H5N1 hackers grouping that previously claimed to accept stolen a bunch of hacking tools (malware, zero-day exploits, in addition to implants) created past times the NSA in addition to gained popularity in conclusion twelvemonth for leaking a component subdivision of those tools is back.
Today, The Shadow Brokers grouping released to a greater extent than alleged hacking tools in addition to exploits that, the grouping claims, belonged to "Equation Group" – an elite cyber assault unit of measurement linked to the NSA.
Besides dumping approximately NSA's hacking tools dorsum inward August 2016, the Shadow Brokers also released an encrypted cache of files containing to a greater extent than NSA's hacking tools in addition to exploits inward an auction, bespeak for 1 Million Bitcoins (around $568 Million).
However, later failed auction, the grouping pose upward those hacking tools in addition to exploits for immediately sale on an undercover website, categorizing them into a type — similar "exploits," "Trojans," in addition to "implant" — each of which ranged from 1 to 100 Bitcoins (from $780 to $78,000).
Now, the Shadow Brokers has finally released password for the encrypted cache of NSA's files, allowing anyone to unlock in addition to download the auction information dump.
CrDj”(;Va.*NdlnzB9M?@K2)#>deB7mN
The password mentioned above for the encrypted NSA files was made populace through a weblog post service published today.
The blog post, titled "Don't Forget Your Base," has been written every bit an opened upward missive of the alphabet to President Donald Trump, containing political views expressed past times the Shadow Brokers on Trump's recent policies in addition to events, similar the Goldman Sach, the air smasher against Syrian Arab Republic in addition to removal of Steve Bannon from the National Security Council, with others.
H5N1 safety researcher, who uses Twitter handgrip x0rz, has uploaded all files later decryption on Github in addition to confirmed that the archive includes:
- rpc.cmsd a remote beginning zero-day exploit for Solaris – Oracle-owned Unix-based operating system.
- The TOAST framework that NSA's TAO (Tailored Access Operations) squad used to build clean logs of Unix wtmp events.
- The Equation Group's ElectricSlide tool that impersonates a Chinese browser with imitation Accept-Language.
- The show of the NSA operators' access within the GSM network of Mobilink, i of the Pakistan's pop mobile operator companies.
More cardinal findings volition come upward every bit presently every bit other safety researchers delve into the dump.
At the time, it's non confirmed whether the grouping holds to a greater extent than NSA hacking tools in addition to exploits or this is the in conclusion batch of documents the Shadow Brokers stole from the USA tidings organization.
