WikiLeaks Vault 7: CIA's "Pandemic" Tool Replaces Files With Malware

[Bot]

WikiLeaks has released a new set of documents from its Vault 7 series, this time detailing a tool that the CIA allegedly uses to spread malware on a targeted organization's network.

Appropriately called "Pandemic," the tool can install a file system filter driver on a network, replacing legitimate files with malicious payload when they are accessed remotely via the Server Message Block (SMB) protocol.

"Pandemic does NOT//NOT make any physical changes to the targeted file on disk. The targeted file on the system Pandemic is installed on remains unchanged. Users that are targeted by Pandemic, and use SMB to download the targeted file, will receive the 'replacement' file," reads the tool's description.

This makes this tool a rather interesting one to have since it is particularly difficult to identify infected systems. Since Pandemic replaces files while in transit, instead of modifying them on the device the malware is running on, the legitimate files remain unchanged.

Read more: WikiLeaks Vault 7: CIA's "Pandemic" Tool Replaces Files with Malware

 

[ravi prakash saini]

now i wannacry. this is what i call real malware

 

[Entreri]

All the top tier toys, likely only the NSA has.

 

[EASTER]

Now isn't that just clever? An airborne (as i like to say) modification "in mid flight" so that the landing is still a safe one.

 

[ahity]

wow , so what next malware, put malware on antivirus

 

[EASTER]

Have a sneaky suspicion that we haven't seen even the tip of the iceberg yet on all the available roadways NSA is fashioned and categorized for punching into the O/S for all sorts of purposes.

I still wonder if Bill Gates has an opinion on all of these recent revelations from his perspective that are rapidly being made known lately.

Feel free to share a link if there is one. Windows after all was his brainchild and it would be noteworthy IMO what his own take on it is now.

 

[AtlBo]

Thanks for this explanation. Here is an explanation in a little bit more plain language:

CIA Malware Can Switch Clean Files With Malware When You Download Them Via SMB - Slashdot

 

[Deleted member 178]

Im pretty sure NSA and co has access to some of the code of Windows.

 

[ravi prakash saini]

Im pretty sure NSA and co has access to some of the code of Windows.

it is obvious no company can fight it's respective govt. if it has to do business.
freedom of speech and things like this are good only for debate on TV
it has always been the same just name changes
be it king,President or prime minister.

 

[tryfon]

Hopefully people don't try figuring out how to recreate this.

I find it pretty funny how every time there is a CIA dump with wikileaks, it shows up on here. CNN at one point said it was illegal for us to look at wikileaks stuff because it is confidential and that only their reporters are allowed to . What a joke of a news organization

 

[AtlBo]

I find it pretty funny how every time there is a CIA dump with wikileaks, it shows up on here. CNN at one point said it was illegal for us to look at wikileaks stuff because it is confidential and that only their reporters are allowed to . What a joke of a news organization

Credit to alot of sources including posters here for getting out information on these issues, or we wouldn't know anything. Television news agencies are out of their minds with self interest these days.

 

[tryfon]

Credit to alot of sources including posters here for getting out information on these issues, or we wouldn't know anything. Television news agencies are out of their minds with self interest these days.

100% agreed.