How the NSA Plans to Infect “Millions” of Computers with Malware

Re:How the NSA Plans to Infect “Millions” of Computers with ... by innocentius on Wednesday March 12, 2014 @10:48AM (#7385890)

> By concealing its malware within what looks like an ordinary Facebook page, the NSA is able to hack into the targeted computer and covertly siphon out data from its hard drive. A top-secret animation demonstrates the tactic in action.

Can anyone explain why they need to conceal it as a Facebook server? Why is that essential to infecting your computer? Why can't it just send you the malware, and then redirect you to the real Facebook (since their mission is accomplished anyway)?

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Re:How the NSA Plans to Infect “Millions” of Computers with ... by endeavor on Thursday March 13, 2014 @07:37PM (#7395932)

It sounds like they are going after a vulnerability in the browser. My guess would be that do a man-in-the-middle attack where they have a device that acts as a proxy so you get YOUR Facebook page, but with an exploit injected into the code.

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