{"id":17624,"date":"2017-11-15T19:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-11-15T19:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2017\/11\/15\/repurposing-of-cybertools-emerging-threat-vector\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:00:44","slug":"repurposing-of-cybertools-emerging-threat-vector","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/cyber\/2017\/11\/15\/repurposing-of-cybertools-emerging-threat-vector\/","title":{"rendered":"Repurposing of cybertools emerging threat vector"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. intelligence agencies have noticed a recent trend among hackers and adversaries: they repurpose and then weaponize existing capabilities, according to a top cyber official at the National Security Agency. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While one actor might use a particular exploit or strain of malware against a target, \u201canother adversary might see that, grab hold of that and say I want to use that for my purposes and I want to combine it with these other techniques or malwares or exploits and really repurpose, combine and use it in ways that the originator of that exploit never intended it to be used,\u201d Jonathan Darby, deputy chief of the Cybersecurity Operations Group at the National Security Agency, said in a keynote address at the Overseas Security Advisory Council Annual Briefing in Arlington Nov. 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWe\u2019re seeing more of that taking place today,\u201d he added of this emerging threat vector in cyberspace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Darby\u2019s comments regarding these tools \u201cin the wild,\u201d in cyber speak, come on the heels of the alleged theft and release of a trove of NSA\u2019s most sensitive tools used to infiltrate networks by a mysterious group called the Shadow Brokers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Large-scale global cyber incidents such as the WannaCry ransomware episode and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-cyber-swift-exclusive\/exclusive-swift-confirms-new-cyber-thefts-hacking-tactics-idUSKBN1412NT\" title=\"\" class=\"selected-link\">attacks against<\/a> Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication were thought to have used NSA exploits stolen and released by Shadow Brokers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">NSA has repeatedly declined to comment on the validity of claims that the tools in Shadow Brokers possession were stolen from the agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When asked about Shadow Brokers and the release of tools to the internet, Darby also declined to comment, only saying that \u201cas an intelligence agency, we\u2019re worried about cyber defense [and] we continually track releases of exploits that are out there in the wild.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cDoesn\u2019t matter the source of the exploit,\u201d he added, \u201cdoesn\u2019t matter who originated it, we care about how do we defend ourselves against it.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Disclosure of vulnerabilities<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following these global hacks, many have called on the U.S. government to more frequently disclose to private companies vulnerabilities it discovers as opposed to hording them for intelligence value.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Microsoft\u2019s president and chief legal officer, Brad Smith, has become one of the most vocal critics of the United States IC in light of recent incidents soliciting a digital Geneva Convention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both the Senate and House Intelligence Committees sought to direct the executive branch to revaluate this process, known as the Vulnerabilities Equities Process established under the Obama administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.federaltimes.com\/home\/2017\/07\/14\/house-pressing-intel-community-on-cyber-vulnerability-disclosures\/\" title=\"\" data-original-title=\"\"><i>House pressing intel community on cyber-vulnerability disclosures<\/i><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifthdomain.com\/congress\/policy\/2017\/08\/23\/senate-intelligence-committee-takes-aim-at-cyber-vulnerabilities\/\" title=\"\"><i>Senate Intelligence Committee takes aim at cyber vulnerabilities<\/i><\/a>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2017\/11\/15\/improving-and-making-vulnerability-equities-process-transparent-right-thing-do\" title=\"\">blog post<\/a> published Nov. 15, Rob Joyce, White House cybersecurity coordinator, outlined the current administration\u2019s approach to disclosing vulnerabilities. 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