WikiLeaks continues to publish its archives Vault 7 allegedly belonging to the CIA. She published a user guide for Weeping Angel, a tool that allows the US intelligence service to gain control over smart TVs.
Weeping Angels is a tool mentioned from the first round of files published by Wikileaks in March. Today the website gives us more information about what it can do.
First of all, Weeping Angel is a tool derived from another tool created by the British intelligence service MI5 / BTSS, called "Extending".
Extending is a tool used by secret service hackers to take control of Samsung F TV Shows Smart TV. Ο guide user manual explains that this is an implant designed to record sound from the built-in microphone as well as store data.
Malware can be installed on the TV via USB stick, and the data they can be gathered in the same way or through a WiFi hotspot installed near the TV. The instruction shows step-by-step how to install the malware and advises hackers-spies to clean the record of installed applications if the TV remote control has a History button.
Let's say real-time ringtone is also possible with the help of a Live Listen Tool, which works on devices with Windows 7 or 8 installed.
Wikileaks notes that CIA and MI5 / BTSS worked together for the Weeping Angel during a Joint Development Workshop, which is similar to the boot camps we know.
To emphasize that Hack takes place on Smart TVs, Samsung needs physical contact with the device to install malware. This is mainly due to the updating of the firmware that became 2014, which prevents Internet piracy from the Internet.
