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New Backdoor Created Using Leaked CIA’s Hive Malware Discovered in the Wild

Unidentified threat actors have deployed a new backdoor that borrows its features from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)’s Hive multi-platform malware suite, the source code of which was released by WikiLeaks in November 2017. “This is the first time we caught a variant of the CIA Hive attack kit in the wild, and we […]

Julian Assange was spied on while at the Ecuadorian embassy in London

Information security specialists claim that Julian Assange, the controversial cyber activist and founder of WikiLeaks platform, was constantly spied on for seven years, time he remained a political refugee at the embassy premises of Ecuador in London. According to reports, a security company called Undercover Global, based in Spain, was in charge of spying on […]

Julian Assange’s Hacking Charges, and Where It Go Wrong

Julian Assange’s lawyers want to see if hacking is protected by the First Amendment. London’s Metropolitan Police arrested Assange on Thursday at the Ecuadorian Embassy, where he’d been granted asylum for seven years. The US government wants to extradite Assange over hacking charges. But Assange’s lawyers have a bigger concern. His lawyers argued that the […]

Julian Assange associate goes missing in Norway

Arjen Kamphuis, partner of Julian Assange and author of “Information Security for Journalists”, is missing News agencies and ethical hacking experts all around the world report on the strange disappearance of Arjen Kamphuis, partner of Julian Assange, founder of WikiLeaks. The news was confirmed by WikiLeaks last Sunday when they posted on Twitter: “Julian Assange’s partner and […]

11K WikiLeaks Direct Messages leaked by activist

An activist has just leaked thousands of private messages from an organization known for posting sensitive information Reports of enterprise network security claim that around 11K Direct Messages (DM) from a Twitter group used by WikiLeaks and nearly 10 close collaborators have been published online by journalist and activist Emma Best, exposing private chats between 2015 and 2017. The […]

Former CIA engineer leaked to WikiLeaks the hacking tools used by the Agency

A former CIA engineer is being accused of handing the documents from the Vault 7 series to WikiLeaks. The US government claims to have identified the malicious actor who allegedly stole a data package belonging to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing hacking tools and secret cyberespionage campaigns aimed at governments, unsuspected users and companies […]

Vault 8 – WikiLeaks releases source code for CIA Hive malware control platform

Wikileaks released the first batch of documents starting with the source code and development logs of the Project Hive. Today the popular whistleblower organization Wikileaks announced a new Vault 8 series that shed the light on the source code and the hacking infrastructure developed by the CIA. Anyone can access the source code and analyze it, likely in […]

Vault 7 Leaks: CIA Hacking Tool “Angelfire” Secret Document Revealed to Compromise Windows OS – WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Revealed a new Document of CIA Hacking Tool called “Angelfire” which comprised of 5 integrated components that are used to Compromise the Windows Computers Especially Windows 7 and Windows XP. Angelfire integrated componenets are Solartime, Wolfcreek, Keystone (previously MagicWand), BadMFS, and the Windows Transitory File system. Few Day Before WikiLeaks Revealed Secret Cyber Operation Document called […]

WikiLeaks Website Apparently “Hacked” By OurMine Using DNS Poisoning

No, this is not some bug bounty contest hosted by the Wikileaks – their website known for its high-profile leaks against big names like the CIA. The website was attacked (now restored) by the hacker group called OurMine who call themselves White Hats trying to point out bugs. Users weren’t able to access the website […]

Vault 7 Leaks : CIA Owned PoC Malware Development Surveillance Projects “UCL Under Raytheon” Leaked – WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Revealed CIA Surveillance Projects Documents “UMBRAGE Component Library(UCL)”  from CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird Technologies which contains five secret Malware Development Related PoC(Proof-of-Concepts) with CIA. This CIA Project Related to Malware research and Developing new Malware that mostly contains Proof-of-Concept ideas and assessments for malware attack vectors. Defense contractor company Raytheon helps for CIA Surveillance Project […]

Vault 7 Leaks : CIA Android Hacking Tool “HighRise” Steals Data From Compromised Android Phones via SMS – WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Revealed a CIA Secret Document of  Android Mobile Hacking Tool called “HighRise” steal the victims Android smartphones data and send to CIA Control server using SMS messages for communication between Victims and CIA Controlled listener posts. WikiLeaks Revealed Few days before Another CIA Cyber Weapons called “BothanSpy” and “Gyrfalcon” steals the SSH Credentials from […]

Vault 7 Leaks : CIA Malware “OutlawCountry” Controls Linux Machine and Redirect the Victims Traffic into CIA Controlled Machine – WikiLeaks

WikiLeaks Revealed another Secret Document of  CIA Malware called “OutlawCountry” that targets Linux Running Machines which Control and Redirect all outbound network traffic on the target computer to CIA controlled machines. Few days Before WikiLeaks Revealed anather CIA Malware Called “ELSA” have an ability to Tracking Geo-Location information of Wi-Fi enabled Windows OS. According to Leaked Document  […]

Brutal Kangaroo: How CIA Hacked Offline Computers Using Infected USB Drives

Short Bytes: Brutal Kangaroo malware is the latest addition to the ongoing WikiLeaks Vault 7 leaks. Published earlier this week, the leaked documents show how the CIA hacked offline and air-gapped computers using USB drives. Brutal Kangaroo is basically a combination of 4 tools which work together. The malware used Windows operating system vulnerabilities to targeted air-gapped computers. […]

New CIA Cyberweapon Malware “Pandemic” installed in Victims Machine and Replaced Target files where remote users use SMB to Download

One of the  CIA Cyberweapon  Called  “Pandemic” Document Leaked by Vault 7 Projects of WikiLeaks.This Malware tool Specifically interact and run as kernel shellcode to install File system Driver. This Malware will the attack the Victim Machine if user accesses the file via SMB, the Payload files will be Replaced to the  Actual Target file […]

Vault7 – Wikileaks published documentation for AfterMidnight and Assassin malware

WikiLeaks Reveals two distinct malware platforms codenamed AfterMidnight and Assassin used by the CIA operators to target Windows systems. While critical infrastructure worldwide and private organizations were ridiculed by the WannaCry attack, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA documents from the Vault 7 leaks. The new dump included the documentation related to two CIA frameworks used to create […]

WIKILEAKS REVEALS CIA TOOL ‘SCRIBBLES’ FOR DOCUMENT TRACKING

WikiLeaks released details on what it said is a Central Intelligence Agency document tracking program called Scribbles, part of the agency’s effort to keep tabs on documents leaked to whistleblowers and journalists. Scribbles allegedly embeds a web beacon-style tag into watermarks located on Microsoft Word documents that can report document analytics back to the CIA. WikiLeaks […]

Wikileaks Releases “How To Hack Windows” Secret Guide By CIA

Short Bytes: The latest addition to the Vault 7 leak by CIA is the set of 27 documents of the Grasshopper framework. CIA uses the framework to create custom malware that behaves according to the configuration of the target system. Grasshopper also helps CIA to implement various persistence mechanisms for the malware. We woke up […]