[LINK] Google engineer finds British spyware on PCs and smartphones

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 12:46 PM, Fernando Cassia <fcassia at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> https://citizenlab.org/2012/07/from-bahrain-with-love-finfishers-spy-kit-exposed/
>
> These technical details are very interesting. I have to say, I had no
> knowledge of a "right to left override" character and that thanks to
> the windows shell´s good design (sarcasm) it´d allow a exe to
> maskerade as something else like a .jpg) by flipping the characters in
> a file name, so that someone.jpg.exe visually becomes someone.exe.jpg.

A little more about finfisher... Linux not secure at all.

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 "According to CitizenLab's research and WikiLeaks cables, following
should be the supported features":

    Bypassing of 40 regularly tested Antivirus Systems
    Covert Communication with Headquarters
    Full Skype Monitoring (Calls, Chats, File Transfers, Video, Contact List)
    Recording of common communication like Email, Chats and Voice-over-IP
    Live Surveillance through Webcam and Microphone
    Country Tracing of Target
    Silent extracting of Files from Hard-Disk
    Process-based Key-logger for faster analysis
    Live Remote Forensics on Target System
    Advanced Filters to record only important information
    Supports most common Operating Systems (Windows, Mac OSX and Linux)

"We believe that the Skype interception module is implemented
tampering the circular sound buffer from Windows' DirectSound
interface."
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source:
http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/22202-FinFisher-The-Cyber-Espionage-Tool-Found-Everywhere.html

FC

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