Security News

WikiLeaks Reveals Two CIA Malware Frameworks (Threatpost)
2017-05-16 10:39

WikiLeaks released details on what it claims are two frameworks for malware samples dubbed AfterMindnight and Assassin, both allegedly developed by the US Central Intelligence Agency.

WikiLeaks Reveals 'AfterMidnight' & 'Assassin' CIA Windows Malware Frameworks (The Hackers News)
2017-05-15 01:33

When the world was dealing with the threat of the self-spreading WannaCry ransomware, WikiLeaks released a new batch of CIA Vault 7 leaks, detailing two apparent CIA malware frameworks for the...

Malware framework using legitimate utilities lobbed at government agencies (Help Net Security)
2017-05-05 22:55

Bitdefender researchers have unearthed a previously unknown malware framework that, unlike those used by most APTs, contains many legitimate utilities. Dubbed Netrepser, the framework is used to...

WikiLeaks Reveals CIA's Grasshopper Windows Hacking Framework (The Hackers News)
2017-04-07 09:52

As part of its Vault 7 series of leaked documents, whistleblowing website WikiLeaks today released a new cache of 27 documents allegedly belonged to the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). Named...

Fileless attack framework was used in many recent attacks (Help Net Security)
2017-03-17 19:05

In the last month or so, a number of security companies spotted attackers targeting a variety of organizations around the world with spear-phishing emails delivering PowerShell backdoors (some of...