After a week the story of the violation of Hacking Team is enriched with new details and also additional concerns in terms of safety. The violation of the Milan, the world leader in the production of anti spy software, has alarmed governments across the world and even the intelligence of our country who are carrying out their checks. And new details were uncovered with the release of 1 million emails, the torrent file of 400 GB spread after violating the Twitter account of Hacking Team, by Wikileaks. But now companies that produce antivirus software, among the most known and used, they run for cover to update their software and get to hunt for Galileo spy software company in Milan.
concern arises from the fact that the RCS (Remote Control System) , and precisely known as Galileo, could be installed on computers around the world now that the source codes are known to all. It could then take the form of viruses, which is why companies that produce anti-virus software are running for cover updating their software to be able to be prepared in time.
One of the peculiarities of the RCS software, which is precisely Galileo, it is that it has the ability to infiltrate a system even if it is not connected to internal t. And operating systems vulnerable to this view are the most common ones such as Windows, Mac OS, Linux. But Galileo is able to infiltrate mobile operating systems such as Windows Mobile, iPhone, BlackBerry, Symbian and even Android, the most vulnerable of mobile operating systems.
Among the antivirus companies, Kaspersky has announced to proceed with the verification of their software in order to ensure that they are already able to protect against intrusion by RCS. Kaspersky claims that its software already are able to block RCS as any type of malware. The company later confirmed not to cooperate, at the time, with no institution or security agency to find Galileo. Another company that is upgrading its software is Symantec, which makes antivirus software Norton. The company claims the fact that it was already in a position to be 2-3 years ago was the first to detect intrusion of RCS and lets you know that at the time its technicians and engineers are working to intercept Galileo when it is running on a system, and then locate and delete it.
Also on the network are beginning to spread analysis tools online to see if the operating system has already been infected with RCS.
The consequences of the violation may be even bigger and it’s easy to think that it is still early . The files of 400 giga bytes contains a huge volume of information, so this will be discussed for a long time. It still has to figure out who might have been to make a similar attack. The Milan-based company is convinced that it was the work of some government, but security experts even hypothesize that even people within the company may have had a role. For sure we will know more in the coming weeks as the serious incident investigated several police and security agency, including the Italian secret services.
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