ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual That Targets Windows Machines (schneier.com)

Posted by BeauHD on Monday September 11, 2017 @11:20AM from the target-acquired dept.

AmiMoJo shares a report from Schneier on Security: The ShadowBrokers released the manual for UNITEDRAKE, a sophisticated NSA Trojan that targets Windows machines: "Able to compromise Windows PCs running on XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Vista, Windows 7 SP 1 and below, as well as Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the attack tool acts as a service to capture information. UNITEDRAKE, described as a 'fully extensible remote collection system designed for Windows targets,' also gives operators the opportunity to take complete control of a device. The malware's modules -- including FOGGYBOTTOM and GROK -- can perform tasks including listening in and monitoring communication, capturing keystrokes and both webcam and microphone usage, the impersonation users, stealing diagnostics information and self-destructing once tasks are completed."

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Re:And yet the US whines when others do it ... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-09-11 11:38 · Score: 1, Insightful

Americans aren't doing shit like this. The NSA is. There's a difference.
If anyone still uses Windows... by Anonymous Coward · 2017-09-11 11:50 · Score: 4, Insightful

they deserve what every they get. After almost 25 years of problems with Windows NT, I don't understand why anyone still uses it.