{"id":3744,"date":"2014-06-25T21:51:38","date_gmt":"2014-06-25T13:51:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/?p=3744"},"modified":"2015-09-09T19:36:48","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T11:36:48","slug":"hackers-recreate-nsa-snooping-kit-using-shelf-parts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.darknet.org.uk\/2014\/06\/hackers-recreate-nsa-snooping-kit-using-shelf-parts\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Recreate NSA Snooping Kit Using Off-the-shelf Parts"},"content":{"rendered":"

So some curious hardware hackers grabbed the leaked catalogue that detailed the hardware involved in the NSA Snooping Kit, and have recreated some of the ‘high-tech’ top secret tools with off-the-shelf parts and items that can be bought from Kickstarter.<\/p>\n

I mean some of it seems pretty simplistic though, a monitor mirror and a hardware keystroke logger? Nothing ground-breaking there.<\/p>\n

\"NSA<\/p>\n

The Catalogue itself can be found here:<\/p>\n

NSA ANT Catalog<\/a><\/p>\n

The project itself is open, so if you’re into hardware hacking you could have a look and perhaps even contribute something.<\/p>\n

Last year Edward Snowden leaked the NSA’s Advanced Network Technology catalog, a listing of the hardware and software tools the agency makes available to agents for spying. Now enterprising security experts are using the catalog to build similar tools using available electronics.<\/p>\n

The team, led by Michael Ossmann of Great Scott Gadgets, examined the leaked catalog and found that a number of the devices the NSA developed can be very simple to recreate.<\/p>\n

Ossmann was able to build a software-defined radio (SDR) system capable of recording and transmitting data from a target PC using a Kickstarter project, and reckons the hardware can be bought to market for $300 or less.<\/p>\n

“SDR lets you engineer a radio system of any type you like really quickly so you can research wireless security in any radio format,” he told New Scientist.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n