The NSA wants to eliminate malware once and for all, no matter the cost

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http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/rSLr2QsdHh7Nz8xstckRnw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_US/News/BGR_News/edward-snowden.jpg (http://news.yahoo.com/nsa-wants-eliminate-malware-once-no-matter-cost-001518626.html)Well over a year after the Snowden leaks changed the way we think of security in the United States, the man still has plenty of information left to reveal. In an exhaustive interview with Wired’s James Bamford, Snowden discussed the NSA’s development of a new cyberwarfare program codenamed MonsterMind which could automatically seek out patterns that indicate a looming cyberattack and stop them at the source. This might sound like a dream come true, especially for Windows and Android users who are constantly wary of the threat of malware, but Snowden is worried that the NSA have taken the security measure a step too far. Rather than simply stopping the threat, MonsterMind has the ability-to retaliate without any human oversight.



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