Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware

Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by vbezhenar on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:07PM (#26970949)

One reason would be the capability. There's no doubt that there are US citizens able to produce complex software including malware. Same could be said about China or Russia. But when it comes to North Korea, I really have doubts about their IT competence. Sure, they probably have some good programmers able to create ordinary IT systems. But working on edge of current technologies - that's what I have my doubts about.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by daniel-cussen on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:11PM (#26971007)

Well, by comparison, Iran is very competent at cyber but they keep getting their uranium centrifuges hacked. North Korea, on the other hand, already didn't get hacked, and built the bomb.

They have a lot less money than South Korea, and their political system is...what it is...but I don't see any reason a North Korean can't study just as hard as a South Korean and achieve similar results.

I think people confuse North Korea's suffering with weakness. I'll grant that there is a lot of hunger, but the mission from the beginning, of the guerrilla fighters who now run the country, was sovereignty at all costs. And I'd say purely in terms of sovereignty North Korea is doing remarkably well.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by tgragnato on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:18PM (#26971094)

Iranian getting their centrifuges hacked probably has to do more with geography than cyber. Israel is a powerful ally. I would compare South Korea more to a US protected country than to an ally. Given the dynamics with China, the Asian region is "less controllable" than Persia.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by kevin_thibedeau on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:10PM (#26971002)

Their biggest trading partner uses them as an attack dog to do the things they don't want to be directly associated with. It isn't unreasonable that it was given to them.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by kube-system on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:19PM (#26971106)

If they can get fighter jets, tanks, and missiles from China and Russia, certainly they can get some malware.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by throwaway210222 on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:10PM (#26970997)

Why exactly do you think no North Korean can make malware?

Hell, I've seen malware from countries in Africa that lack food. These societies have a lot of kurtosis.

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Re:Kaspersky believes it found new CIA malware by tclancy on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @12:30PM (#26971233)

This may be helpful then: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/04/26/the-incredible...

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