Neowin News Feed for: Cia

Microsoft has launched a new spy AI service for US intelligence organizations

John Callaham — Tue, 07 May 2024 20:52:01 +0000

Microsoft has revealed it has launched a new generative AI service specifically made for being used by US intelligence groups. This unnamed service is not connected to the internet. Read more...

FBI, NSA, and CIA use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads

Usama Jawad — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 05:34:01 +0000

A document has revealed that most U.S. intelligence agencies, including FBI, NSA, CIA, and DHS use ad blockers due to fear of targeted ads and malvertising, even though they are not mandated to do so. Read more...

WikiLeaks: CIA leveraged 'innocent' domains to control malware on devices

Gurkaran Singh — Fri, 10 Nov 2017 08:26:01 +0000

According to WikiLeaks' latest report, the CIA used seemingly harmless domains as a facade to hide its 'Hive' communications platform that enabled the covert exfiltration of data from target machines. Read more...

WikiLeaks reveals information about CIA's Angelfire hacking toolset

Paul Hill — Fri, 01 Sep 2017 03:02:01 +0000

WikiLeaks has revealed another tool used by the CIA as part of its Vault7 project. The new release details Angelfire, a set of tools which allow the CIA to undetectably infect Windows machines. Read more...

Wikileaks releases a user guide for CIA's CouchPotato project

Gurkaran Singh — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 08:14:01 +0000

CouchPotato is a remote tool for collection against RTSP/H.264 video streams. It allows the agency to collect the stream as a video file(AVI) or as still frames in the form of JPG. Read more...

WikiLeaks posts three more exploits, supposedly from the CIA, targeting Mac OS and Linux

Vlad Dudau — Fri, 28 Jul 2017 08:40:02 +0000

WikiLeaks has been busy since the start of the year continuing to publish information on digital exploits and malware supposedly used by the US government to target and spy on our phones and laptops. Read more...

WikiLeaks reveals CIA targeting Linux users with OutlawCountry malware

Dreyer Smit — Mon, 03 Jul 2017 07:54:01 +0000

Wikileaks has exposed a targeted attack against systems running Linux with traffic re-routing malware known as 'OutlawCountry', after a massive data dump by the controversial online leaker. Read more...

CIA-created spyware called Athena released by WikiLeaks, targets all major Windows versions

Muhammad Jarir Kanji — Sun, 21 May 2017 03:12:02 +0000

WikiLeaks this week published details regarding the CIA-created 'Athena' spyware. It targets all major versions of Windows and allows attackers to take total control of the system and steal data. Read more...

A manhunt is underway for the Vault7 leaker

Paul Hill — Thu, 20 Apr 2017 12:30:01 +0000

The FBI and CIA are conducting a joint investigation to determine the source of the Vault7 leaks. Previously, Wikileaks said they got the information from a former U.S. intelligence contractor. Read more...

New Vault7 leaks detail "Marble," used by CIA to evade detection by forensic investigators

Mina Esapa — Mon, 03 Apr 2017 21:28:01 +0000

Wikileaks has released more Vault7 data, which indicates that the CIA used a framework called "Marble" to mask the source of their malware in order to evade detection by forensic investigators. Read more...

New Vault 7 leaks show CIA can install persistent malware on OS X and iOS devices

Paul Hill — Thu, 23 Mar 2017 14:32:02 +0000

Wikileaks has released the next instalment of documents from its Vault 7 leaks. The instalment dubbed "Dark Matter" details how the CIA have compromised Apple products including Macs and iPhones. Read more...

WikiLeaks will give 90 days for Apple, Microsoft, Google, and others to fix CIA exploits

Gabriel Nunes — Wed, 22 Mar 2017 16:10:01 +0000

After releasing the first part of the “Vault7" series of leaks, WikiLeaks got in touch with tech companies to negotiate the disclosure of vulnerability codes. They will have 90 days to patch those. Read more...

Google: We've also taken care of 'many' of the CIA exploits detailed by WikiLeaks

Vlad Dudau — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 10:12:01 +0000

After initial silence on the issue, Google has now put out a statement regarding the alleged CIA exploits exposed by WikiLeaks. Google says many of the issues in Chrome and Android have been fixed. Read more...

Apple: Many of the CIA exploits for iOS have already been patched; we're looking at the rest

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 08 Mar 2017 12:30:01 +0000

Yesterday's data dump from WikiLeaks that brought many CIA documents to light highlighted the agency's ability to hack into many of our personal devices. Apple has now publicly addressed that. Read more...

WikiLeaks exposes CIA hacking tools with Vault7 leak

Paul Hill — Tue, 07 Mar 2017 18:30:02 +0000

WikiLeaks has unleashed the first part of the Vault7 series which details the CIA's cyberweapon capabilities. Most devices are vulnerable and the CIA has way to read Signal messages too. Read more...

The future of security: You may wish that your data was only stolen

Christopher White — Sat, 24 Oct 2015 08:30:01 +0000

If you think the theft of millions of customer data records is bad, I suspect that you'll be longing for the "good ol' days" in the near future when the bad guys start changing customer data instead. Read more...

CIA joins Twitter, gets a few laughs with its first tweet

Andy Weir — Sat, 07 Jun 2014 09:09:25 +0000

The CIA has joined Twitter in an effort to "more directly engage with the public" in America and across the globe - and its first tweet may well go down in social media history as one of the best. Read more...

Leaked report reveals $52.6 billion dollar budget for the National Intelligence Program

Phi Ha — Fri, 30 Aug 2013 18:47:59 +0000

More money is spent on spying in the US than the GDP of Luxembourg, Sri Lanka or Croatia. This is recording to a report leaked by Edward Snowden which reveals a $59 billion dollar budget. Read more...

Anonymous takes credit for CIA web site shutdown

John Callaham — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:20:24 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous has claimed responsibility for shutting down the Central Intelligence Agency's web site today in just the latest chapter in its series of cyber attacks. Read more...

Google and the CIA invest in analytics firm

Brandon Boyce — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 14:55:50 +0000

Google and the CIA have both set their sites on an analytics firm created by a former Swedish Army Ranger. Google Ventures and In-Q-Tel, the CIA's investment arm, have given money to analytics firm Recorded... Read more...

CIA purchases stake in firm monitoring social networking

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:30:23 +0000

News reported on Wired's US website gives details regarding a plan by 'America's spy agencies' to read our blog posts, keep track of our Twitter updates and check out our book reviews on Amazon. The... Read more...

MS scarier than the CIA, Gateway exec says

Thu, 28 Mar 2002 10:58:04 +0000

One of the more controversial items in the Microsoft v. Stubborn States hearing is the uniform licensing agreement with OEMs, which, depending on who you talk to, is either a triumph of egalitarianism, or a... Read more...