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posted by Fnord666 on Friday June 30 2017, @06:11PM   Printer-friendly
from the another-day-another-leak dept.

"Today, June 29th 2017, WikiLeaks publishes documents from the OutlawCountry project of the CIA that targets computers running the Linux operating system. OutlawCountry allows for the redirection of all outbound network traffic on the target computer to CIA controlled machines for ex- and infiltration purposes. The malware consists of a kernel module that creates a hidden netfilter table on a Linux target; with knowledge of the table name, an operator can create rules that take precedence over existing netfilter/iptables rules and are concealed from an user or even system administrator.

The installation and persistence method of the malware is not described in detail in the document; an operator will have to rely on the available CIA exploits and backdoors to inject the kernel module into a target operating system. OutlawCountry v1.0 contains one kernel module for 64-bit CentOS/RHEL 6.x; this module will only work with default kernels. Also, OutlawCountry v1.0 only supports adding covert DNAT rules to the PREROUTING chain."

https://www.wikileaks.org/vault7/#OutlawCountry

-- Leaked Documents :

= OutlawCountry v1.0 User Manual
https://www.wikileaks.org/vault7/document/OutlawCountry_v1_0_User_Manual/
(PDF) https://www.wikileaks.org/vault7/document/OutlawCountry_v1_0_User_Manual/OutlawCountry_v1_0_User_Manual.pdf

= OutlawCountry v1.0 Test Plan
https://www.wikileaks.org/vault7/document/OutlawCountry_v1_0_Test_Plan/
(PDF) https://www.wikileaks.org/vault7/document/OutlawCountry_v1_0_Test_Plan/OutlawCountry_v1_0_Test_Plan.pdf


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  • (Score: 2) by RamiK on Friday June 30 2017, @07:39PM (2 children)

    by RamiK (1813) on Friday June 30 2017, @07:39PM (#533643)

    the fact is they've spent 30 years hardening their system

    Following that logic, it's safer to live is in the city's most patrolled streets over the suburbs.

    *insert car analogy here*

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @08:19PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday June 30 2017, @08:19PM (#533668)
    The analogy is living in a city apartment in drug war area vs a trailer in some boring small town.

    Even _if_ the former has a slightly more secure design (steel doors, more compartmentalized), you're more likely to be screwed if you make a mistake than in the latter case.
  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Gaaark on Saturday July 01 2017, @03:06AM

    by Gaaark (41) on Saturday July 01 2017, @03:06AM (#533808) Journal

    Car analogy:

    MS has spent 30 years trying to get girls' pants off in the back of their Edsel, but is constantly getting some disease or other because MS's idea of security is a condom ripped to shreds when they replace a faulty fan belt with it.

    Good enough? ;)

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