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R.I.P. root9B, We Hardly Knew Ya!

November 15, 2017 admin Fancy Bear, national security agency, NSA, Other, root9B Holdings, root9B Technologies, RTNB, seekingalpha.com, Sofacy, tracker capital management llc

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 14:25:58 +0000

root9B, a company that many in the security industry considered little more than a big-name startup aimed at cashing in on the stock market’s insatiable appetite for cybersecurity firms, surprised no one this week when it announced it was ceasing operations at the end of the year. Founded in 2011, Colorado Springs, Colo. based root9B Technologies touted itself as an IT security training firm staffed by an impressive list of ex-military leaders with many years of cybersecurity experience at the Department of Defense and National Security Agency (NSA). As it began to attract more attention from investors, root9B’s focus shifted to helping organizations hunt for cyber intruders within their networks.

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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.