Security News

Crowdfunding Effort to Buy ShadowBrokers Exploits Shuts Down (Threatpost)
2017-06-01 16:38

A crowdfunding effort to buy a subscription to the ShadowBrokers' Monthly Dump Service of stolen exploits and data was shut down citing legal and ethical concerns.

Crowdfunding for Acquiring Shadow Brokers Exploits Canceled (Security Week)
2017-06-01 15:16

Researchers announced this week the launch of a crowdfunding initiative whose goal was to raise money to subscribe to the Shadow Brokers’ monthly exploit leaks. However, the funding campaign has...

Canceled: Crowdfunding to Pay Shadow Brokers for Exploits (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-01 12:03

Legal Concerns Cited as Researchers Shutter Effort; Related Debates Still RageTwo researchers who launched a crowdsourced effort to subscribe to the Shadow Brokers' monthly leak of stolen Equation...

Ethical Debate: OK to Pay Shadow Brokers For Exploit Dumps? (InfoRiskToday)
2017-05-31 12:33

Goal of Crowdfunding by Security Researchers is to Prevent Future WannaCrysTwo security researchers are attempting to crowdfund a monthly subscription fee to Shadow Brokers' monthly exploit dump...

Shadow Brokers Launches 0-Day Exploit Subscriptions for $21,000 Per Month (The Hackers News)
2017-05-30 00:28

As promised to release more zero-days exploits and hacking tools for various platforms starting from June 2017, the infamous hacking group Shadow Brokers is back with more information on how to...

Mark Dowd on Exploit Mitigation Development (Threatpost)
2017-05-26 16:00

Mark Dowd discusses why certain exploit mitigations have been so successful in driving up the cost of exploit development for attackers.

Wanna Cry Again? NSA’s Windows 'EsteemAudit' RDP Exploit Remains Unpatched (The Hackers News)
2017-05-25 04:06

Brace yourselves for a possible 'second wave' of massive global cyber attack, as SMB (Server Message Block) was not the only network protocol whose zero-day exploits created by NSA were exposed in...