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Kaspersky Security

Exploits are everywhere — is your business safe?

May 11, 2017 admin Business, enterprise security, Equation Group, Exploits, news, phishing, reports, ShadowBrokers

Credit to Author: Jeffrey Esposito| Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2017 13:39:17 +0000

The threat landscape is always evolving. How can you protect your business?

MalwareBytes Security

ShadowBrokers fails to collect 1M bitcoins – releases stolen information

April 10, 2017 admin cybercrime, Equation Group, Exploits, hack, hacking, NSA, opsec, president trump, ShadowBrokers

Credit to Author: Adam McNeil| Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2017 17:49:20 +0000

ShadowBrokers finally made good on their promise to release the decryption key to unlock the stolen ‘auction’ file purportedly filled with NSA hacking tools.

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Independent Krebs

WikiLeaks Dumps Docs on CIA’s Hacking Tools

March 8, 2017 admin Bloomberg, Bugcrowd, Casey Ellis, Center for Cyber Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Cisco, Craig Dods, Edward Snowden, Equation Group, Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, Juniper, Leonid Bershidsky, national security agency, NSA, Open Whisper Systems, Other, Samsung, signal, smart TVs, The New York Times, The Shadow Brokers, US CIA, vault 7, Weeping Angel, WhatsApp, WikiLeaks, Zero-Day

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2017 18:39:11 +0000

WikiLeaks on Tuesday dropped one of its most explosive word bombs ever: A secret trove of documents apparently stolen from the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) detailing methods of hacking everything from smart phones and TVs to compromising Internet routers and computers. KrebsOnSecurity is still digesting much of this fascinating data cache, but here are some first impressions based on what I’ve seen so far.