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Israel doesn't even need Whatsapp to be installed. The IDF's Unit 8200[1] can probably hack most phones in Iran. And if not any of the private companies sellin

by pier25 1y ago

Israel doesn't even need Whatsapp to be installed. The IDF's Unit 8200[1] can probably hack most phones in Iran. And if not any of the private companies selling spyware software like the NSO Group[2 and 3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit_8200 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSO_Group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSO_Group [3] https://mepc.org/commentaries/israeli-cyber-companies-overview/ https://mepc.org/commentaries/israeli-cyber-companies-overvi...

monero-xmr 1y ago
I had a coworker from Iran and he said every single computer just runs the same cracked Windows XP version translated into Farsi. Easy to exploit
- pier25 1y ago
  No wonder they got into Natanz with stuxnet. I recommend the documentary Zero Days from 2016 to anyone remotely interested on this.
  - _zagj 1y ago
    > No wonder they got into Natanz with stuxnet. While the PCs used to program the PLCs were running XP, the 0-day that Stuxnet exploited affected all versions of Windows, at least from 2000 onwards, including 2008 and Vista. EDIT: to clarify, the PCs "programmed" the PLCs indirectly, in that while they ran the Siemans STEP 7 IDE to design the centrifuges' control process, the resulting PLC programs were manually transported to the PLCs via USB devices, so there were two airgaps: the XP-running PCs airgapped from the outside world, and then another airgap between the PCs and the PLCs they programmed.
  - dijit 1y ago
    This massively trivialises how sophisticated stuxnet was, there were multiple 0-days affecting all versions of actively maintained versions of Windows being weaponised by the program. It wasn’t a bunch of known vulnerabilities affecting unpatched machines. Quite the opposite.
- 34679 1y ago
  And you believed them? You think a country with almost 100 million people only have a single cracked version of Win XP to use as their OS?
  - tkel 1y ago
    The willingness for people in the US to believe absurd lies about other countries correlates with its status as an official "enemy" or "ally" of the US government. Just like how the evidentiary standard around reporting on North Korea approaches zero. Americans will believe any absurd thing without evidence, and the media will shamelessly reprint official narratives, hearsay, and endless propaganda.
have-a-break 1y ago
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TacticalCoder 1y ago
I think that that's the excuse the current regime in Iran is using to try to prevent iranians from coordinating a coup. By "chance" the rightful crown prince (Pahlavi dynasty), an exile, is now making a comeback on social media, saying that the current iranian regime shall fail. There are talks online as to how the current regime is falling: and there are a lot of people who would be very happy to see those bearded men ruling by sharia law gone. The last thing the religious cracknuts at the helm of that islamic state want are iranians themselves using the opportunity to topple up the regime. When they say: "Delete WhatsApp to not help Israel locate you" what they really mean is "Do not share the vids of the crown prince announcing he'll give you a life without sharia punishment".
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megous 1y ago
have-a-break: How do you send an "invisible" SMS to other country's cellular network undetected? Especially on a mass scale... I know about OMA DM, and FOTA update/access, and binaries certain US operators pre-install into phones/modems for remote access, etc. since I was reverse engineering this stuff. I just don't see how this would be invisible from the targetted country's cellular network operator.
- 2rsf 1y ago
  It could be invisible if you send it from within the operator's network after breaking (physically) into it, and then deleting your tracks

by pier25 1y ago

monero-xmr 1y ago

I had a coworker from Iran and he said every single computer just runs the same cracked Windows XP version translated into Farsi. Easy to exploit

pier25 1y ago
No wonder they got into Natanz with stuxnet. I recommend the documentary Zero Days from 2016 to anyone remotely interested on this.
- _zagj 1y ago
  > No wonder they got into Natanz with stuxnet. While the PCs used to program the PLCs were running XP, the 0-day that Stuxnet exploited affected all versions of Windows, at least from 2000 onwards, including 2008 and Vista. EDIT: to clarify, the PCs "programmed" the PLCs indirectly, in that while they ran the Siemans STEP 7 IDE to design the centrifuges' control process, the resulting PLC programs were manually transported to the PLCs via USB devices, so there were two airgaps: the XP-running PCs airgapped from the outside world, and then another airgap between the PCs and the PLCs they programmed.
- dijit 1y ago
  This massively trivialises how sophisticated stuxnet was, there were multiple 0-days affecting all versions of actively maintained versions of Windows being weaponised by the program. It wasn’t a bunch of known vulnerabilities affecting unpatched machines. Quite the opposite.
34679 1y ago
And you believed them? You think a country with almost 100 million people only have a single cracked version of Win XP to use as their OS?
- tkel 1y ago
  The willingness for people in the US to believe absurd lies about other countries correlates with its status as an official "enemy" or "ally" of the US government. Just like how the evidentiary standard around reporting on North Korea approaches zero. Americans will believe any absurd thing without evidence, and the media will shamelessly reprint official narratives, hearsay, and endless propaganda.

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TacticalCoder 1y ago

I think that that's the excuse the current regime in Iran is using to try to prevent iranians from coordinating a coup. By "chance" the rightful crown prince (Pahlavi dynasty), an exile, is now making a comeback on social media, saying that the current iranian regime shall fail. There are talks online as to how the current regime is falling: and there are a lot of people who would be very happy to see those bearded men ruling by sharia law gone. The last thing the religious cracknuts at the helm of that islamic state want are iranians themselves using the opportunity to topple up the regime. When they say: "Delete WhatsApp to not help Israel locate you" what they really mean is "Do not share the vids of the crown prince announcing he'll give you a life without sharia punishment".

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megous 1y ago

have-a-break: How do you send an "invisible" SMS to other country's cellular network undetected? Especially on a mass scale... I know about OMA DM, and FOTA update/access, and binaries certain US operators pre-install into phones/modems for remote access, etc. since I was reverse engineering this stuff. I just don't see how this would be invisible from the targetted country's cellular network operator.

2rsf 1y ago
It could be invisible if you send it from within the operator's network after breaking (physically) into it, and then deleting your tracks