Νέα απόρρητα έγγραφα της NSA που διέρρευσαν από τον Snowden εμφανίζουν τις δύο μυστικές υπηρεσίες πληροφοριών (GCHQ από το Ηνωμένο Βασίλειο και NSA από τις ΗΠΑ) να προσπαθούσαν να βρουν τα αδύνατα σημεία σε προϊόντα ασφαλείας, προκειμένου να κάνουν την δουλεία τους απαρατήρητες.
The files were published yesterday by Intercept, focusing mainly on the challenges facing the UK GCHQ in attempts to exploit computer networks in targets protected by Kaspersky products.
To overcome these problems, GCHQ requested on 13 June 2008, the renewal of a warrant that would allow them to software reverse engineer (SRE) commercial security products to find ways to circumvent detection of the means of espionage. For those who did not understand, they asked for a warrant to "break" Kaspersky products. These warrants are valid for a period of six months.
“Personal security products such as Russian anti-virus software Kaspersky are still a challenge to the capabilities of the GCHQ, CNE [Computer Network Exploitation] and SRE departments and are essential for us to be able to exploit the software to prevent it tracking our activities, ”the warrant renewal application states.
Kaspersky was the only vendor the intelligence agency mentioned, but their list contains products from 23 other companies, including: Bitdefender, AVG, F-Secure, Dr Web, Avira, Arcabit, ESET, Emsisoft, Avast and Checkpoint.
This tactic has allowed NSAs and GCQs not only to know the capabilities of detecting security tools but to redirect them to malicious software or to track through them their targets.
Cisco was also one of the companies referred to in the warrant as secret services were asking permission to break the router of the company.
Let's recall that recently, Kaspersky revealed a very sophisticated attack against its networks, and as the company stated, behind there was some government.
In a press conference in London, Eugene Kaspersky, Chief Executive Officer of the company, did not name the government but released many interesting facts.
