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I would love to be a fly on the wall in Microsoft APT research whenever a particular actor they're looking at shows signs of being US origin. "Whoops, nothing t
by lucubratory 4y ago
I would love to be a fly on the wall in Microsoft APT research whenever a particular actor they're looking at shows signs of being US origin. "Whoops, nothing there, Pentagon contracts are safe once more - say, I'm pretty sure the name for that container is actually an obscure reference to an Iranian ice cream brand. Glad we figured out their nationality!".
- er4hn 4y agoI'd like to think they write the agency a pleasant letter each time. "Well hey, awkward, but we caught you again. Next time make sure not to name your files after US baseball teams :)" And the agency in turn sends them a cake.
- qbrass 4y agoThen MS gives them a name based on the type of cake they sent.
- simmerup 4y agoDo you have any evidence of widespread U.S. threat actors?
- lucubratory 4y agoThat's pretty funny, thank you.
- hnbad 4y agoDoes "Snowden leaks" mean anything to you? We know the US wiretapped its allies heads of state's mobile phones and manipulated CISCO routers en masse. We also know the US infiltrated satellite telcos in Germany and set up an encryption vendor in Switzerland alongside with the German intelligence who pulled out after finding out the US was also happily selling the compromised devices to its own European allies. We can also be pretty certain the US was involved in Israeli cyber attacks on Iran.
- super256 4y agoEquation Group, who are operating alongside the creators of stuxnet and flame. If you got the time you should look into the leaks from the shadow brokers. There were many cool tools and the messages from TSB were fun to read. Also yea, the NSA listened to Merkels phone.