built dangerous attack tools that could target Western software. Today we see the

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WikiLeaks Reveals Archimedes, The CIA’s Tool To Hack Local Area Networks

Archimedes is used to attacking computers inside a Local Area Network (LAN).

WikiLeaks Reveals Archimedes, The CIA’s Tool To Hack Local Area Networks

In its seventh CIA leak since March 23rd, WikiLeaks has just revealed the user manual of a CIA hacking tool known as ‘Archimedes’ which is purportedly used to attack computers inside a Local Area Network (LAN).  The CIA tool works by redirecting a target's The CIA tool works by redirecting a target's web page search to a CIA server which serves

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Wikileaks Reveals Hive: The CIA’s Top Secret Virus Control System

Wikileaks’ latest release comes on the heels of CIA director Mike Pompeo’s aggressive statements against the transparency organization in which he labeled them “non-state hostile intelligence service.”

Wikileaks Reveals Hive: The CIA’s Top Secret Virus Control System

MINNEAPOLIS - Early Friday morning, Wikileaks released its fifth batch of Vault 7 documents exposing the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency’s hacking techniques. The latest release, titled “Hive,” exposes the agency’s multi-platform malware

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Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

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Symantec: CIA Linked To Cyberattacks In 16 Countries

Symantec says they now believe that the CIA hacking tool Fluxwire is a malware which Symantec had previously attributed to an unknown cyberespionage group called Longhorn.

Symantec: CIA Linked To Cyberattacks In 16 Countries

Internet and computer security company Symantec has issued a statement today related to the Vault 7 WikiLeaks documents leaked from the CIA, saying that the methods and protocols described in the documents are consistent with cyberattacks

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Wikileaks’ recent disclosure of the CIA’s hacking and surveillance capabilities highlights a frightening new reality for today’s journalists. Considering the CIA’s penchant for silencing and intimidating reporters and editors, journalists will have to overcome greater odds to protect the public’s right to know.

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MINNEAPOLIS-- This past Tuesday saw the biggest shake-up in the tech world since Edward Snowden first revealed the full extent of the National Security Agency’s “dragnet” surveillance program nearly four years ago. Thanks to Wikileaks’ first publication of its “Vault 7” documents, which detail the

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Whitney Webb is a writer and researcher for The Last American Vagabond and a MintPress News contributor and former staff writer. She has contributed to several independent media outlets and her work has been featured by The Real News Network, The Ron Paul Institute, The Zero Hour, and The Jimmy Dore Show, among others. She has made several radio and television appearances and is the 2019 winner of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromised Integrity in Journalism.

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