Vault 7

Pierluigi Paganini February 02, 2024
Ex CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte sentenced to 40 years in prison

A former software engineer with the U.S. CIA has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for leaking classified documents. Former CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for passing classified documents to WikiLeaks and for possessing child pornographic material. “Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 17, 2020
CIA elite hacking unit was not able to protect its tools and cyber weapons

A CIA elite hacking unit that developed cyber-weapons failed in protecting its operations, states an internal report on the Vault 7 data leak. According to an internal report drown up after the 2016 data breach that led to the ‘Vault 7‘ data leak, a specialized CIA unit involved in the development of hacking tools and […]

Pierluigi Paganini March 09, 2020
Former CIA employee Joshua Schulte was convicted of only minor charges

Joshua Schulte, the former CIA employee accused of leaking secret agency’s hacking tools to WikiLeaks was convicted of only minor charges Joshua Schulte, the former CIA software engineer that was accused of stealing the agency’s hacking tools and leaking them to WikiLeaks, was convicted of only minor charges. On November 2018, Joshua Adam Schulte was charged with 13 […]

Pierluigi Paganini January 07, 2019
NSA will reveal its GHIDRA Reverse Engineering tool at RSA Conference

The National Security Agency (NSA) will release at the next RSA Conference a free reverse engineering framework called GHIDRA. GHIDRA is a multi-platform reverse engineering framework that runs on major OSs (Windows, macOS, and Linux). The framework was first mentioned in the CIA Vault 7 dump that was leaked in 2017. WikiLeaks obtained thousands of files allegedly […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 31, 2017
WikiLeaks – CIA used the AngelFire implant infect systems running Windows OSs

A new batch of documents from CIA Vault 7 leaks revealed details about a new implant dubbed AngelFire used to infect systems running Windows OSs. A new batch of documents from Vault 7 leaks revealed details about a new implant, dubbed AngelFire that was used by CIA agents to infect systems running Windows OS. AngelFire was part of the CIA arsenal, the hacking tool was used to […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2017
WikiLeaks – CIA used ExpressLane to covertly collect data from liaison intel services

WikiLeaks – CIA used ExpressLane to covertly collect data from liaison intel services, including FBI, DHS and the NSA, to gather data from their systems. WikiLeaks has published another batch of documents from Vault 7 leak, that details how the CIA spies on other intelligence agencies, including FBI, DHS and the NSA, to gather data from their […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 10, 2017
Wikileaks – CIA CouchPotato remote tool can stealthy collect RTSP/H.264 video streams

WikiLeaks has published another Vault 7 leak, revealing the CIA tool CouchPotato that allows operators to remotely spy on video streams in real-time. “Today, August 10th 2017, WikiLeaks publishes the the User Guide for the CoachPotato project of the CIA. CouchPotato is a remote tool for collection against RTSP/H.264 video streams. It provides the ability to collect either the […]

Pierluigi Paganini June 01, 2017
#Vault7: CIA Pandemic implant turns file servers into malware infectors

Wikileaks released a new lot of documents belonging to the Vault7 dump that details the CIA project codenamed ‘Pandemic implant’ Wikileaks released a new batch of documents belonging to the Vault7 archive related to the CIA project codenamed ‘Pandemic.’ RELEASE: CIA 'Pandemic' Windows infection malware documentation #Vault7 https://t.co/YfxAKT1pog pic.twitter.com/HhmmvUBupi — WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) June 1, 2017 The Pandemic […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 19, 2017
WikiLeaks revealed CIA Athena Spyware, the malware that targets all Windows versions

Wikileaks released the documentation for the Athena Spyware, a malware that could infect and remote control almost any Windows machine. Last Friday, Wikileaks released the documentation for AfterMidnight and Assassin malware platforms, today the organization leaked a new batch of the CIA Vault 7 dump that includes the documentation related to a spyware framework dubbed Athena /Hera. The […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 15, 2017
Vault7 – Wikileaks published documentation for AfterMidnight and Assassin malware

WikiLeaks Reveals two distinct malware platforms codenamed AfterMidnight and Assassin used by the CIA operators to target Windows systems. While critical infrastructure worldwide and private organizations were ridiculed by the WannaCry attack, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA documents from the Vault 7 leaks. The new dump included the documentation related to two CIA frameworks used to create […]