Vault 7 - The "Elsa" Tracking Implant
To perform the data collection the target machine does not have to be online or connected to an access point; it only needs to be running with an enabled WiFi device.
- Wikileaks.org
Yet another release from the Wikileaks Vault 7 CIA malware cache by the publisher/whistleblower organization has exposed the latest Incarnation of CIA malware - "Elsa". The latest piece of CIA malware is an implant that works to geolocate a target laptop, desktop or device by using the WiFi signals in the immediate area.
From wikileaks.org:
Elsa
28 June, 2017
Today, June 28th 2017, WikiLeaks publishes documents from the ELSA project of the CIA. ELSA is a geo-location malware for WiFi-enabled devices like laptops running the Micorosoft Windows operating system. Once persistently installed on a target machine using separate CIA exploits, the malware scans visible WiFi access points and records the ESS identifier, MAC address and signal strength at regular intervals. To perform the data collection the target machine does not have to be online or connected to an access point; it only needs to be running with an enabled WiFi device. If it is connected to the internet, the malware automatically tries to use public geo-location databases from Google or Microsoft to resolve the position of the device and stores the longitude and latitude data along with the timestamp. The collected access point/geo-location information is stored in encrypted form on the device for later exfiltration. The malware itself does not beacon this data to a CIA back-end; instead the operator must actively retrieve the log file from the device - again using separate CIA exploits and backdoors.
The ELSA project allows the customization of the implant to match the target environment and operational objectives like sampling interval, maximum size of the logfile and invocation/persistence method. Additional back-end software (again using public geo-location databases from Google and Microsoft) converts unprocessed access point information from exfiltrated logfiles to geo-location data to create a tracking profile of the target device.
Link to Wikileaks Vault 7 - Elsa
https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#Elsa
Only a week ago, @fortified reported on the release of Brutal Kangaroo that allows the CIA to jump air gaps from one device to another.
The internet is steadily becoming more dangerous place to be with both the CIA and NSA losing control of their vicious cyber weapons. The full extent of the spy agencies arsenals, and the potentially grave and lasting impacts associated with these hacking tools, are as yet still unknown.
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https://wikileaks.org/vault7/#Elsa
Only a week ago, @fortified reported on the release of Brutal Kangaroo that allows the CIA to jump air gaps from one device to another.
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The world is such a corrupt place. The greater powers abuse their technology to the fullest while using propaganda to persuade the masses everything is A' OKAY. Great post, I had no idea about the Elsa project. Awesome information. @v4vapid you're doing gods work by sharing this stuff and waking people up! I followed and upvoted! Check my blog out too, i touch base on similar things going on in our world.
Will do! thanks for reading. This CIA/NSA spying is way outta control.
If you created a weapon that got stolen and was then used to do massive damage, you would be in an underground cell right now for creating it, but if the NSA does it, no one seems to give 2 shits. Go figure.
No doubt! And they're wrecking the goddamn internet with this shit.
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Jeez, the hits just keep on coming. Maybe I'll downgrade to hammer and chisel -- or does the CIA have malware for those, too?
LOL, at this point who knows how far reaching these tools are. Seems like they have blanket coverage already!
Right. Speaking of blankets, I think when I'm picking up my chisel, maybe I'll look for some of those space blankets like Chuck McGill used on Better Call Saul. In fact, none of this is actually funny, but at the point where they can compromise air-gapped hardware, what can you do but joke about it.
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