Re: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

[Benjamin Kreuter <ben.kreuter () gmail com>]

On Sun, 10 Jun 2012 14:29:23 -0700
coderman <coderman () gmail com> wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 2:22 PM, coderman <coderman () gmail com> wrote:
> > ...
> > we can split hairs on the origin and naming of a given capability,
> > but these are CALEA (aka "lawful intercept") functions used
> > unlawfully.
>
> more fun reading, if you're curious:
>
> "Exploiting Lawful Intercept to Wiretap the Internet"
> http://www.blackhat.com/presentations/bh-dc-10/Cross_Tom/BlackHat-DC-2010-Cross-Attacking-LawfulI-Intercept-slides.pdf
>
> "Lawful Interception and Countermeasures"
> http://web.it.kth.se/~maguire/DEGREE-PROJECT-REPORTS/080922-Romanidis_Evripidis-with-cover.pdf
>
>
> ... and, there are rumors VUPEN got hacked a few days ago. their
> weaponized exploits, also marketed as "lawful intercept" technologies,
> are sure to be abused if now in the wild.
>
> we could do this all day! ;)

Like I said, I have no doubt that it happens or that there are
vulnerabilities -- I just wanted examples specifically from the US, or
at least some indication that CALEA's mandates are synchronized with
requirements in other countries to the point where any attacks on
systems in other countries could have be carried out here.

-- Ben

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