Dan Goodin — Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years

WTF?

Ars Technica
Advanced CIA firmware has been infecting Wi-Fi routers for years
Dan Goodin

Wendy McElroy — Your Bitcoins Open to CIA and Criminals, Heed Wikileaks’ Warning

More on Vault 7.

This Wikileaks dump reiterated something we already knew; Our devices are fundamentally unsafe. No matter what kind of encryption we use, no matter which secure messaging apps we take care to run, no matter how careful we are to sign up for two-factor authentication, the CIA—and, we have to assume, other hackers—can infiltrate our operating systems, take control of our cameras and microphones, and bend our phones to their will. The same can be said of smart TVs, which could be made to surreptitiously record our living-room conversations.

Back to carrier pigeons?

Technology News
Your Bitcoins Open to CIA and Criminals, Heed Wikileaks’ Warning
Wendy McElroy

Dan Goodin — Found in the wild: Vault7 hacking tools WikiLeaks says come from CIA

CIA global cyber-espionage and hacking outed?

Ars Technica
Found in the wild: Vault7 hacking tools WikiLeaks says come from CIA
Dan Goodin | Security Editor at Ars Technica

Russia Insider — Wikileaks: CIA Hacks 'in Russian' to Cover Its Tracks

Wikileaks releases another tranche of Vault 7. The plot thickens.

The CIA doesn't just steal Russian malware. It also covers its tracks by using Russian language.

Russia Insider
Wikileaks: CIA Hacks 'in Russian' to Cover Its Tracks

RI Staff

See also

Zero Hedge
WikiLeaks Reveals "Marble": Proof CIA Disguises Their Hacks As Russian, Chinese, Arabic...

Jessie Hellmann — CIA director warns of 'sophisticated' Russian hacking capabilities

Says the guy that was listening in on Angela Merkel and Dilma Rouseff's phone calls, then when caught out says he won't do it anymore.

On one hand the US claims to be numero uno in cyber capabilities and on the other, complains about Russian and China capabilities.

Are we supposed to take this seriously? 

He's just advertising that the US has inadequate cybersecurity. I guess it is a plea for more funding.

The Hill
CIA director warns of 'sophisticated' Russian hacking capabilities

Jessie Hellmann

Reuters — Russia says spyware found in state computer networks

Russia's intelligence service said on Saturday that the computer networks of 20 organizations, including state agencies and defense companies, have been infected with spyware in what it described as a targeted and coordinated attack.

The Federal Security Service, the FSB, said the malware and the way the networks were infected were similar to those used in previous cases of cyber espionage found in Russia and other countries. The agency did not say who it suspected of being behind the attacks…

Reuters
Russia says spyware found in state computer networks

Also

The agency did not specify which party it suspects to be behind the reported cyber espionage or whether it was sponsored by any foreign government.

Kaspersky Lab, a Russian computer security company, said that it is investigating the activities of a “powerful cyber gang” that has targeted Russian organizations.

“We need some time to confirm the data in our possession. After that we’ll be ready to share the results of our inquiry,”Kaspersky Lab’s press-service said.

RT
20 Russian high-profile organizations attacked by spy malware in coordinated op – FSB