Vault 7

The latest and follow-on revelations made by WikiLeaks on the CIA cyberhacking scandal Thursday highlighted the techniques used by the CIA to gain persistence on Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)'s Mac devices and demonstrates the use of EFI/UEFI and firmware malware. The Background For the uninitiated...

It's been a little over a week since WikiLeaks made its latest round of revelations; this time around, the bombshell was cyberhacking by the CIA. Even before the dust around the disclosures settle down, U.S. companies responded to the data breach, demonstrating their nimbleness and dynamism. The...

The recent Wikileaks dump of classified U.S. Central Intelligence Agency documents has once again raised the debate over how the government should balance national security and Americans’ right to privacy. According to the leaks, the CIA has developed technology that can be used to hack into...

Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is said to be the “primary target” of CIA hacking revealed by WikiLeaks in a massive dump of U.S. Central Intelligence Agency files code-named "Vault 7." A blog posted by Craig Dods, the chief architect of security at Juniper Networks,...

A lot of terms on cyberhacking are thrown around these days, especially after the Wikileaks report regarding software tools the CIA used to break into smartphones, computers and TVs. "Vault 7" Leaks The new series of leaks was codenamed "Vault 7" and the first full part of the...

WikiLeaks is at it again, exposing the skeletons in the CIA's closet. This time around, the Julian Assange-run organization, which credits itself for publishing secret, sensitive information on matters such as war, spying and corruption, had a rich haul of information in the form of documents,...