- Jun 9, 2013
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As if the WannaCry ransomware based on a vulnerability stolen from the NSA wasn’t enough, this weekend WikiLeaks revealed an exploit being used by the CIA against any Windows version out there and capable of taking control of the targeted system.
Codenamed Athena, the CIA project can compromise absolutely any Windows version on the market, starting with Windows XP and ending with Windows 10, providing attackers with capabilities like deploying other malware and access to local files should they want to drop certain data on the drives.
“Once installed, the malware provides a beaconing capability (including configuration and task handling), the memory loading/unloading of malicious payloads for specific tasks and the delivery and retrieval of files to/from a specified directory on the target system. It allows the operator to configure settings during runtime (while the implant is on target) to customize it to an operation,” WikiLeaks says.
Read More. WikiLeaks Reveals Athena, CIA Malware Targeting All Windows Versions
Codenamed Athena, the CIA project can compromise absolutely any Windows version on the market, starting with Windows XP and ending with Windows 10, providing attackers with capabilities like deploying other malware and access to local files should they want to drop certain data on the drives.
“Once installed, the malware provides a beaconing capability (including configuration and task handling), the memory loading/unloading of malicious payloads for specific tasks and the delivery and retrieval of files to/from a specified directory on the target system. It allows the operator to configure settings during runtime (while the implant is on target) to customize it to an operation,” WikiLeaks says.
Read More. WikiLeaks Reveals Athena, CIA Malware Targeting All Windows Versions
