Neowin News Feed for: Vault7

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 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...

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...

Security researcher finds Samsung's Tizen, used in its Smart TVs, is full of security issues

Paul Hill — Tue, 04 Apr 2017 10:46:01 +0000

Samsung's Tizen operating system has been found to be riddled with security vulnerabilities that allow for remote-code execution, and for the delivery of malicious code via the OS' app store. 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...

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...