Leaked NSA Malware Puts All Windows Computers At Risk
Sean Adl-Tabatabai
YourNewsWire.com
April 15, 2017
A group of hackers have released malware made by the NSA that puts all computers running Windows at risk of being hacked.
The Shadow Brokers hacking group claimed in a blog post on Friday that it had obtained US National Security Agency tools that enable them to steal users’ data.
Friday’s blog post included downloads to potent exploits and hacking tools that target most versions of Microsoft Windows, and included evidence of hacks on the SWIFT banking system of several banks around the globe.
The group directed visitors to download files and codes that revealed previously undisclosed computer exploits made by the NSA—known as zero-day exploits—that experts have warned are likely to cause chaos around the world in the coming weeks.
Arstechnica reports:
Friday’s release—which came as much of the computing world was planning a long weekend to observe the Easter holiday—contains close to 300 megabytes of materials the leakers said were stolen from the NSA. The contents (a convenient overview is here) included compiled binaries for exploits that targeted vulnerabilities in a long line of Windows operating systems, including Windows 8 and Windows 2012. It also included a framework dubbed Fuzzbunch, a tool that resembles the Metasploit hacking framework that loads the binaries into targeted networks. Independent security experts who reviewed the contents said it was without question the most damaging Shadow Brokers release to date.
“It is by far the most powerful cache of exploits ever released,” Matthew Hickey, a security expert and co-founder of Hacker House, told Ars. “It is very significant as it effectively puts cyber weapons in the hands of anyone who downloads it. A number of these attacks appear to be 0-day exploits which have no patch and work completely from a remote network perspective.”
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