Browse Items (626 total)
- Collection: Snowden Files
Sort by:
A potential technique to deanonymise users of the TOR network
This document is a technical brief on decryption, specifically outling a "technique that can deanonymisc TOR web-browsing." TOR (The Onion Router) is "used by individuals and organisations that want to hide the originating IP address of their…
LEVITATION and the FFU Hypothesis
This document is a CSEC presentation deck giving an overview of LEVITATION, "a behaviour-based target discovery project." LEVITATION is used to identify targets based on documents downloaded from free file upload (FFU) services such as Sendspace and…
Motivations for FLYING PIG
This document is a presentation describing GCHQ's FLYING PIG Program, a means of monitoring secure TLS / SSL computer networks through "MiTM" or "Man in the Middle" attacks where data is routed to a government server and then relayed to its…
Summary of DNR and DNI Co-Travel Analytics
This document is a study which overviews the key elements of the NSA's Co-Traveler analytics programs. Co-Traveler is a blanket term used when describing bulk location information processing. The report includes a description of the analytic, its…
CNE End Point Requirements
This document is a spreadsheet containing "the collated CNE (computer network exploitation) user requirements captured by the Endpoint initiative lead." The spreadsheet lists requirements with their priority, the amount of innovation needed to…
NSA Intelligence Relationship with Canada's Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) (Signals Intelligence)
This document is a copy of the intelligence relationship existing between CSEC and the NSA.
Intrusion Analysis / JeAC
This document is a memo detailing the composition and operations of GCHQ's Intrusion Analysis (IA) team. It forms part of the Joint Electronic Attack Cell (JeAC).
IR.21 – A Technology Warning Mechanism
This document is a NSA presentation from the 2010 SIGDEV Conference, which discusses tracking a "carrier's technical evolution" using IR.21 and other data. This informaiton is aimed to help forecast targets.
Content Extraction Enhancements for Target Analytics
This document is a presentation demonstrating the NSA's mass untargeted collection and analysis of SMS text messages. It gives figures demostrating the programs reach. Collection data includes VCARDS, Geocoordinates, Missed Calls, SIM Card Changes,…
UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen - Will the Developed and Developing World Agree on Climate Change?
This document is a briefing posted to the NSA's internal website detailing the upcoming UN Climate Control Conference and the broad goals for overcoming a divide between developed and developing countries. The document refers to surveillance…