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Slashdot: ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual That Targets Windows Machines

ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual That Targets Windows Machines
Published on September 11, 2017 at 05:20PM
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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