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Who Was the NSA Contractor Arrested for Leaking the ‘Shadow Brokers’ Hacking Tools?

November 27, 2017 admin A Little Sunshine, Breadcrumbs, Central Security Service, Edward Snowden, Gennadiy Sidelnikov, Glen Sidelnikov, Goodfellow Air Force Base, Independent Software, InGuardians, Kaspersky Antivirus, kaspersky lab, Kishinev University, Lackland Air Force Base, Michael A. Pecoraro, Mike Poor, Nathan S. Heidbreder, national security agency, NSA hack, NSA-FTS32 USA, Operation Jeepflea Market, Rob Curtinseufert, Service Cryptologic Elements, Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, SWIFT, tailored access operations, TAO, Texas Cryptologic Center, The Shadow Brokers

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 17:01:26 +0000

In August 2016, a mysterious entity calling itself “The Shadow Brokers” began releasing the first of several troves of classified documents and hacking tools purportedly stolen from “The Equation Group,” a highly advanced threat actor that is suspected of having ties to the U.S. National Security Agency. According to media reports, at least some of the information was stolen from the computer of an unidentified software developer and NSA contractor who was arrested in 2015 after taking the hacking tools home. In this post, we’ll examine clues left behind in the leaked Equation Group documents that may point to the identity of the mysterious software developer.

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Ex-NSA Hackers Are Not Surprised by Bombshell Kaspersky Report

October 6, 2017 admin Edward Snowden, eugene kaspersky, hacking, kaspersky lab, news, NSA, SURVEILLANCE, Tech News, The Shadow Brokers

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2017 14:21:16 +0000

Former NSA hackers respond to the revelation of yet another breach at the spy agency.

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The Shadow Brokers Have Made Almost $90,000 Selling Hacking Tools by Subscription, Researcher Says

August 9, 2017 admin bitcoin, cryptocurrency, hacking, infosec, malware, monero, NSA, Shadow Brokers, The Shadow Brokers, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai| Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2017 14:00:00 +0000

An anonymous researcher has been able to identify the email address of people who have subscribed to the monthly dump service by the mysterious hacking group.

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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.