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NSA secretly hijacked existing malware to spy on N. Korea, others

A new wave of documents from Edward Snowden’s cache of National Security Agency data published by Der Spiegel demonstrates how the agency has used its network exploitation capabilities both to defend military networks from attack and to co-opt other organizations’ hacks for intelligence collection and other purposes. In one case, the NSA secretly tapped into South Korean network espionage on North Korean networks to gather intelligence.

The documents were published as part of an analysis by Jacob Appelbaum and others working for Der Spiegel of how the NSA has developed an offensive cyberwarfare capability over the past decade. According to a report by the New York Times, the access the NSA gained into North Korea’s networks—which initially leveraged South Korean “implants” on North Korean systems, but eventually consisted of the NSA’s own malware—played a role in attributing the attack on Sony Pictures to North Korean state-sponsored actors.

Included with the documents released by Der Spiegel are details on how the NSA built up its Remote Operations Center to carry out “Tailored Access Operations” on a variety of targets, while also building the capability to do permanent damage to adversaries’ information systems, including internal NSA newsletter interviews and training materials. Also included was a malware sample for a keylogger, apparently developed by the NSA and possibly other members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence community, which was also included in the dump. The code appears to be from the Five Eyes joint program “Warriorpride,” a set of tools shared by the NSA, the United Kingdom’s GCHQ, the Australian Signals Directorate, Canada’s Communications Security Establishment, and New Zealand’s Government Communications Security Bureau.

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NSA ‘hijacked’ criminal botnets to install spyware: Report – NDTV


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NSA 'hijacked' criminal botnets to install spyware: Report
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While U.S. law enforcement agencies have long tried to stamp out networks of compromised computers used by cyber criminals, the National Security Agency has been hijacking the so-called botnets as a resource for spying. The NSA has "co-opted" more than

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UK bank networks hijacked to spew botnet spam, BBC finds – IDG News Service

UK bank networks hijacked to spew botnet spam, BBC finds
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way – the phenomenon of enterprise botnets is long established – research on the topic has been thin on the ground as researchers have tended to focus on more newsworthy threats such as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and Android mobile malware 

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UK bank networks hijacked to spew botnet spam, BBC finds – Techworld.com

UK bank networks hijacked to spew botnet spam, BBC finds
Techworld.com
the phenomenon of enterprise botnets is long established – research on the topic has been thin on the ground as researchers have tended ot focus on more newsworthy threats such as Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) and Android mobile malware.

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