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In 2017, a group of hackers identified as Shadow Brokers leaked a set of the most sophisticated hacking tools developed by the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA); cybersecurity specialists point out that these tools were later used in NotPetya and WannaCry attack campaigns, which are two variants of highly aggressive malware that crippled operations in […]
Shadow Brokers, the infamous hacker group that indirectly fueled the WannaCry Ransomeware, has arrived with a new marketing strategy for the bunch of exploits related to NSA and probably other organizations as well. In the past, you already read on Fossbytes that Shadow Brokers would come up with a subscription-based plan to reveal more 0-day bugs. The […]
In a message posted online early this morning, the Shadow Brokers — the cyber-espionage group believed to have stolen hacking tools from the NSA — announced new details about their upcoming “monthly dump service.” The group previously teased the new monthly dump service in mid-May, four days after the WannaCry ransomware wreaked havoc across the […]
In case your computer has been infected via WannaCry – the ransomware that wreaked havoc internationally last Friday – you might be fortunate to get your locked files returned without paying the ransom of $300 to the cyber criminals. Adrien Guinet, a French protection researcher from Quarkslab, has observed a manner to retrieve the secret […]
Short Bytes: Shadow Brokers were the first to reveal the vulnerabilities that led to the release of the WannaCry virus and it looks like they are back with a bang. They are launching a subscription-based model where people will be sold zero-day exploits and hacking tools, at least to those who have opted to become […]
Today, the Shadow Brokers have published a new message teasing new exploits for people who register for a new membership program the group has announced for next month, June 2017. The announcement comes on the heels of a very virulent ransomware outbreak that has used one of the exploits previously leaked by the group. That […]
On Good Friday and ahead of the Easter holiday, the Shadow Brokers have dumped a new collection of files, containing what appears to be exploits and hacking tools targeting Microsoft’s Windows OS and evidence the Equation Group had gained access to servers and targeted the SWIFT banking system of several banks across the world. The […]
The Shadow Brokers (TSB) are back, and they’ve released the password for the rest of the hacking tools they claim to have stolen from the NSA last year. TSB is a mysterious group that appeared in the summer of 2016 when they dumped on GitHub and other sites a trove of files they claim to […]
The hacker institution it’s believed to be behind the high-profile cyber robbery of NSA hacking equipment and exploits that sparked a bigger debate on the internet concerning competencies of us intelligence groups and their personal safety. The institution put the stolen cyber guns on auction but obtained not much reaction and long past quiet for […]
The Shadow Brokers—a hacker or group of hackers that stole computer exploits from the National Security Agency—has been quiet for some time. After their auction and crowd-funded approach for selling the exploits met a lukewarm reception, the group seemingly stopped posting new messages in October. But a newly uncovered website, which includes a file apparently […]
Shadow Brokers identifies hundreds of organizations it claims were hacked by NSA. Shadow Brokers—the name used by a person or group that created seismic waves in August when it published some of the National Security Agency’s most elite hacking tools—is back with a new leak that the group says reveals hundreds of organizations targeted by the […]
Shadow Brokers Hacked NSA NSA is in deep shit if we are to believe what Shadow Brokers hacked NSA. A hacking group going by the name Shadow Brokers said on Monday that they had hacked into NSA website. They have access to all the NSA hacking tools it uses in surveillance of US and […]