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WikiLeaks Docs Reveal How the CIA Targets Windows Users

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Do the Wikileaks docs explain how exactly they place the malware on the victim's computer? That would be more interesting than the details listed in the article - CIA's malware doesn't seem fundamentally different from other tools of this kind.

Social engineering is the usual approach I think. If you can make a person believe that a request is coming from a trusted person or authority, most will not question it.

If you got an email from your boss with an attached document or link with a request to "please review" would you really give it much of a second thought?

An attachment would need to be an executable though, or use an RCE exploit in the email client or document viewer.

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Sh-sure... th-thanks!

Any WikiLeaks leak in that regard about the Russian government?

Any WikiLeaks leak in that regard about the Russian government? Anyone?

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