Security News

Zero-Day Vulnerabilities against Windows in the NSA Tools Released by the Shadow Brokers (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-28 11:16

In April, the Shadow Brokers -- presumably Russia -- released a batch of Windows exploits from what is presumably the NSA. Included in that release were eight different Windows vulnerabilities....

More on the NSA's Use of Traffic Shaping (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-12 11:32

"Traffic shaping" -- the practice of tricking data to flow through a particular route on the Internet so it can be more easily surveiled -- is an NSA technique that has gotten much less attention...

No evidence NotPetya developers obtained NSA exploits weeks before their public leak (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-30 14:13

Evidence ties people behind massive malware attack to mysterious Shadow Brokers group.

'Shadow Brokers' Threaten to Dox Former NSA Hacker (Security Week)
2017-06-28 13:38

The Shadow Brokers has sent out its first round of exploits and data as part of a recently announced monthly subscription service, and the group claims it has a significant number of subscribers. read more

'Shadow Brokers' Threatens to Unmask A Hacker Who Worked With NSA (The Hackers News)
2017-06-28 01:07

The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked US cyberweapons — which were also abused by the recent ransomware disasters WannaCry and Petya or NotPetya — has now threatened to unmask...

NSA Advocates Data Sharing Framework (Threatpost)
2017-06-23 14:04

Fighting attackers needs a new approach that leverages a public-private data sharing framework, enabling immediate and collective responses.

NSA Insider Security Post-Snowden (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-22 10:52

According to a recently declassified report obtained under FOIA, the NSA's attempts to protect itself against insider attacks aren't going very well: The N.S.A. failed to consistently lock racks...

NSA-Backed OpenC2.org Aims to Defend Systems at Machine Speed (Threatpost)
2017-06-22 10:00

Security experts, vendors, business and the NSA are developing a standardized language that rather than autonomously understands threats, acts on them.

Honda shuts down factory after finding NSA-derived Wcry in its networks (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-21 17:46

Automaker briefly stops making cars to contain worm that first struck in May.

Honda shuts down factory after finding NSA-derived Wcry in its networks (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-21 17:46

Automaker briefly stops making cars to contain worm that first struck in May.