[liberationtech] Foxacid payload

[coderman]

On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 1:48 AM, coderman <coderman at gmail.com> wrote:
> ...
> perhaps someone to help answer the question is Google, if they felt inclined.

more context, although less sophisticated than TAO tech:

"When Governments Hack Opponents: A Look at Actors and Technology"
 - http://www.icir.org/vern/papers/govhack.usesec14.pdf

'''
Computer security research devotes extensive efforts to protecting
individuals against indiscriminate, large-scale attacks such as those
used by cybercriminals. Recently, the problem of protecting
institutions against targeted attacks conducted by nation-states
(so-called “Advanced Persistent Threats”) has likewise elicited
significant research interest. Where these two problem domains
intersect, however—targeted cyber attacks by nation-states against
individuals —has received virtually no significant, methodical
research attention to date.

This new problem space poses challenges that are both technically
complex and of significant real-world importance. In this work we
undertake to characterize the emergent problem space of nation-state
Internet attacks against individuals engaged in pro-democracy or
opposition movements. While we lack the data to do so in a fully
comprehensive fashion we provide extensive detail from both technical
and operational perspectives as seen in three countries. We view such
characterizations as the fundamental first step necessary for the
rigorous, scientific pursuit of a new problem space.

For our study we draw upon several years of research we have conducted
into cases from Bahrain, Syria and the United Arab Emirates. We frame
the nature of these attacks, and the technology and infrastructure
used to conduct them, in the context of their impacts on real people.
We hope in the process to inspire additional research efforts
addressing the difficult problem of how to adequately protect
individuals with very limited resources facing powerful adversaries.
'''