Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested. Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration. Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win> -- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*
If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015? Blessings Murigi / Stanley Muraya *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote:
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.
Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win>
-- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*
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Well put Muraya. Fact is that if the Germans are smelling a rat we should smell an elephant - metaphorically speaking of course.. Ali Hussein CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd +254 713 601113/ 0770 906375 "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb Sent from my iPad On Aug 26, 2013, at 4:12 PM, "S.M. Muraya" <[email protected]> wrote:
If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015?
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote:
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.
Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title Zeit Online uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG).
TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here
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@Muraya, I used to think Android is "open"? Meaning the comparison to Windows would not be appropriate in that if someone sneaked in spy-software in Android, I (and many others) can sniff it out, but if someone sneaked in some spy software in Windows, only Microsoft and perhaps the US govt would know? Incidentally what @Ikua raises in not far-fetched. In 2010, it is widely believed the US /Israeli Governments unleashed a worm called "stuxnet" that chewed up the Iranian nuclear plants to a halt. The mode of delivery is also widely believed as being through one of the many regular Windows updates that we so faithfully do every week or month over the net. In other words, most Listers here and across the globe do have the "stuxnet" worm on their machines but it is in sleep mode simply because their organisations do not run nuclear reactors with specific circuitry. This worm was clever enough to only wake up upon sensing certain "signature" frequencies originating from certain circuitry that was dominant in Iranian nuclear reactors. Obviously only Microsoft could be able to see the additional logic/payload in that particular update. Contrast this to updates whose code is "open"... For those technically inclined, you can pick up the story @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet walu. ________________________________ From: S.M. Muraya <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 4:12 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015? Blessings Murigi / Stanley Muraya "Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32 On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote: The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested.
Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title Zeit Online uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here
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Also picture this. I know a company that has an agreement with most (if not all) hardware vendors to hard code an application in the bios, in sleep mode. A user needs to pay a small license fee to activate the application so that they can track their lost hardware in case that happens, and the hardware goes online. Once activated, the app can send details about the machine to a central server, located you know where. It can either erase the entire disk, take a snapshot of the disk image and send it, or activate the camera and take a pic of the thief and send it to you, or wherever. Whoever that has control of all these possibilities is powerful beyond! On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote:
@Muraya,
I used to think Android is "open"? Meaning the comparison to Windows would not be appropriate in that if someone sneaked in spy-software in Android, I (and many others) can sniff it out, but if someone sneaked in some spy software in Windows, only Microsoft and perhaps the US govt would know?
Incidentally what @Ikua raises in not far-fetched. In 2010, it is widely believed the US /Israeli Governments unleashed a worm called "stuxnet" that chewed up the Iranian nuclear plants to a halt. The mode of delivery is also widely believed as being through one of the many regular Windows updates that we so faithfully do every week or month over the net.
In other words, most Listers here and across the globe do have the "stuxnet" worm on their machines but it is in sleep mode simply because their organisations do not run nuclear reactors with specific circuitry. This worm was clever enough to only wake up upon sensing certain "signature" frequencies originating from certain circuitry that was dominant in Iranian nuclear reactors.
Obviously only Microsoft could be able to see the additional logic/payload in that particular update. Contrast this to updates whose code is "open"...
For those technically inclined, you can pick up the story @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* S.M. Muraya <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 4:12 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so
If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015?
Blessings
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote:
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested. Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win>
-- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*
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No comments about the closed ios/ipad ecosystem being used in serikali? Please google "android malware".... It is about apps, not the so much the operating system. http://www.zdnet.com/android-app-malware-rates-jump-40-percent-7000019093/ Android smartphones with our gps coordinates are on us most of the time. Not to forget, very insecure apps/services powered by Linux Servers 24 hours .... http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/critical-linux-vulnerability-imperil... http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/simple-hack-threatens-oudated-joomla-site... Blessings Murigi / Stanley Muraya *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote:
@Muraya,
I used to think Android is "open"? Meaning the comparison to Windows would not be appropriate in that if someone sneaked in spy-software in Android, I (and many others) can sniff it out, but if someone sneaked in some spy software in Windows, only Microsoft and perhaps the US govt would know?
Incidentally what @Ikua raises in not far-fetched. In 2010, it is widely believed the US /Israeli Governments unleashed a worm called "stuxnet" that chewed up the Iranian nuclear plants to a halt. The mode of delivery is also widely believed as being through one of the many regular Windows updates that we so faithfully do every week or month over the net.
In other words, most Listers here and across the globe do have the "stuxnet" worm on their machines but it is in sleep mode simply because their organisations do not run nuclear reactors with specific circuitry. This worm was clever enough to only wake up upon sensing certain "signature" frequencies originating from certain circuitry that was dominant in Iranian nuclear reactors.
Obviously only Microsoft could be able to see the additional logic/payload in that particular update. Contrast this to updates whose code is "open"...
For those technically inclined, you can pick up the story @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* S.M. Muraya <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 4:12 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so
If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015?
Blessings
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote:
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested. Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win>
-- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*
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Well, I see all this as food for thought. On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM, S.M. Muraya <[email protected]>wrote:
No comments about the closed ios/ipad ecosystem being used in serikali?
Please google "android malware".... It is about apps, not the so much the operating system.
http://www.zdnet.com/android-app-malware-rates-jump-40-percent-7000019093/
Android smartphones with our gps coordinates are on us most of the time.
Not to forget, very insecure apps/services powered by Linux Servers 24 hours ....
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/critical-linux-vulnerability-imperil...
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/simple-hack-threatens-oudated-joomla-site...
Blessings
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote:
@Muraya,
I used to think Android is "open"? Meaning the comparison to Windows would not be appropriate in that if someone sneaked in spy-software in Android, I (and many others) can sniff it out, but if someone sneaked in some spy software in Windows, only Microsoft and perhaps the US govt would know?
Incidentally what @Ikua raises in not far-fetched. In 2010, it is widely believed the US /Israeli Governments unleashed a worm called "stuxnet" that chewed up the Iranian nuclear plants to a halt. The mode of delivery is also widely believed as being through one of the many regular Windows updates that we so faithfully do every week or month over the net.
In other words, most Listers here and across the globe do have the "stuxnet" worm on their machines but it is in sleep mode simply because their organisations do not run nuclear reactors with specific circuitry. This worm was clever enough to only wake up upon sensing certain "signature" frequencies originating from certain circuitry that was dominant in Iranian nuclear reactors.
Obviously only Microsoft could be able to see the additional logic/payload in that particular update. Contrast this to updates whose code is "open"...
For those technically inclined, you can pick up the story @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* S.M. Muraya <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 4:12 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so
If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015?
Blessings
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote:
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested. Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win>
-- *---------------------------------------------------- Kind Regards, Evans Ikua,*
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Found this interesting as well...food for thought! ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Josphat Karanja <[email protected]> Date: Wed, Aug 28, 2013 at 10:35 PM Subject: [Skunkworks] FBI and DHS Concerned About Android Vulnerabilities To: Skunkworks forum <[email protected]>, [email protected] found this insightful ***************************************************************************** TOP OF THE NEWS --FBI and DHS Concerned About Android Vulnerabilities (August 26, 2013) According to an unclassified US government document, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are concerned about security flaws in the Android operating system. Specifically, the document outlines concerns about threats faced by law enforcement officers and officials who are using devices running older versions of the operating system. The document says, "Android is the world's most widely used mobile operating system and continues to be a primary target for malware attacks due to its open source architecture." It also offers mitigation advice for certain types of threats. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57600105-83/android- security-holes-worry-fbi-dhs/ http://info.publicintelligence.net/DHS-FBI-AndroidThreats.pdf [Editor's Note (Murray): Ironic. DHS has favored Android over iOS for exactly this reason. That the government has consistently used its buying power to favor "open" over "secure" is at least partially _______________________________________________ skunkworks mailing list [email protected] ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://orion.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------ Skunkworks Rules http://my.co.ke/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=94 ------------ Other services @ http://my.co.ke On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 9:16 AM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]> wrote:
Well, I see all this as food for thought.
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 11:42 PM, S.M. Muraya <[email protected]>wrote:
No comments about the closed ios/ipad ecosystem being used in serikali?
Please google "android malware".... It is about apps, not the so much the operating system.
http://www.zdnet.com/android-app-malware-rates-jump-40-percent-7000019093/
Android smartphones with our gps coordinates are on us most of the time.
Not to forget, very insecure apps/services powered by Linux Servers 24 hours ....
http://arstechnica.com/security/2013/05/critical-linux-vulnerability-imperil...
http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/08/simple-hack-threatens-oudated-joomla-site...
Blessings
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Walubengo J <[email protected]> wrote:
@Muraya,
I used to think Android is "open"? Meaning the comparison to Windows would not be appropriate in that if someone sneaked in spy-software in Android, I (and many others) can sniff it out, but if someone sneaked in some spy software in Windows, only Microsoft and perhaps the US govt would know?
Incidentally what @Ikua raises in not far-fetched. In 2010, it is widely believed the US /Israeli Governments unleashed a worm called "stuxnet" that chewed up the Iranian nuclear plants to a halt. The mode of delivery is also widely believed as being through one of the many regular Windows updates that we so faithfully do every week or month over the net.
In other words, most Listers here and across the globe do have the "stuxnet" worm on their machines but it is in sleep mode simply because their organisations do not run nuclear reactors with specific circuitry. This worm was clever enough to only wake up upon sensing certain "signature" frequencies originating from certain circuitry that was dominant in Iranian nuclear reactors.
Obviously only Microsoft could be able to see the additional logic/payload in that particular update. Contrast this to updates whose code is "open"...
For those technically inclined, you can pick up the story @
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuxnet
walu.
------------------------------ *From:* S.M. Muraya <[email protected]> *To:* [email protected] *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <[email protected]> *Sent:* Monday, August 26, 2013 4:12 PM
*Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Is Windows 8 a Trojan horse for the NSA? The German Government thinks so
If we worry about 200 Million Windows 8.1 PCs (by 2015) how about 1 Billion mobile devices running Android by 2015?
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On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 3:12 PM, Evans Ikua <[email protected]>wrote:
The German Government is now deeply suspicious that the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) technology built into a growing number of Windows 8 PCs and tablets is creating a gigantic back door for NSA surveillance, leaked documents have suggested. Documents from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs obtained by German title *Zeit Online*<http://www.zeit.de/digital/datenschutz/2013-08/trusted-computing-microsoft-windows-8-nsa/seite-1>uncover the alleged unease of officials at the direction of version 2.0 of the standard being developed under the auspices of the multi-vendor Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPM has been marketed as a security and Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology since its appearance in 2006, but version 2.0 would embed a chip on every PC that has complete control over which programs can and can’t run, a setting that can’t be over-ridden under Windows 8. The chip is also where the cryptographic data is stored for Windows BitLocker and it enables remote administration.
Please read more here<http://news.techworld.com/security/3465259/is-windows-8-trojan-horse-for-nsa-german-government-thinks-so/#tk.nl_win>
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