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Two questions 1. Why do they not simply take the weapons of a network? Maybe store it on some physical media, or a computer not networked unless it's time to t
by Pigo 9y ago
Two questions
1. Why do they not simply take the weapons of a network? Maybe store it on some physical media, or a computer not networked unless it's time to take a Kim down a notch?
2. Are these "weapons" really that dastardly? Most of these common ransom-ware and viruses are easily avoided, and only succeed because of naive users. Backdoors aren't a weapon, they're there on purpose. Sniffing, spying, and logging can potentially cause some chaos. But are these really some kind of Zero-cool level hyrda's that they can sink oil-tankers with?
- naibafo 9y ago> Most of these common ransom-ware and viruses are easily avoided, and only succeed because of naive users. The problem is that the large majority of the users is naive.
- Pigo 9y agoSo you think this stockpile is mostly viruses/trojans that would target random users and hope it spreads to important systems, or hope there's important systems manned by naive people? These kind of exploits are everywhere, and I'd say the NSA is hardly the biggest threat in that arena.
- castis 9y agoIt's probably not a stockpile of viruses/trojans. It's more likely a list of exploits across different devices that give you various levels of access to do as you wish with. Some are probably nothing to worry about, some might be something that gives you the ability to get into the machine and encrypt whole sections.