Wi-Fi trap from the NSA can work up to 8 miles

The Engadget publication reports that security guru Jacob Appelbaum told at the recent Chaos Communications Congress that the NSA spy bag includes a device called Nightstand, which is designed for Wi-Fi networks and is capable of implementing spyware.

The equipment intercepts the Wi-Fi network and uses packet injection to install exploits on computers on the network.

A device running Linux can examine Windows-based computers from up to 8 miles away. The described Nightstand is dated 2008, and it’s obvious that the NSA now has a more advanced gadget in its arsenal.
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Also, the NSA has the so-called "active GSM base stations", which can replace the real stations of cellular operators.
The cost of such a station - $ 40,000

NSA can easily be implemented in almost all sections of the iPhone, including voice messages, contact lists, message sessions, registration history on GSM bases, as well as read browser cookies, history, etc.

By the way, NSA Director Keith Alexander periodically appears at hacker parties in the states:



The NSA unit Tailored Access Operations (TAO) works together with other secret services, the CIA and the FBI. TAO not only makes iron for espionage, but also develops software for specific tasks. Development concerns the introduction of backdoors into various BIOSes:



According to Spiegel magazine, about 85,000 computers worldwide have such bookmarks.
Most of these bookmarks are implemented by the TAO team remotely via the Internet.
TAO can also attack computers on a local network that does not have access to the Internet.