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When Der Spiegel and Jacob Appelbaum published leaked pages of the National Security Agency's ANT Catalog—the collection of tools and software created for NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) division—it triggered shock, awe, and a range of other emotions around the world. Among some hardware hackers and security researchers, it triggered something else, too—a desire to replicate the capabilities of TAO's toolbox to conduct research on how the same approaches might be used by other adversaries.
In less than 18 months since the catalog's leak, the NSA Playset project has done just that. The collection boasts over a dozen devices that put the power of the NSA's TAO into the hands of researchers. Project creator Michael Ossmann—a security researcher, radio frequency hardware engineer, and founder of Great Scott Gadgets—detailed the tools at a presentation during the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas last week, and he talked with Ars more about it this past weekend at DEF CON 23.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @03:44AM
Isn't everybody on the list by now? And when is your lord OBAMA going to abolish that list? Hmmm?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @03:52AM
Black Jesus is just the PC face of the white man's god.
Can't really expect much else out of somebody who didn't have the white house painted black, or at least a neutral dark tan.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 13 2015, @04:12AM
Forget about the Black House for a second, Black Jesus should have had the Capitol building painted Stealth Black, then Gyrocopter Guy wouldn't even have been able to find it.
(Score: 2, Interesting) by Absolutely.Geek on Thursday August 13 2015, @04:42AM
I live in New Zealand you insensitive clod; we are ruled over by the mighty JOHN KEY. And there are lists then there are LISTS
Don't trust the police or the government - Shihad: My mind's sedate.