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In what is surely one of the most astounding intelligence own goals in living memory, the CIA structured its classification regime such that for the most market valuable part of "Vault 7" — the CIA's weaponized malware (implants + zero days), Listening Posts (LP), and Command and Control (C2) systems — the agency has little legal recourse.

The CIA made these systems unclassified.

Why the CIA chose to make its cyberarsenal unclassified reveals how concepts developed for military use do not easily crossover to the 'battlefield' of cyber 'war'.

To attack its targets, the CIA usually requires that its implants communicate with their control programs over the internet. If CIA implants, Command & Control and Listening Post software were classified, then CIA officers could be prosecuted or dismissed for violating rules that prohibit placing classified information onto the Internet. Consequently the CIA has secretly made most of its cyber spying/war code unclassified. The U.S. government is not able to assert copyright either, due to restrictions in the U.S. Constitution. This means that cyber 'arms' manufactures and computer hackers can freely "pirate" these 'weapons' if they are obtained. The CIA has primarily had to rely on obfuscation to protect its malware secrets.

https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1

Tags: wikileaks, cia, malware, zeroday, hacking, ciberguerra by rhatto (2017-03-07) | Cache | Permalink

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War is Already Here - It 19s Just Not Very Evenly Distributed

Nietzsche’s famous quote, “When you look long into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you,” now sounds like a double transcription error: surely he didn’t mean abyss, but app.
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As liberalism collapses, the rise of autocracy coincides with the greatest technical capacity for spying in history, with the least cost or effort. It’s a perfect storm.
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This brief overview doesn’t even mention artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), robots, the venture capital system, or tech billionaires who think they can live forever with transfusions of the blood of young people.

https://crimethinc.com/2017/02/16/war...-its-just-not-very-evenly-distributed

Tags: vigilância, autodefesa, privacidade, segurança, capitalismo, guerra by rhatto and 1 other (2017-02-17) | Cache | Permalink

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The Petrov experience or why not automate everything

http://theoldschooldevops.com/2014/09...rience-or-why-not-automate-everything

Tags: automação, guerra, devops by rhatto (2017-02-16) | Cache | Permalink

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World War Three, by Mistake

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/world-war-three-by-mistake

Tags: guerra, guerra nuclear, desarmamento by rhatto (2016-12-31) | Cache | Permalink

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Commentary: Don't be so sure Russia hacked the Clinton emails | Reuters