Mars Rover Code Used For Cyber-Espionage Malware 78
An anonymous reader writes: Two open-source libraries used in the Mars Rover software have been integrated in the source code of a malware family (nicknamed Rover) used as part of a cyber-espionage campaign against the Indian government (Indian Ambassador to Afghanistan). The two libraries are OpenCV and OpenAL, two libraries for processing image and audio information. As such, the Rover malware can take screenshots, record video and audio.
And that computer was built by nasa (Score:2)
And we all know that NASA spurred the integrated circuit development (or was that DARPA), so the computer that is hacking other computers with "rover" is also a result of NASA's diabolical creations. It all seems like it was planned that way.
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Hey, I've written software that uses libraries that are used by the CIA!
Just to name one: the standard C library.
Common software libraries used for malware. (Score:2, Funny)
Common software libraries used for malware. News at 11.
Um (Score:1)
What about glibc? Does code used in my Android phone also used for other horrendous things?
I wish you could uncheck the 'story' article tag (Score:5, Insightful)
because this isn't one.
Re:I wish you could uncheck the 'story' article ta (Score:4, Interesting)
Why the "Mars Rover" Tag?! (Score:5, Informative)
What sensationalist BS. It's using standard libraries open to anyone, nothing unique to the mars rover.
Why not say that it links against libc and that it uses "Nuclear Reactor Code!!11!" in its malware.
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What I find amazing is how consistently fact checking posts on this topic are getting modded down.
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Wow welcome to the National Enquire of the internet.
Can't unsee... (Score:1)
...this load of crap.
Linux coding language used to ... (Score:5, Insightful)
The "C" programming language, used in Linux, FreeBSD and Python, has been used to construct ________.
Really? OpenCV was used for something? I fail to see how this has any connection to the Mars rover.
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Did they use zlib, libxml, and the stdc libraries too?! Next you will be telling me they used a linux kernel. My god our tax dollars are being wasted! WASTED I tell you!
Uh... that's an interesting summary. (Score:1)
OpenCV and OpenAL have been used so many places that I don't see how it's topical to mention they were used in the Mars Rover. My phone has probably appeared in plenty of movies but I don't refer to it as "The same phone $ACTOR used in $MOVIE" when talking about its ability to do something technical.
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+1 !!
What a bullshit headline (Score:1)
Better also mention the entire pedigree of all the other software used in it. What about the TCP stack and the university that developed it?
And in other news:
Defense network "DARPANET" used to install malware! News at 11!
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Better also mention the entire pedigree of all the other software used in it. What about the TCP stack and the university that developed it?
And in other news:
Defense network "DARPANET" used to install malware! News at 11!
More like "Hackers using network access code developed for military to compromise systems! News at 10!" (I go to bed early)
What's the agenda? (Score:1)
Is this a push to ban open source? If so by whom and why the FUCK is slashdot supporting it?
FUCK OFF.
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Is this a push to ban open source? If so by whom and why the FUCK is slashdot supporting it?
FUCK OFF.
It's the FoodBabification of science.
We'd better nuke Mars and destroy all the data from and engineering advances that left to the Rover just to be safe.
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timothy (Score:1)
I don't ordinarily let myself post insults online that could get me in legal trouble. so I have nothing to say.
Wtf? o_O (Score:3)
./ is going rapidly downhill with these kind of stories.
Is Rupert Murdoch a "silent" partner among the new owners??
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The only reason this story has any legs is that Palo Alto researchers apparently named the malware "Rover" as a cutesy reference to the use of OpenCV and OpenAL. Then Catalin Cimpanu (softpedia.com) picked up the story and the "Rover" connection became clickbait.
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Mars Rover spam (Score:4, Funny)
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Crap! you mean those are fake?
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There are also plans to restrict its use by the populace. Only authorized people may store more than 10 gallons of it.
What's the purpose ? (Score:3)
What are you trying to tell us ?
That open source software is terrorism, with weapons so advanced that they're also used by federal agencies ?
Or that these projects' licences should have been GPL, so that it would have prevented the malware authors to spread their software without publishing their source code, and we all would have our personal rovers now thanks to all of that NASA code ?
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That having a penis makes you a terrible person.
Straight white guy terrorism at that!
*cough*
This summary is bad (Score:5, Insightful)
CAL DOWN EVERYONE (Score:2, Informative)
Just avoid any story posted by Timothy. He's known for posting sensationalist bullshit with no content whatsoever. He likes to link to forbes and never spell/grammar checks his submissions. He is the embodiment of exactly how horrible Slashdot has become and will continue to be. If you see a story that was posted by Timothy, just assume its going to be garbage designed to maximize ad revenue.
Breaking NEWS!!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Chemical given to children used to create nuclear bombs!
H2O, sometimes known as "water", is given to children. It also has uses in industrial factories as a cleanser and is even used as a shielding for nuclear reactors. This chemical, which has been refereed to as the "universal solvent" has been known to be used during the making of nuclear bombs.
Youths have been spotty spraying each other with this solvents as a game. Film at 11.
Is this a test? (Score:3)
Or an exercise in "how to turn a non-story into something topical"?
Fine trolling, I have to give you that. Managed to fool the editors into actually thinking this is a story.
*golfclap*
Where are you, whipslash? (Score:5, Informative)
Mars Rover Code Used For Cyber-Espionage Malware
Hey, whipslash, where are you? This is the kind of shitty misleading click-bait none of us want to see.
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Same Old Story (Score:1)
Mars Rover is a Trojan horse then? (Score:2)
Microsoft Windows integrated into malware (Score:1)
To quote the History Channel... (Score:2)
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... it was either them, or Hitler.
Made up headlines for Clicks.... (Score:2)
Really Slashdot is doing this shit now?
Windows 10 CUDE USED TO KILL PEOPLE!
because io.h and math.h are used in both windows 10 and smartbombs!
The state of todays malware programs... (Score:2)
FTA "Rover is largely undetected by today's antivirus engines"
Can of worms here but the malware community as a whole is working with others allowing "stuff" to get through.
Case in point that Microsoft GWZ update of April 4, 2015 KB3035583 (misspelled as CWZ in my journal) sent out 24 hours of a users (your) computer usage. I have that file, my HOST file kept it from leaving for 11 days before I found it. Not one anti-malware program has ever been set-up to catch it, nor scan for it -and you don't want it on
Clickbait article is clickbait (Score:2, Troll)
Clickbait article uses the exact same words as President Obama!
Calling OpenAL "mars rover code" ? (Score:2)
What the fuck?
In other news.. (Score:1)
Malware uses Doom 3 code! Finally! (Score:2)
Though I am glad to hear that it will fully use my DSP hardware. I always want my malware infections to have hardware accelerated 3D positional audio without having to wrap dll's.
Re: Knife used by Jack th Ripper matches Kitchen K (Score:1)