Posted on 06/22/2015 7:33:22 AM PDT by rickyrikardo
The National Security Agency and its British counterpart, Government Communications Headquarters, have worked to subvert anti-virus and other security software in order to track users and infiltrate networks, according to documents from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden.
The spy agencies have reverse engineered software products, sometimes under questionable legal authority, and monitored web and email traffic in order to discreetly thwart anti-virus software and obtain intelligence from companies about security software and users of such software. One security software maker repeatedly singled out in the documents is Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, which has a holding registered in the U.K., claims more than 270,000 corporate clients, and says it protects more than 400 million people with its products.
British spies aimed to thwart Kaspersky software in part through a technique known as software reverse engineering, or SRE, according to a top-secret warrant renewal request. The NSA has also studied Kaspersky Lab’s software for weaknesses, obtaining sensitive customer information by monitoring communications between the software and Kaspersky servers, according to a draft top-secret report. The U.S. spy agency also appears to have examined emails inbound to security software companies flagging new viruses and vulnerabilities.
The efforts to compromise security software were of particular importance because such software is relied upon to defend against an array of digital threats and is typically more trusted by the operating system than other applications, running with elevated privileges that allow more vectors for surveillance and attack. Spy agencies seem to be engaged in a digital game of cat and mouse with anti-virus software companies; the U.S. and U.K. have aggressively probed for weaknesses in software deployed by the companies, which have themselves exposed sophisticated state-sponsored malware.
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“someone should go to jail. “
Loretta Lynch and Eric Holder laugh at your naïveté.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3298603/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3297032/posts
Now why would they do that?
The second article is about monitoring international traffic for signs of malware/hacking. I'm not sure what your issue with this could be. Is it because they may not be able to prove that the attempts are coming from a specific foreign source?
Fine, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't have the most robust capability in the world.
If you can show abuse then the abusers should be held accountable.
Quite frankly I believe you're stupid. Or trolling.
Lol.
Attack the source, the first action of liberals, trolls, and people who simply don’t like the information given.
http://www.cnet.com/news/feds-use-keylogger-to-thwart-pgp-hushmail/
http://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Network-Associates-mired-in-security-debate-FBI-2848849.php
http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2001/2001_The_Year_in_Review
http://www.kaspersky.com/about/news/virus/2001/The_FBI_s_Magic_Lantern_Shines_Bright
Email snooping without a warrant has been going on since 1999.
Magic Lantern was developed in 1999.
Symantec and Mcaffee both agreed with the government to allow a back door into their programs that would allow Magic Lantern to run undetected.
This thread is about attacks on one company who did NOT agree to allow government malware to run undetected by their program.
Interesting to note that Magic Lantern was an FBI program, but the NSA is attacking Kaspersky.
Prior to Magic Lantern there was Echelon and Carnivore.
Echelon and Carnivore were used by the Clinton administration to target his opponents.
Do you know what the posters of FR did during that time?
They inserted Echelon keywords into posts and emails on purpose.
Before you can hold someone accountable for abuse you must first have an accusation of abuse. What's the accusation here?
If it's just that the bulk collection constitutes abuse we've had a federal court ruling to that effect and our congress has modified the law to change the practice.
It seems that the system may be a little slow but it can still work.
What other abuse has been alleged?
You are either stupid or a liberal.
You are either stupid or a liberal.
Redundant.
Checking your posting history proves it.
No, just that calling me either/both is redundant.
Not really. Your posting history was very informative. 2002 signup, first post Jan 22, 2015. How very.............trollish.
And a good portion of it defending government actions.
How interesting.
Very interesting. Dormant handle put in use to defend government abuse. Not very original.
Yeah, it isn’t very original at all.
Had an older signup “ari” do that.
During the Cliven Bundy ranch standoff, a poster named FAA was agitating for violence and trying to find out who from FR was heading out there.
(Laughable on its face.)
That's a government pig. lol
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