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Scale of CIA-linked #Vault7 hacking tools revealed by Symantec

Hacking tools linked to the CIA in the recent WikiLeaks Vault 7 
release were used to target at least 40 organizations in 16 countries, 
according to internet security firm Symantec.

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<strong> </strong>The
 techniques detailed in Vault 7 were almost certainly developed and used
 by the same group, Symantec said Monday. The tech company has 
corroborated a number of the tool <em>“development timelines”</em> put forward by WikiLeaks.<br />
While
 Symantec does not specifically mention the CIA – instead referring to 
the group responsible for the attacks as ‘Longhorn’ – the latest 
revelation gives further credence to WikiLeaks’ assertion that Vault 7 
is part of the intelligence service’s <em>“hacking tools”.</em><br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">BREAKING: First evidence <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vault7?src=hash">#Vault7</a> tools were used in known cyberattacks. Targets in 16 countries affected. <a href="https://t.co/Rrlu0OOAh1">https://t.co/Rrlu0OOAh1</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Longhorn?src=hash">#Longhorn</a> <a href="https://t.co/G5Pn1pumrN">pic.twitter.com/G5Pn1pumrN</a></p>— Security Response (@threatintel) <a href="https://twitter.com/threatintel/status/851420184657235969">April 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vault7?src=hash">#Vault7</a> linked <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Longhorn?src=hash">#Longhorn</a> group infiltrated governments, international orgs, other targets e.g. finance and telcos <a href="https://t.co/Rrlu0OwYSr">https://t.co/Rrlu0OwYSr</a> <a href="https://t.co/MbyB1oWXzm">pic.twitter.com/MbyB1oWXzm</a></p>— Security Response (@threatintel) <a href="https://twitter.com/threatintel/status/851600693529944064">April 11, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<em>“The tools used by Longhorn closely follow development timelines 
and technical specifications laid out in documents disclosed by 
WikiLeaks,”</em> a Symantec statement said.<br />
<em>“The Longhorn 
group shares some of the same cryptographic protocols specified in the 
Vault 7 documents, in addition to following leaked guidelines on tacts 
to avoid detection. Given the close similarities between the tools and 
techniques, there can be little doubt that Longhorn’s activities and the
 Vault 7 documents are the work of the same group.”</em><br />
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Longhorn has been active since at least 2011, according to Symantec, 
infiltrating targets in the financial, telecoms, aerospace and natural 
resources industries.<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Leading US anti-virus maker Symantec states that it has detected CIA infestation in 16 countries--including the US <a href="https://t.co/QQ7YtXFlYt">https://t.co/QQ7YtXFlYt</a></p>— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href="https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/851429515867938816">April 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<em>“All
 the the organizations targeted would be of interest to a nation-state 
attacker. Longhorn has infected 40 targets in at least 16 countries 
across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and Africa. On one occasion a 
computer in the United States was compromised but, following infection, 
an uninstaller was launched within hours, which may indicate this victim
 was infected unintentionally,”</em> Symantec added.<br />
WikiLeaks 
recently published a tranche of information purportedly comprising files
 from a CIA center in Langley, Virginia. The hacks detailed in the 
documents included using of malware and trojans designed by a CIA 
Engineering Development Group to be <em>“unaccountable”</em> and <em>“untraceable”,</em> Julian Assange said.<br />
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A WikiLeaks description of a<em> “Fire and Forget”</em> process for a tool called <a href="https://wikileaks.org/ciav7p1/cms/files/Fire%20&%20Forget%20Spec.pdf">Archangel</a> is <em>“closely matched”</em> with a Longhorn tool called<em> “Backdoor.Plexor”</em>, according to Symantec.<br />
Meanwhile,
 WikiLeaks’ release of a development timeline for malware called 
Fluxwire closely aligns with a Longhorn tool tracked and labeled <a href="https://www.symantec.com/security_response/writeup.jsp?docid=2015-111823-1849-99">Corentry</a> by Symantec. Evidence of Longhorn’s use of advance <em>“zero day”</em> techniques leaves<em> “little doubt”</em> about the group’s link to Vault 7, the internet firm adds. <br />
The CIA has refused to comment on the authenticity of the WikiLeaks documents, which so far have been published in four batches <a href="https://wikileaks.org/">online</a>.<br />
<em>“The
 American public should be deeply troubled by any WikiLeaks disclosure 
designed to damage the Intelligence Community’s ability to protect 
America,”</em> the CIA said in a <a href="https://www.cia.gov/news-information/press-releases-statements/2017-press-releases-statements/cia-statement-on-claims-by-wikileaks.html">statement</a> last month.<br />
<em>“Such disclosures not only jeopardize US personnel and operations, but also equip our adversaries with tools to do us harm.”</em><br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Get unprecedented access to the <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/WikiLeaks?src=hash">#WikiLeaks</a> story from the inside. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Risk?src=hash">#Risk</a>, executive produced by <a href="https://twitter.com/samesmail">@samesmail</a>, coming this summer to <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Showtime?src=hash">#Showtime</a>. <a href="https://t.co/QszZuAMRqF">pic.twitter.com/QszZuAMRqF</a></p>— Showtime (@Showtime) <a href="https://twitter.com/Showtime/status/851253418249248768">April 10, 2017</a></blockquote>
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Scale of CIA-linked #Vault7 hacking tools revealed by Symantec

Hacking tools linked to the CIA in the recent WikiLeaks Vault 7 release were used to target at least 40 organizations in 16 c...

Japanese scientists to use giant undersea drill to reach Earth’s mantle

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Earth’s elusive mantle is too much to resist for a team of 
Japanese scientists who plan to be the first to reach it. The team will 
use a giant drill to reach the molten rock, located six kilometers (3.7 
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<i>"If we dig into the mantle we will know the whole Earth history, that's our motivation to search,"</i> researcher Natsue Abe, who is involved in the project, told <a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2017/04/07/asia/japan-drill-mantle/">CNN</a>.<br />
Japan's
 Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) are 
undertaking the massive project that will see a drill dropped four 
kilometers into the ocean, before drilling through six kilometers of the
 planet’s crust to reach its destination.<br />
<i>"We don't know the 
exact (composition) of the mantle yet. We have only seen some mantle 
materials -- the rock is very beautiful, it's kind of a yellowish 
green,"</i> Abe said.<br />
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<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Jamstec?src=hash">#Jamstec</a> plan to drill 6km into earth's crust in attempt to become first to reach the mantle, source Jamstec <a href="https://t.co/0SBv5y12Tt">pic.twitter.com/0SBv5y12Tt</a></div>
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JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH:  Japanese scientists want to be first to drill into the Earth's mantle  <a href="https://t.co/DqdrHvt6pR">https://t.co/DqdrHvt6pR</a></div>
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The mantle has been observed before by scientists, extruding from 
ocean ridges and in areas of the ocean where crust is missing, but 
JAMSTEC’s research will be the first time it has been viewed directly at
 such a depth.<br />
Three locations in the Pacific Ocean are being 
scouted for the expedition, planned to start before 2030. A location in 
Hawaii will be used for preliminary research in September, which will 
use sound waves to study the thickness and temperature of the crust, 
reported <a href="http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0003619423">The Yomiuri Shimbun</a>.<br />
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<i>"It's the biggest 
drilling ship of our science area, so the drilling capability is three 
times longer, or deeper, than the previous,”</i> Abe said.<br />
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When
 the drilling begins JAMSTEC will enlist the help of the Chikyū, a 
Japanese scientific drilling ship designed to drill deeper into the 
Earth than any ship before it.<br />
There are four objectives to the project, according to Abe, the first of which is to access the mantle.<br />
<i>"The second aim is we want to investigate the boundary between the oceanic crust and the mantle,"</i> she said. <i>"The third one is we want to know how the oceanic crust formed."</i><br />
The fourth objective is to examine how life exists inside the planet and see if it has any limitations. <br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">A Journey to the Unrest Beneath… The Earth’s Mantle - a blog by Elodie Kendall <a href="https://t.co/A9WtENJRqc">https://t.co/A9WtENJRqc</a> <a href="https://t.co/khXbPVhV53">pic.twitter.com/khXbPVhV53</a></p>— London NERC DTP (@London_NERC_DTP) <a href="https://twitter.com/London_NERC_DTP/status/747334641317642240">June 27, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Earth’s Mantle May Be Hotter Than Thought<a href="https://t.co/bar3TU9R3a">https://t.co/bar3TU9R3a</a> <a href="https://t.co/T0kBjJ4mcL">pic.twitter.com/T0kBjJ4mcL</a></div>
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Japanese scientists to use giant undersea drill to reach Earth’s mantle

Earth’s elusive mantle is too much to resist for a team of Japanese scientists who plan to be the first to reach it. The team will us...

Tech firm reveals its vision of life in 2050

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    Shanghai (pictured). Robots will also mix more with the human race and will form intimate bonds with them.<br />
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It is the year 2050, sex bots have ruined 
human relationships, clothes are sprayed on your body and you spend your
 weekends at a lawless adult amusement park.</div>
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Although
 the scenarios sound like the plot of a science fiction film, they are 
among many predictions futurologists have made about life just 33 years 
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The project, called <a class="" href="https://2050.earth/" rel="nofollow" style="font-weight: bold;" target="_blank">Earth 2050</a>,
 highlights predictions for cities around the globe and different 
artefacts people could encounter in the not-so-distant future.</div>
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Amusement parks 
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The interactive multimedia project was 
created by Kaspersky Lab, a global cybersecurity firm, in honor of its 
20 years in the market.</div>
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To create Earth
 2050, the team collaborated with futurologists such as Ian Pearson, 
other researchers and spoke with artists and scientists in order to 
capture a realistic view of what is yet to come.</div>
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'All
 of the forecasts you can find about Earth 2050 could become a reality 
in just a couple of decades. Earth 2050 is not only a creative exercise 
for us,' said Andrey Lavrentyev, head of the technology research 
department at Kaspersky Lab.</div>
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'For the 
last 20 years, Kaspersky Lab experts have been fighting cybercrime, and 
they have seen threats evolving over this time.'</div>
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'They
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cases, encourage users to take a more thorough look at the security of 
future technologies.</div>
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'Although 
inventions might be amazing – like driverless cars, intelligent 
infrastructure and the ability to instantly share medical data between 
doctors across the world – they can still trip us up.'</div>
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'Each of them brings new opportunities for cybercriminals to exploit.'</div>
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Many will agree that there is an abundance of cameras and authorities lurking around every corner.</div>
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However, by 2050 the excessive watching will spark the need for a special closed recreational area that lets people run wild.</div>
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It
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be a safe haven for people to get drunk in public, throw trash on the 
ground and shoot robots as a way to release stress – similar to theme 
park in the television series Westworld.</div>
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Robots
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they are also expected to form intimate relationships with the human 
race.</div>
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According to the UK futurists, in 2050 sexual contacts between gadgets or robots will be more common that with other humans.</div>
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And Pearson believes this will be brought on by 'the spread of sex toys interacting with augmented and virtual reality'.</div>
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'The
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to unleash the imagination and spice up one's sex life,' he explained.</div>
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'For single people, it
 will give a chance not to exclude sex from their life, and for those 
who are in a relationship, to remain faithful to the partner.'</div>
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Although
 life in 2050 may sound extremely technical, new innovations will help 
make the easiest task even simpler – such as getting dressed.</div>
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Experts have suggested that we will move away from clothes in our drawers to garments in a spray bottle.</div>
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A
 container will be filled with a non-woven fabric that can be modeled 
directly on the body according to the user's personal style – making 
sure you never have nothing to wear. </div>
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Another chore we might not have to do in the future is wash our socks.</div>
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Chinese engineers have developed a titanium dioxide coating that has self-cleaning, bacteria killing properties.</div>
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Socks
 and other articles of clothing could be covered in the solution, which 
would not only clear up stains when held up to sunlight, but the 
garments will never smell like they have been worn.</div>
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The future is also said to have homes with rooms that will rearrange themselves.</div>
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Apartments will be designed with cavity wall modules that hold different furniture and appliances.</div>
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According to the UK futurists, 
in 2050 sexual contacts between gadgets or robots (pictured) will be 
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homes with rooms that will rearrange themselves. Apartments will be 
designed with cavity wall modules that hold different furniture and 
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With a push of a button, the compartment moves out or unfolds, changing the living room into a gym or a functioning kitchen.</div>
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Just as technology is sure to make our lives easier, it is predicted that it will be also  save it.</div>
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Kaspersky
 came up with the idea of inventing a digital sensory organ that has 
been available to those who hearing and vision impairments.</div>
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This technology is designed to relay information about the physical world directly to the user's brain.</div>
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unveiled designs for a skyscraper this month that is out of this world. 
Deemed the ‘world’s tallest building ever’, Analemma Tower will be 
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Nanotechnology breakthrough means almost any surface can become a touchscreen

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Nanotechnology has occupied the pages of sci-fi novels for 
decades, but now a major new breakthrough could bring the super advanced
 tech into the average household.

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<a href="https://www.tcd.ie/Physics/research/groups/1d-nanostructures/">Researchers</a>
 at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have created two-dimensional 
nanomaterials, only a few billionths of a meter thick, making it 
possible to turn almost any surface into a screen or a computer.<br />
Using
 standard printing techniques, scientists combined graphene nanosheets, 
an ultra-thin form of carbon just one atom thick, with two other 
nanomaterials named tungsten diselenide and boron nitride.<br />
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Leaf vein structure could hold key to extending battery life <a href="https://t.co/4yLtIyT0kw">https://t.co/4yLtIyT0kw</a><br /> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/nanotechnology?src=hash">#nanotechnology</a> <a href="https://t.co/XltAdTI7ET">pic.twitter.com/XltAdTI7ET</a></div>
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The research published in the journal <a href="http://science.sciencemag.org/content/356/6333/69">Science</a> could have wide-ranging implications from the mundane to the extraordinary.<br />
Futuristic
 uses could include a touchscreen pad superimposed onto your skin, 
reading an electronic newspaper that could be rolled up or folded to be 
placed neatly inside a jacket pocket or even receiving an alert message 
saying the milk in the fridge is about to go sour.<br />
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The technology 
could also enhance security capabilities of valuable items, allowing for
 the encoding of biometric data on passports and the marking of 
banknotes to make them virtually impossible to forge.<br />
This 
technology could also have advantages for solar power, one day making it
 possible to turn a variety of materials into solar cells, making it 
cheaper to harness energy from the sun, theoretically reducing our 
collective dependence on oil and gas.<br />
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<em>“In the future, printed devices will be incorporated into even the most mundane objects such as labels, posters and packaging,”</em> senior author of the paper Jonathan Coleman, professor of chemical physics at Trinity College <a href="https://www.tcd.ie/news_events/articles/scientists-make-major-breakthrough-in-smart-printed-electronics/7733">said</a> in a statement.<br />
<em>“Printed
 electronic circuitry (constructed from the devices we have created) 
will allow consumer products to gather, process, display and transmit 
information: for example, milk cartons could send messages to your phone
 warning that the milk is about to go out-of-date.”</em><br />
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believe that 2D nanomaterials can compete with the materials currently 
used for printed electronics. Compared to other materials employed in 
this field, our 2D nanomaterials have the capability to yield more cost 
effective and higher performance printed devices,”</em> he added.<br />
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#Vault7: WikiLeaks release shows CIA ‘Grasshopper’ used stolen ‘Russian mafia’ malware

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WikiLeaks has released the fourth part of ‘Vault 7’, named 
‘Grasshopper’, the latest in a series of leaks detailing alleged CIA 
hacking techniques. It details malicious software WikiLeaks claims was 
taken from “suspected Russian organized crime.”

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The
 latest release consists of 27 documents WikiLeaks claims come from the 
CIA’s ‘Grasshopper framework’, a platform for building malware for use 
on Microsoft Windows operating systems.<br />
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In a <a href="https://wikileaks.org/vault7/?g#Grasshopper">statement</a>
 from WikiLeaks, ‘Grasshopper’ was described as providing the CIA with 
the ability to build a customized implant which will behave differently,
 depending on the security capabilities of a computer.<br />
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CIA malware "Grasshpper" includes "Stolen Goods" which was taken from "suspected Russian organized crime" <a href="https://t.co/hZVjwtJvkB">https://t.co/hZVjwtJvkB</a>  <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vault7?src=hash">#Vault7</a> <a href="https://t.co/b6Xd0VN1Rn">pic.twitter.com/b6Xd0VN1Rn</a></div>
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RELEASE: CIA malware for Windows "Grasshopper" -- which includes its own language <a href="https://t.co/cuNOq3lH4N">https://t.co/cuNOq3lH4N</a> <a href="https://t.co/VEgd8YhyGY">pic.twitter.com/VEgd8YhyGY</a></div>
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According to WikiLeaks, Grasshopper performs <i>“a pre-installation 
survey of the target device, assuring that the payload will only [be] 
installed if the target has the right configuration."</i><br />
This 
allows CIA operators to detect if a target device is running a specific 
version of Microsoft Windows or if an antivirus is running, according to
 the statement.<br />
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Grasshopper allows tools to be installed and run on a machine without
 detection using PSP avoidance, allowing it to avoid Personal Security 
Products such as 'MS Security Essentials', 'Rising', 'Symantec Endpoint'
 or 'Kaspersky IS'.<br />
One of the so-called persistence mechanisms, 
which allows malware to avoid detection and remain on a computer system 
indefinitely, is known as ‘Stolen Goods’.<br />
In the WikiLeaks release, it is <a href="https://wikileaks.org/vault7/document/StolenGoods-2_1-UserGuide/page-5/#pagination">credited </a>to
 Umbrage, a group within the CIA’s Remote Development Branch (RDB) which
 was linked in the ‘Year Zero’ release to collecting stolen malware and 
using it to hide its own hacking fingerprints.<br />
 The components of the Stolen Goods mechanism were taken from a malware known as Carperb, <i>“a suspected Russian organized crime rootkit,"</i> alleges WikiLeaks. <br />
Stolen
 Goods targets the boot sequence of a Windows machine, loading a driver 
onto the system that allows it to continue executing code when the boot 
process is finished.<br />
WikiLeaks confirmed that the CIA did not merely copy and paste the suspected Russian malware but appropriated <i>"[the] persistence method, and parts of the installer,”</i> which were then modified to suit the CIA’s purposes.<br />
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The latest release came with an emblem containing a grasshopper and the words: <i>“Look before you leap,”</i>
 a possible reference to how the latest leaked tools would allow the CIA
 to prepare a machine for future hacking, without raising suspicion.<br />
The
 rootkits can be installed and used as a 'man on the inside' who can 
allow more malicious software through undetected in future, if the CIA 
felt it necessary. If suspicions were raised on initial installation, 
they would know not to proceed with a more extensive operation.<br />
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Also
 detailed in the release are Buffalo and Bamboo, modules that hide 
malware inside DLL’s, a collection of shared libraries, on a Windows 
system.<br />
The two modules operate in slightly different ways: 
Buffalo runs immediately on installation whereas Bamboo requires a 
reboot to function properly.<br />
The goal of today’s release is to 
help users seeking to defend their systems against any existing 
compromised security systems, Wikileaks stated.<br />
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Also detailed in 
the release is ScheduledTask, a component of ‘Grasshopper’ that allows 
it to utilize Windows Task Scheduler to schedule executables.<br />
The 
component would allow the executables to automatically run at startup or
 logon, before killing it at the end of its duration. Included in 
ScheduledTask are commands that allow the executables names and 
description to be hidden.<br />
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The release is the fourth in a series 
called ‘Vault 7’ which WikiLeaks claims contains documents taken from 
within the CIA. Releases so far include ‘Zero Days’ which detailed the 
CIA’s hacking of Samsung smart TVs and ‘Marble’, which allowed the CIA 
to disguise their hacks and attribute them to someone else, including 
Russia.<br />
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Scorpion with world’s fastest strike captured in menacing detail

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 potentially lethal for children, but has been a valuable avenue for 
drug research. It has a no-nonsense trajectory, moving straight towards 
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The world's most lethal scorpion, the 
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A comparison of half-a-dozen scorpion species shown in ultra-slow motion revealed an unsuspected variety of strike modes.</div>
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The
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It has a no-nonsense trajectory, moving 
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Other
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get them in stinging mood,' van der Meijden said. </div>
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Alien-obsessed student disappears, leaving behind room full of strange writings

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The unexplained disappearance of a Brazilian man has sparked a 
rush of conspiracy theories after it was discovered he left behind a 
room full of strange writings and a statue of a 16th century philosopher
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Bruno 
Borges has been missing since Monday March 27 when he mysteriously 
disappeared after a family dinner in the city of Rio Branco in northwest
 Brazil.<br />
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Traduzi o título e ta escrito "caminho difícil"<br />
Garoto do Acre isso e um jogo cmg? <a href="https://t.co/Eff6poODI5">pic.twitter.com/Eff6poODI5</a></div>
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<a href="https://twitter.com/PandoraBarakell">@PandoraBarakell</a> N sei em qual língua isso foi escrito, so achei esse alfabeto <a href="https://t.co/DgsXE3q7F9">pic.twitter.com/DgsXE3q7F9</a></div>
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The psychology student's disappearance sparked international interest
 after extraordinary footage, which is reportedly from the inside of 
Borges’ bedroom, was posted online.<br />
The video shows the room’s 
walls and floor lined with hundreds of thousands of words of text as 
well as strange diagrams. There’s also a bookshelf full of books and 14 
large notebooks full of writings with large roman numerals stamped on 
the covers.<br />

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<a href="https://twitter.com/SecureTeam10">@SecureTeam10</a> Bizarre story in Brazil about Bruno Borges, a student 'influenced' by aliens to write a series of enigmatic books, who is now missing.</div>
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Perhaps the most bizarre feature in the room is the large statue of 
Italian Renaissance philosopher Giordano Bruno. Bruno is known for his 
theories on the infinity of the universe.<br />
The former friar 
championed the Copernican system of astronomy which placed the sun, not 
the Earth, at the centre of the solar system, leading him to be charged 
with heresy and burned at the stake in 1600.<br />
Numerous people on social media noted that Borges bore a physical resemblance to Bruno.<br />
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="pt" dir="ltr">Giordano Bruno (filósofo e mago) e Bruno Borges (o menino do Acre) <br>Se isso não é reencarnação eu não sei o que é. <a href="https://t.co/GbQufyXUic">pic.twitter.com/GbQufyXUic</a></p>— detremura (@detremura) <a href="https://twitter.com/detremura/status/849333030607101952">April 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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‘Pink Star’ diamond sells for record $71.2mn at Sotheby’s auction

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A model poses with a 59.60-carat mixed cut diamond known as "The Pink Star" © Toby Melville / Reuters

A rare 59.6 carat pink diamond described as “one of the world’s 
great natural treasures” has become the most expensive jewel ever sold, 
going for more than $71 million at auction in Hong Kong.

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Bidding for the gem, which was found by De Beers at a mine in Africa in 1999, began at $56 million.<br />
According
 to the Sotheby's auction house, the precious stone, which is the size 
of a plum, was bought after just five minutes' bidding. It was acquired 
by local jewelry retailer Chow Tai Fook.<br />

<blockquote class="twitter-video" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Pretty in pink! Catch the record-breaking <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PinkStar?src=hash">#PinkStar</a> in action! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SothebysJewels?src=hash">#SothebysJewels</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZbvfuLCpw5">pic.twitter.com/ZbvfuLCpw5</a></p>— Sotheby's (@Sothebys) <a href="https://twitter.com/Sothebys/status/849294263577972736">April 4, 2017</a></blockquote>
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<em>"We're very happy,"</em> Sotheby's Asia Chairwoman Patti Wong said as cited by Associated Press. <em>"I know there was a lot of talk about the economy in China not being as positive as it was a few years ago,"</em> but the results from its jewelry auction Tuesday, which included nearly 200 other lots, were very strong, she added.<br />
Sotheby's worldwide chairman for international jewelry David Bennet, who presided over the auction, called it a <em>"historic sale."</em><br />

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The Pink Star’s sale comes three years after it had apparently 
fetched $83 million at another Sotheby's auction in Geneva. That deal 
collapsed because buyer, diamond cutter Isaac Wolf failed to pay, and 
Sotheby's had to reclaim the stone.<br />
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The oval-shaped diamond dethroned the “Oppenheimer Blue” diamond, which was sold for $58 million in May at Christie's.<br />

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Firestone Diamonds just unearthed an 110 carat light yellow diamond <a href="https://t.co/FvLhM2Rrv1">https://t.co/FvLhM2Rrv1</a> <a href="https://t.co/2SHF5PPD3b">pic.twitter.com/2SHF5PPD3b</a></p>— Bloomberg (@business) <a href="https://twitter.com/business/status/849741269479960576">April 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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The Pink Star is the largest flawless fancy vivid pink diamond ever 
graded by the Gemological Institute of America. The previous world 
auction record for a pink diamond was $46.2 million for the 24.78 carat 
"Graff Pink" in 2010.<br />
 
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">5 surprising facts about Africa’s Diamonds The World Should Know <a href="https://t.co/6J7flO1Ubo">https://t.co/6J7flO1Ubo</a> <a href="https://t.co/wJG5T7wf2g">pic.twitter.com/wJG5T7wf2g</a></p>— ATC Team (@alltypescancer) <a href="https://twitter.com/alltypescancer/status/849547283427414021">April 5, 2017</a></blockquote>
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North Korean hackers accessed 'war plans' detailing US military response to conflict

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North Korean hackers have reportedly accessed secretive war-plans</a></b> drawn up by
 South Korea and the United States, detailing how the allied military 
forces would respond to the outbreak of war in the region – including 
first strike targets and troop deployments.<br />
The plans, dubbed 
OPlan 5027, reportedly leaked in a significant mid-2016 intrusion at the
 "cyber nerve centre" of South Korea's defence system, the Defense 
Integrated Data Centre. Previously, defence officials played down the 
incident but admitted some material was stolen.<br />
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 to South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo, one government source said 40 
people have been questioned over the incident. Another source, from 
inside the Defense Ministry, claimed hackers accessed "portions of the 
plan" but not the full document.<br />
OPlan 5027 was produced in the 
late-1970s and has been updated every two years since 1994. A recent 
successor, OPlan 5015, was drawn up in 2015 that included a more 
aggressive stance on targeting potential nuclear delivery systems.<br />
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According
 to Chosun Ilbo, military officials are now discussing whether the 
military plans should be altered now the reclusive nation of North Korea
 has accessed it. The past few months have been marked by a <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/south-korea-holds-emergency-security-meeting-over-north-korea-missile-launch-1615407" target="_blank" title="South Korea holds emergency security meeting over North Korea missile launch">spike in missile launches</a> from its trigger-happy ruling family.<br />
As previously reported, South Korean Defense Ministry officials <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/north-korea-slams-accusations-south-korea-military-hack-childish-distraction-plot-1595731" target="_blank" title="North Korea slams accusations of South Korea military hack as 'childish' distraction plot">admitted last year</a>
 that roughly 2,000 internet-connected computers and 700 
intranet-connected computers were infected with malware known to be used
 by the North's China-based hacking teams.<br />
At the time, the main 
line was that "some military files" were accessed – but this has now 
escalated. Speaking to Joongang Daily, an anonymous military source 
said: "A total of 5,000 computers or more turned out to have fallen 
victim to the malware."<br />
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<figure class="imageRight" itemprop="associatedMedia image" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/ImageObject" style="cursor: zoom-in; width: 368px;"><img alt="North Korea Kim Jong-un missiles" class="imgPhoto full" height="245" id="i1596955" itemprop="contentUrl" src="https://d.ibtimes.co.uk/en/full/1596955/north-korea-kim-jong-un-missiles.jpg?w=368" title="North Korea Kim Jong-un missiles" width="368" /><figcaption class="caption"><span class="cap" itemprop="caption">Jim Jong-un is known for his nuclear ambitions. </span><span class="credit" itemprop="copyrightHolder">KCNA/Reuters</span></figcaption></figure>"We've
 detected signs of infiltration in the computer networks of the ROK-US 
Combined Forces Command and the Joint Chiefs of Staff," the source 
added.<br />
A separate government official said it was "difficult to gauge" what confidential information was stolen by the hackers.<br />
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In
 2009, a similar incident with OPlan 5027 occurred after a South Korean 
officer used an unsecured USB stick to download it. The Guardian 
reported at the time the secretive information potentially found its way
 into "hostile hands" after being accessed by North Korean hackers based
 in China.<br />
Fast forward to 2017 and tensions are rising between 
Pyongyang and US President Donald Trump has become increasingly 
outspoken about military action against the North. "If China is not 
going to solve North Korea, we will," he warned in an interview with the
 Financial Times.<br />
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At the same time, a report released this week (4 April) by Kaspersky Lab, a cybersecurity firm, produced evidence <a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/north-korean-worldwide-hacking-rampage-steals-millions-casinos-banks-1615271" target="_blank" title="North Korean worldwide hacking rampage steals millions from casinos and banks">linking North Korean hackers</a>
 to a slew of attacks at financial firms across the world, including an 
unprecedented theft at the Bangladesh Central Bank last year.</div>
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Graphene sieve turns seawater into drinking water

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Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink? The Rime of 
the Ancient Mariner may soon be left redundant now that scientists have 
devised a sieve made of ‘miracle material’ graphene capable of removing 
salt molecules from seawater, rendering it safe to drink.

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When 
it was discovered by Andre Geim and his colleague Konstantin Novoselov, 
physics professors working at Manchester University around 2004, 
graphene was hailed as a ground-breaking discovery, with the media 
calling it a <i>“wonder material.”</i><br />
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The Guardian once suggested it <i>“could change the world”</i>
 because theoretically the unique properties of the thinnest material on
 Earth could allow it to carry 1,000 times more electricity than copper 
and thus make it a replacement for silicon in computer chips.<br />
Graphene
 is also thought to be 150 times stronger than the equivalent weight of 
steel, effectively making it the strongest-measured material in 
existence.<br />
It is also as flexible as rubber and can stretch to more than 100 percent of its length.<br />
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It seemed, however, that no one could find a real everyday use for graphene – until now, that is.<br />
Graphene
 finally appears to have found its scope in the world as a UK-based 
group of researchers used it to produce a filter that could offer a 
solution to millions of people dying of thirst.<br />
The Manchester 
University researchers developed a graphene oxide membrane that is able 
to sieve nanoparticles and organic molecules. Earlier designs were only 
capable of catching larger salts.<br />
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It was previously believed that 
single-layered graphene membranes would be too expensive to produce for 
the purposes of distillation. However, lead researcher Rahul Nair says 
graphene oxide is easily produced in a laboratory.<br />
<i>“In terms of scalability and the cost of the material, graphene oxide has a potential advantage over single-layered graphene,”</i> Nair said, according to the BBC.<br />
Nair stressed the importance of the pores being just the right 
size to capture the salt molecules while releasing the water ones.<br />
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<i>“To make it permeable, you need to drill small holes in the membrane.</i><i></i><br />
<i>“But if the hole size is larger than one nanometre, the salts go through that hole.</i><br />
“You have to make a membrane with a very uniform less-than-one-nanometre hole size to make it useful for desalination.<br />
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<i>“It is a really challenging job,”</i> he added.<br />
The
 graphene oxide membrane previously showed signs of swelling when dipped
 into water, meaning smaller salts could still permeate. By adding walls
 of epoxy resin on either side of the membrane, however, scientists 
found they could stop the pores expanding.<br />
<i>“This is our first 
demonstration that we can control the spacing [of pores in the membrane]
 and that we can do desalination, which was not possible before.</i><br />
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<i>“The next step is to compare this with the state-of-the-art material available on the market.”</i><br />
Up
 to 14 percent of the world’s population will struggle with water supply
 by 2025, according to the United Nations. WaterAid claims one in 10 
people already live without safe water.<br />
As climate change takes its toll, more countries are likely to consider investing in desalination technologies.<br />
Desalination
 plants currently use polymer-based membranes. However, it is hoped that
 graphene oxide will prove more efficient, scaling up water distillation
 around the world, especially in poor regions where such facilities are 
prohibitively expensive.<br />
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Following news of the ground-breaking 
research, Ram Devanathan, from the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
 in Richland, US, said more work needs to be done to produce the 
membranes inexpensively on an industrial scale.<br />
Writing in the Nature Nanotechnology science journal, Devanathan said: <i>“The
 selective separation of water molecules from ions by physical 
restriction of interlayer spacing opens the door to the synthesis of 
inexpensive membranes for desalination.”</i></div>
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A team at Beihang University, together with a foreign company, has 
successfully developed a soft-bodied octopus tentacle robot, which will be used in industrial and medical contexts, among others, Xinhuanet.com reported on March 30.<br />
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<b>The bionic soft-bodied tentacle is composed of materials similar to the soft tissues in living organisms.</b> Inspiration for the robot was derived from the physiological structure of mollusks.<br />
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Unlike traditional rigid robots, which are often inefficient, insecure and prone to damaging their targets, <b>the
 bionic soft-bodied robot can move quickly and is able to safely and 
securely grasp objects, thanks to the sucking function of a built-in 
disc.</b><br />
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The design, manufacturing process, mechanical analysis and control 
system of the robot were all developed by postgraduate students at the 
university in collaboration with Associate Professor Wen Li from the 
Mechanical Engineering and Automation College.<br />
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Research done in the process of creating the robot will not only help to
 advance scientists' understanding of materials, mechanics and 
kinematics found in nature, it will also promote the research and 
development of new materials and robots, according to Yu Junzhi, a 
researcher at the Institute of Automation under the Chinese Academy of 
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WikiLeaks’ latest batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, details 
CIA hacking tactics and how they can hamper forensic investigators from 
attributing viruses, trojans and hacking attacks to the spy agency . The
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 third release, which contains 676 source code files for the agency’s 
secret anti-forensics framework, is part of the CIA’s Core Library of 
malware, according to a <a href="https://wikileaks.org/vault7/?marble#Marble%20Framework">statement</a> from WikiLeaks.<br />
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RELEASE: CIA Vault 7 part 3 "Marble" <a href="https://t.co/M5NBFlXRu4">https://t.co/M5NBFlXRu4</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vault7?src=hash">#Vault7</a> <a href="https://t.co/HFyEf26FHK">pic.twitter.com/HFyEf26FHK</a></div>
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WikiLeaks said Marble hides fragments of texts that would allow for 
the author of the malware to be identified, meaning the agency allows 
another party to be blamed for the hack.<br />
A Marble framework document reveals it supports the ability to <i>“add foreign languages”</i> to malware.<i> “Now comes the fun stuff,”</i>
 it reads, listing Chinese, Russian, Korean, Arabic and Farsi in example
 code, indicating the potential for the CIA to divert attention to 
international actors.<br />
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Within <a href="https://twitter.com/wikileaks">@wikileaks</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vault7?src=hash">#Vault7</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Marble?src=hash">#Marble</a> release, instructions on adding foreign language to algorithms to hide <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/CIA?src=hash">#CIA</a> malware & hacks <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/dnchack?src=hash">#dnchack</a> <a href="https://t.co/gsyh4Y4Gwt">pic.twitter.com/gsyh4Y4Gwt</a></div>
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It’s<i> “designed to allow for flexible and easy-to-use obfuscation"</i> as <i>"string obfuscation algorithms”</i> often link malware to a specific developer, according to the whistleblowing site.<br />
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 would permit a forensic attribution double game, for example by 
pretending that the spoken language of the malware creator was not 
American English, but Chinese, but then showing attempts to conceal the 
use of Chinese, drawing forensic investigators even more strongly to the
 wrong conclusion,”</i> WikiLeaks explains,<i> “But there are other possibilities, such as hiding fake error messages.”</i><br />
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The code also contains a ‘deobfuscator’ which allows the CIA text obfuscation to be reversed. <i>“Combined
 with the revealed obfuscation techniques, a pattern or signature 
emerges which can assist forensic investigators attribute previous 
hacking attacks and viruses to the CIA.”</i><br />
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Previous Vault7 releases have referred to the CIA’s ability to mask its hacking fingerprints.<br />
WikiLeaks claims the latest release will allow for thousands of viruses and hacking attacks to be attributed to the CIA.<br />
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">CIA's "Marble Framework" shows its hackers use potential decoy languages <a href="https://t.co/Hm3pTPSXIS">https://t.co/Hm3pTPSXIS</a><br><br>Background: <a href="https://t.co/GsoN4BuyTz">https://t.co/GsoN4BuyTz</a> <a href="https://t.co/ZT66doCnfY">pic.twitter.com/ZT66doCnfY</a></p>— WikiLeaks (@wikileaks) <a href="https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/847773877954543616">March 31, 2017</a></blockquote>
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RELEASE: CIA Vault 7 Part 3 "Marble" -- thousands of CIA viruses and hacking attacks could now be attributed <a href="https://t.co/MfNtlwEoZS">https://t.co/MfNtlwEoZS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Vault7?src=hash">#Vault7</a> <a href="https://t.co/2SVNR3v7Ll">pic.twitter.com/2SVNR3v7Ll</a></div>
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#Vault7: WikiLeaks reveals ‘Marble’ tool could mask CIA hacks

WikiLeaks’ latest batch of documents, named ‘Marble’, details CIA hacking tactics and how they can hamper forensic investigators from ...