Security News

Hacking tools in Vault 7 data dump linked to prolific cyber espionage group (Help Net Security)
2017-04-11 21:10

While security researchers and companies go through the collection of hacking tools contained in the data dump that the Shadow Brokers failed to sell, Symantec has tied hacking tools from...

Symantec Connects 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA Hacking Tools Exposed by Wikileaks (The Hackers News)
2017-04-10 11:37

Security researchers have confirmed that the alleged CIA hacking tools recently exposed by WikiLeaks have been used against at least 40 governments and private organizations across 16 countries....

Shadow Brokers Releases the Rest of their NSA Hacking Tools (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-10 10:51

Last August, an unknown group called the Shadow Brokers released a bunch of NSA tools to the public. The common guesses were that the tools were discovered on an external staging server, and that...

Another Russian Hacker Arrested In Spain Reportedly Over U.S. Election Hacking (The Hackers News)
2017-04-10 01:52

A Russian computer hacker and alleged spam kingpin was arrested in Barcelona, Spain, on Friday reportedly over suspicion of being involved in hacking attacks linked to alleged interference in last...

Shadow Brokers Group Releases More Stolen NSA Hacking Tools & Exploits (The Hackers News)
2017-04-08 11:01

Remember The Shadow Brokers? They are back. A hackers group that previously claimed to have stolen a bunch of hacking tools (malware, zero-day exploits, and implants) created by the NSA and gained...

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...