The US National Security Agency (NSA) and Britain’s Government Communications Centre (JTC) studied the weaknesses and tried to crack software specializing in cyber security of the Russian company “Kaspersky Lab”. This was announced on Monday an American news website The Intercept citing documents former US intelligence officer Edward Snowden, Tass reports.
“British intelligence was designed to interfere with the operation of software” Kaspersky “using technology reverse engineering software ( DEWA). NSA also studied by “Kaspersky Lab” in terms of its vulnerability to obtain confidential information of customers, “- writes The Intercept.
In this regard, the American intelligence agency” conducted monitoring of communication between the software and the server ” Kaspersky. “According to the newspaper, the NSA, using different methods of hacking, planned to intercept sensitive information that the software” Kaspersky Lab “is sent to the server of the company. According to the publication, the agency was able to gain access to certain information of users who passed on a corporate network, Emails sent to the company, as well as a list of new malicious programs.
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“Food security, such as the Russian anti-virus software” Kaspersky “, continue to pose a problem for the DSP and
DEWA is necessary in order to be able to use this software and prevent detection of our business – quoted by The Intercept report DSP. – Study of “Kaspersky” and other similar products continues “.
Along with the attempt to break software security services tried to find a legal justification for their activities, in order not to fall under the law of copyright infringement. Reverse engineering of the software is software for burglary identify how it works. The Intercept stresses that hacking antivirus software provides more opportunities for surveillance both for ordinary users and for companies, because computer operating systems “provide antivirus more privileges than other programs, including a the kernel and the root directory of the system. “According to media reports, the list of targets included the intelligence agencies and other anti-virus software developers.
” It is extremely concerned that the government agencies have chosen their target is us instead to focus on the present offenders, as well as working to undermine the security software that is designed to keep us all safe, “- leads edition of Comment” Kaspersky Lab “.
Source: TASS
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