The Vault 7 leaks continue to flow thick and fast from WikiLeaks, shedding more and more light on the hacking and infiltration capabilities of the CIA. The latest batch details the OutlawCountry project which finds the CIA targeting Linux systems.
The Vault 7 leaks continue to flow thick and fast from WikiLeaks, shedding more and more light on the hacking and infiltration capabilities of the CIA. The latest batch details the OutlawCountry project which finds the CIA targeting Linux systems.
With Linux-based operating systems usually lauded for their impenetrability, news of a possible chink in the armour will undoubtedly cause concern. With OutlawCountry, it seems the CIA was able to redirect network traffic from a target machine to an agency-controlled machine for infiltration.
There are, perhaps obviously, a number of prerequisites to allow the CIA’s method to work — although the documentation does not actually reveal how the malware is actually installed. The prerequisites include: the target machine needs to be running a compatible 64-bit version of CentOS/RHEL 6.x (kernel version 2.6.32) , shell access is required by the operator, and the target must have a «nat» netfilter table.
News of the latest addition to Vault 7 was shared on Twitter by WikiLeaks:
WikiLeaks explains a little about the latest hacking tool:
Image credit: jivacore / Shutterstock
