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Do the Wikileaks docs explain how exactly they place the malware on the victim's computer? That would be more interesting than the details listed in the article
by dvfjsdhgfv 10y ago
Do the Wikileaks docs explain how exactly they place the malware on the victim's computer? That would be more interesting than the details listed in the article - CIA's malware doesn't seem fundamentally different from other tools of this kind.
- ams6110 10y agoSocial engineering is the usual approach I think. If you can make a person believe that a request is coming from a trusted person or authority, most will not question it. If you got an email from your boss with an attached document or link with a request to "please review" would you really give it much of a second thought?
- qq66 10y agoAn attachment would need to be an executable though, or use an RCE exploit in the email client or document viewer.