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Wikileaks: CIA tasked Raytheon for analyzing TTPs used by threat actors in the wild

July 19, 2017

Wikileaks revealed that CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird Technologies was tasked to analyze advanced malware and TTPs used by threat actors in the wild.

Wikileaks continues to publish documents from Vault 7 leaks, today the organization has shed light on the collaboration between the US Intelligence agency and tech firms for malware development.

The last batch of documents shows that the CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird Technologies was tasked to analyze advanced malware and TTPs used by threat actors in the wild as part of the UMBRAGE project.

A previous Vault7 data leak reported that the Umbrage team was tasked by the Central Intelligence Agency for false flag hacking operations.

According to the documents leaked by WikiLeaks, Raytheon Blackbird Technologies produced at least five reports to CIA as part of UMBRAGE Component Library (UCL) project between November 2014 and September 2015.

“Today, July 19th 2017, WikiLeaks publishes documents from the CIA contractor Raytheon Blackbird Technologies for the “UMBRAGE Component Library” (UCL) project. The documents were submitted to the CIA between November 21st 2014 (just two weeks after Raytheon acquired Blackbird Technologies to build a Cyber Powerhouse) and September, 11th 2015. They mostly contain Proof-of-Concept ideas and assessments for malware attack vectors – partly based on public documents from security researchers and private enterprises in the computer security field.” states Wikileaks.

“Raytheon Blackbird Technologies acted as a kind of “technology scout” for the Remote Development Branch (RDB) of the CIA by analysing malware attacks in the wild and giving recommendations to the CIA development teams for further investigation and PoC development for their own malware projects.”

The experts from the firm also provided proof-of-concept ideas and malware attack vectors to the firm.

https://www.securitynewspaper.com/2017/07/19/wikileaks-cia-tasked-raytheon-analyzing-ttps-used-threat-actors-wild/

Critical zero-day vulnerability in Windows operating systems

Network security and ethical hacking specialists from the International Institute of Cyber Security recommend Windows operating system users to upgrade to version 10 to protect against a critical vulnerability that has already been exploited in the wild.

Unidentified threat actors have combined an unpatched local privilege escalation exploit on Windows with one for a Chrome browser security vulnerability, recently corrected.

Google network security experts publicly revealed this vulnerability: “according to our policies, we reveal the existence of this critical error that has already been exploited actively”, mentions the announcement of the Threat Analysis Group of the company. “This vulnerability can be exploited to elevate privileges or it can be combined with another exploit to bypass security sandbox environments”.

The vulnerability gives attackers a way to break the security spaces that Chrome and other browsers use to prevent malicious code from interacting with sensitive parts of an operating system. The attackers combined an exploit for this vulnerability with the CVE-2019-5786 flaw, report network security experts.

Microsoft officials did not mention an estimated date to launch the correction of this vulnerability, or if they plan to announce a temporary mitigation. A company spokesperson simply declared: “Microsoft has the client’s commitment to investigating the reported security issues and proactively updating as soon as possible”.

https://www.securitynewspaper.com/2019/03/08/critical-zero-day-vulnerability-in-windows-operating-systems/

Algeria shuts universities as rallies pile pressure on Bouteflika

In an apparent bid to halt growing student-led demonstrations, authorities bring scheduled university holiday forward.

Universities across Algeria will close two weeks before a scheduled holiday, authorities have announced, in an apparent attempt to defuse student-led protests against ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who is seeking a fifth term in office.

The Ministry of Higher Education's decision on Saturday came a day after tens of thousands of demonstrators packed the centre of Algiers to challenge the ailing leader's 20-year rule in the biggest rallies the capital has seen in decades.

Without giving a reason for the move, the ministry said in a decree that the spring break would be brought forward by 10 days - now to run from Sunday to April 4.

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/algeria-orders-early-university-holiday-students-lead-protests-190309142847713.html

India Considering Chinese-Style Internet Censorship

A proposal to censor the internet is dangerously close to being enacted in India. If the new internet censorship proposal is enacted, the government of India will implement a system which would allow the blocking of web sites and online services in a way similar to how the Great Firewall of China functions. Internet freedom and civil liberties organizations and activists, among others, have strongly condemned the proposed legislation. The internet censorship bill was introduced as an amendment to the Information Technology Act of 2000, a bill which regulated e-commerce and created penalties for computer related crimes. The new amendment to the Information Technology Act of 2000 would eliminate “safe harbor” provisions of the law which protect web hosts and internet service providers from being responsible for unknowingly hosting illegal content.

https://www.deepdotweb.com/2019/03/07/india-considering-chinese-style-internet-censorship/

The Green Marshall Plan

On June 10, 1993, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell gave the commencement speech at Harvard University. It was the first time since 1947 that an active duty military officer had given the commencement speech at Harvard. In 1947, it was General George Marshall who gave the Address and his purpose was to announce the Marshall Plan.

The Marshall Plan was a mobilization of U.S. resources to rebuild Europe to save them from the ravages of communism with the sub rosa agenda of constructing the United States of Europe. Powell’s purpose was the same. He announced the “Powell Plan” to rebuild Russia and the soviet states to help them recover from the ravages of communism and as it turned out, the tables were turned on us through the Green Agenda to communize the United States.

Both Generals – Marshall and Powell spoke there to elicit the support of Harvard faculty and graduates in a rebuilding effort for Russia and the implementation of economic communism in the United States. Harvard does excel at whatever projects they take on. Just look at their endowment fund.

On June 29, 1993, Bill Clinton signed Executive Order 12852 establishing the President’s Council on Sustainable Development (PCSD).

On October 18, the first public meeting of the PCSD was organized and sponsored by Ron Brown, Secretary of Commerce. The meeting was broadcast on C-Span. Ron Brown gave the opening remarks:

In four minutes, Ron Brown laid out the strategy for what was a coup d’etat on the American government and the establishment of a system to facilitate the development of a global commercial crime syndicate comprised of a partnership between the government and private sector. Here are the main points from Ron Brown’s four minutes of truth:

The next day, on October 19, 1993 Al Gore and Bill Clinton held an event at the White House. The event was to announce the Clinton Administration’s Climate Change Action Plan as the strategy to “fight global warming”.

In this clip, Hazel O’Leary talks about what is obviously an extortion racket and how she was mobilizing our national laboratories towards the clean-up effort. They used the regulatory authority over the utilities to begin to implement their green energy plan and to initiate the Green Accounting System designed by the Bureau of Economic Analysis as stated by Commerce Secretary Ron Brown.

http://thetechnocratictyranny.com/corruption/the-green-marshall-plan/

Appeals court orders ex-Cuomo aide to report to prison

A federal appeals court has ordered a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo to report to prison next week.

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan denied Joseph Percoco bail Thursday pending his appeal.

Percoco, who ran Cuomo’s 2014 re-election campaign, was sentenced to six years after his conviction last year on charges he accepted more than $300,000 from companies seeking to influence Cuomo’s administration.

Percoco’s conviction was an election-year embarrassment for Cuomo, a Democrat. Cuomo had once likened Percoco to a brother.

Cuomo wasn’t accused of wrongdoing, but trial testimony presented an unflattering picture of the inner workings of his office.

https://thebl.com/us-news/appeals-court-orders-ex-cuomo-aide-to-report-to-prison.html