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Group linked to NSA leaks says will release more data in July

Jun 3, 2017 | Government, Radio Show, Security, Technology

Group linked to NSA leaks says will release more data in July May 30 (Reuters) – A group that published hacking tools that security experts believe were stolen from the U.S. National Security Agency said on Tuesday it plans to sell a new batch of stolen code in July...

Script kiddies pwn 1000s of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools

Apr 29, 2017 | Radio Show, Security, Technology

Script kiddies pwn 1000s of Windows boxes using leaked NSA hack tools The NSA’s Equation Group hacking tools, leaked last Friday by the Shadow Brokers, have now been used to infect thousands of Windows machines worldwide, we’re told. On Thursday, Dan Tentler, founder...

Windows users might want to turn off their computers this weekend, warns security researcher who’s only being ‘somewhat glib’

Apr 15, 2017 | Internet, Security

Windows users might want to turn off their computers this weekend, warns security researcher who’s only being ‘somewhat glib’ Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella An infamous hacker group known as the Shadow Brokers has just released a bunch of tools that...

After NSA leaks, a renewed interest in vulnerability disclosure

Aug 26, 2016 | News

After NSA leaks, a renewed interest in vulnerability disclosure The code leaked by the Shadow Brokers group last week has set off calls from security researchers and tech groups for a national conversation about vulnerability disclosure policy. The code contains about...