CIA Hacking Tools Revealed by Wikileaks - Rivals much NSA can do!

[Peter Lemkin]

Use an aniti-virus or anti-malware program? Well listed in the Wikileaked CIA Vault7 document are successful hacking of [or more usually around] the following: Comodo, Avast, F-Secure, Zemana Antilogger, Zone Alarm, Trend Micro, Symantec, Rising, Panda Security, Norton, Malwarebytes Anti-Malware, EMET (Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit), Microsoft Security Essentials, McAfee, Kaspersky, GDATA, ESET, ClamAV, Bitdefenderm Avira and AVG. That covers about 96+% of the market on them....so even though they will try to 'fix' things, even with the knowledge that CIA can bypass or render them harmless for CIA purposes, they can not win - the whole concept of such programs is all but useless. Yes, it will stop the annoying 'amateur' threats, but not the BIG BOYS....even know that the proof of their hacking is known. I really don't know how to even begin to suggest making a computer safe and private anymore. I suggest going back to a typewriter or pen and paper with calculator and slide-rule. ::

Avast Vice President Sinan Eren asked the makers of the Android and iOS platfroms, Google and Apple respectively, to give internet security firms better access to the systems so they can respond faster, according to news agency Reuters.

"We can prevent attacks in real time if we are given the hooks into the mobile operating system. If we can drive a paradigm shift where mobile platforms don't shut off access, we'll be better able to detect when hackers are hiding in a mobile (phone)," he told Reuters from his office in Avast's branch in California. [wishful thinking - the CIA will always be a step ahead or at least a few days behind any new fix]

Apple told Reuters that many of the issues had already been patched, while Google declined to comment. The CIA also declined comment.