{"id":8854,"date":"2017-05-22T15:42:05","date_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakorbit.com\/?p=8854"},"modified":"2017-05-22T15:43:10","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T10:43:10","slug":"cia-made-spyware-athena-released-by-wikileaks-which-targets-all-windows-versions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakorbit.com\/2017\/05\/cia-made-spyware-athena-released-by-wikileaks-which-targets-all-windows-versions\/","title":{"rendered":"CIA-Made Spyware Athena Released by WikiLeaks which Targets all Windows Versions"},"content":{"rendered":"
WikiLeaks have revealed yet another major exploit used by CIA and other intelligence agencies of America to target Microsoft Windows systems around the world.<\/p>\n
The spyware codenamed \u201cAthena<\/a>\u201d, was apparently created by CIA and Siege Technologies, a cyber security tech firm. This spyware works for nearly all versions of Windows: from XP to 10 and allows the attacker to take full control of the computer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Within the spyware are 2 modules, primary module is Athena, which can attack Windows XP to Windows 10. Moreover,\u00a0there\u2019s Hera, which can attack Windows 8 to Windows 10.<\/p>\n Once installed, the malware provides a beaconing capability (including configuration and task handling), the memory loading\/unloading of malicious payloads for specific tasks and the delivery and retrieval of files to\/from a specified directory on the target system. It allows the operator to configure settings during runtime (while the implant is on target) to customize it to an operation.<\/p>\n This spyware\u00a0can hijack an entire computer, allowing the perpetrator to steal data and send it elsewhere, such as CIAs servers, as well as delete data and perform additional infections of a PC by installing more malicious software.<\/p>\n It is worth noting that, Athena is the 9th Vault 7 release<\/a> of CIA hacking tools. WikiLeaks has been revealing one tool at the end of each week over the past two months.<\/p>\nCIA Spyware Ending Up in Wrong Hands:<\/h4>\n