Security News > 2017 > June > Brutal Kangaroo: CIA-developed Malware for Hacking Air-Gapped Networks Covertly (The Hackers News)
2017-06-22 04:29
WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing a tool suite – which is being used by the CIA for Microsoft Windows that targets "closed networks by air gap jumping using thumb drives," mainly implemented in enterprises and critical infrastructures. Air-gapped computers that are isolated from the Internet or other external networks are believed to be the
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