On 09/02/2012 01:54 PM, Fernando Cassia wrote:
On Sun, Sep 2, 2012 at 1:46 PM, jdow <jdow@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
My take away from this is that absolutely nothing except a totally
disconnected machine in an impenetrable safe is uncrackable, even Fedora
machines. Some form of "AV" tool is called for as well as routine checks
with the various system check utilities. Even that won't prevent 100% of
all attempts from succeeding. But it will help.
so that you sleep safe at night...
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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)
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source:
http://www.infosecisland.com/blogview/22202-FinFisher-The-Cyber-Espionage-Tool-Found-Everywhere.html
more here, including a mind-blowing account on how a special unicode
character and the awesome security of the windows shell is used to
trick users into seeing "something.jpg.exe" into "something.exe.jpg"
and double click on it...
https://citizenlab.org/2012/07/from-bahrain-with-love-finfishers-spy-kit-exposed/
but remember, they say Linux is supported...
FC
So then is there any particular anti-virus / spyware...software that you
would recommend?...
EGO II
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