Hackers working for the so-called Islamic State are bad at coding and hiding what they do, suggests research. They produce buggy malware and easily crackable encryption programs, said senior security…
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Script kiddies pwn 1000s of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools
Vulnerable unpatched systems expose exploitable SMB networking to world+dog. Iain Thomson The NSA’s Equation Group hacking tools, leaked last Friday by the Shadow Brokers, have now been used to infect…
Free hacking tools 'help young into cyber-crime'
Free, easy-to-use hacking tools help many young people slip into a life of cyber-crime, according to a report. The National Crime Agency (NCA) has detailed the “pathways” taken by people…
CIA operations may be disrupted by new Wikileaks' data release
Current spying campaigns run by the CIA could be disrupted, say experts, after more data on the agency’s hacking techniques was released by Wikileaks. CIA code that obscures malware’s origins…