After CIA leaks, tech giants scramble to patch security flaws
http://www.zdnet.com/article/tech-giants-scramble-for-cia-hacking-fixes-most-flaws-patched/
Apple, Microsoft, and Google are analyzing leaked CIA documents to see if their products are affected, but security researchers say that most of the flaws have long been fixed.
By Zack Whittaker for Zero Day | March 9, 2017 — 16:58 GMT (08:58 PST) | Topic: Security
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Several tech giants have said they are examining a trove of documents leaked earlier this week that purport to show the CIA’s ability to hack into phones, computers, and smart TVs.
The documents, released by WikiLeaks, did not contain exploit code that could be used by hackers to carry out attacks, but the documents do provide details of vulnerabilities that may help security researchers identify some flaws in tech products, including Android devices and iPhones.
Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Samsung were all named in the thousands of released documents, which are believed to have come from the CIA’s Center for Cyber Intelligence.
The CIA has so far not commented directly on the authenticity of the leak, but on Wednesday it suggested that the release had damaged national security by helping its adversaries “with tools and information to do us harm.”
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