By Phil Muncaster Exploit leaks from the likes of the Shadow Brokers dominated the threat landscape in the second quarter, according to new stats from Kaspersky Lab. The Russian AV…
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'Cash for hacks' crowd-funding campaign abandoned
By Chris Foxx, Technology reporter Security researchers have cancelled plans to buy potentially undetected software security vulnerabilities from a notorious group of hackers. The plan involved buying hacking tools offered…
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…
Is Russia hacking the US election?
Huge leaks of data from US organisations have been attributed by some to Russia, so has the former Soviet state launched cyberwar on the US elections? By Chris Baraniuk, Technology…
Edward Snowden: Russia probably behind NSA leak
The whistleblower Edward Snowden believes Russia is behind a leak of malware allegedly belonging to the US National Security Agency (NSA). By Kevin Rawlinson, BBC News Hackers calling themselves Shadow…
Hackers auction files 'stolen from NSA'
A group of hackers calling itself Shadow Brokers claims to have stolen a collection of malware files from a group linked to the US National Security Agency (NSA). The hackers…