Security News

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...

EternalRocks Worm Spreads Seven NSA SMB Exploits (Threatpost)
2017-05-22 17:05

A worm called EternalRocks has been spreading seven Windows SMB exploits leaked by the ShadowBrokers, including EternalBlue, which was used to spread WannaCry.

Newly Found Malware Uses 7 NSA Hacking Tools, Where WannaCry Uses 2 (The Hackers News)
2017-05-22 16:03

A security researcher has identified a new strain of malware that also spreads itself by exploiting flaws in Windows SMB file sharing protocol, but unlike the WannaCry Ransomware that uses only...

NSA Abandons "About" Searches (Schneier on Security)
2017-05-19 19:05

Earlier this month, the NSA said that it would no longer conduct "about" searches of bulk communications data. This was the practice of collecting the communications of Americans based on keywords...

Next NSA Exploit Payload Could be Much Worse Than WannaCry (Threatpost)
2017-05-17 17:19

Researchers urge Windows admins to apply MS17-010 before the next attack using the EternalBlue NSA exploit deploys a worse payload than WannaCry ransomware.