Security News

WikiLeaks Dumps CIA Patient Zero Windows Implant (Threatpost)
2017-06-02 13:00

Pandemic is a Windows implant built by the CIA that turns file servers into Patient Zero on a local network, infecting machines requesting files with Trojanized replacements.

CIA Implants This Windows Hacking Tool to Silently Hack Computers Over Network (The Hackers News)
2017-06-02 01:06

WikiLeaks has published a new batch of the ongoing Vault 7 leak, this time detailing an alleged CIA project that allowed the agency to turn Windows file servers into covert attack machines that...

What's got a vast attack surface and runs on Linux? Windows Defender, of course (The Register)
2017-05-30 00:18

Penguinistas, rejoice: Tavis Ormandy lets you fuzz Windows Google Project Zero's Windows bug-hunter and fuzz-boffin Tavis Ormandy has given the world an insight into how he works so fast: he works...

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...