Shadow brokers

Pierluigi Paganini April 19, 2017
Oracle patch update for April 2017 also fixed Struts and Shadow Brokers exploits

Oracle patch update for April 2017 fixed a record number of vulnerabilities, including Apache Struts and Shadow Brokers exploits. Oracle has released security updates to fix flaws in its product, including Apache Struts and a Solaris exploit included in a dump leaked by the Shadow Brokers hackers and containing NSA documents and hacking tools. The Oracle patch update […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 18, 2017
The alleged link between the Shadow Brokers data leak and the Stuxnet cyber weapon

Security researchers who analyzed the documents and hacking tools included in the last Shadow Brokers dump found a link to the Stuxnet virus. On Friday, the Shadow Brokers leaked a new bunch of files belonging to the alleged NSA arsenal. Security researchers who analyzed the documents and hacking tools included in the last dump have […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 08, 2017
The Shadow Brokers release more alleged NSA hacking tools and exploits

The Shadow Brokers hacking crew sent a message to President Trump commenting recent political events and released more alleged NSA hacking tools. The Shadow Brokers is the mysterious group that in October 2016 claimed to have stolen a bunch of hacking tools used by the NSA for its operations. At the end of October 2016, the hackers […]

Pierluigi Paganini October 18, 2016
Shadow Brokers launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise 10,000 bitcoins

The group calling itself The Shadow Brokers who hacked the NSA-linked Equation Group announced the launch of a crowdfunding campaign for the stolen arsenal. This summer the hacker group Shadow Brokers hacked the NSA-linked group known as the Equation Group and leaked 300 Mb of hacking tools, exploits, and implants. The Shadow Brokers launched an all-pay auction for the full archive containing the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 23, 2016
The leak of NSA hacking tools was caused by a staffer mistake

A US investigation into the leak of the NSA hacking tools used by the Agency is focusing on a theory that it was caused by a staffer mistake. The hack of the NSA-linked group Equation Group and the leakage of the NSA hacking tools in its arsenal it probably one the most disconcerting events of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 21, 2016
Over 840,000 Cisco systems affected by the Equation Group’s flaw CVE-2016-6415

The Shadowserver Foundation has conducted a scan of the Internet for CISCO devices running IOS software affected by the CVE-2016-6415 vulnerability. Recently experts from CISCO discovered a vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-6415, in IOS system,while investigating the Equation Group‘s exploits leaked by the Shadow Broker hacker group. In particular, experts from CISCO were evaluating the impact […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 19, 2016
CVE-2016-6415 – CISCO confirms a new Zero-Day linked to Equation Group hack

Cisco revealed the existence of another zero-day vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2016-6415, in the Equation Group archive leaked by the Shadow Broker hackers. This summer a group of hackers known as Shadow Brokers hacked into the arsenal of the NSA-linked group Equation Group and leaked roughly 300 Mb of exploits, implants, and hacking tools. The existence of the […]

Pierluigi Paganini September 05, 2016
NSA EXTRABACON exploit still threatens tens of thousands of CISCO ASA boxes

Two security experts from the Rapid 7 firm revealed that tens of thousands of CISCO ASA boxes are still vulnerable to the NSA EXTRABACON exploit. A few weeks ago the Shadow Brokers hacker group hacked into the arsenal of the NSA-Linked Equation Group leaked online data dumps containing its exploits. ExtraBacon is one of the exploits […]

Pierluigi Paganini August 24, 2016
The Equation Group’s exploit ExtraBacon works on newer Cisco ASA

Security experts have improved the ExtraBacon exploit included in the NSA Equation Group arsenal to hack newer version of CISCO ASA appliance. The data dump leaked online by ShadowBrokers is a treasure for security experts and hackers that are analyzing every tool it contains. Cisco and Fortinet have confirmed their network appliance are vulnerable to the exploits […]