{"id":10967,"date":"2016-08-16T12:07:40","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T12:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=10967"},"modified":"2016-08-16T12:07:40","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T12:07:40","slug":"hacking-group-claims-to-offer-cyber-weapons-in-online-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/hacking-group-claims-to-offer-cyber-weapons-in-online-auction.html","title":{"rendered":"Hacking group claims to offer cyber-weapons in online auction"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Hacking group claims to offer cyber-weapons in online auction<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Hacking group claims to offer cyber-weapons in online auction:- Hackers going by the name Shadow Brokers said on Monday they will auction stolen surveillance tools they say were used by a <\/span>cyber group<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"> linked to the U.S. National Security Agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">To arouse interest in the auction, the hackers released samples of programs they said could break into popular firewall software made by companies including Cisco Systems Inc, Juniper Networks Inc and Fortinet Inc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The companies did not respond to request for comment, nor did the NSA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Writing in imperfect English, the Shadow Brokers promised in postings on a Tumblr blog that the auctioned material would contain \u201ccyber weapons\u201d developed by the Equation Group, a hacking group that cyber security experts widely believe to be an arm of the NSA.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The Shadow Brokers said the programs they will auction will be \u201cbetter than Stuxnet,\u201d a malicious computer worm widely attributed to the <strong>United States<\/strong> and Israel that sabotaged Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Reuters could not contact the Shadow Brokers or verify their assertions. Some experts who looked at the samples posted on Tumblr said they included programs that had previously been described and therefore were unlikely to cause major damage.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">\u201cThe data [released so far] appears to be relatively old; some of the programs have already been known for years,\u201d said researcher Claudio Guarnieri, and are unlikely \u201cto cause any significant operational damage.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Still, they appeared to be genuine tools that might work if flaws have not been addressed. After examining the code released Monday, Matt <\/span>Suiche<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">, founder of UAE-based security startup Comae Technologies, concluded they looked like &#8220;could be used.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Other security experts warned the posting could prove to be a hoax. The group said interested parties had to send funds in advance of winning the auction via Bitcoin currency and would not get their money back if they lost.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The auction will end at an unspecified time, Shadow Brokers said, encouraging bidders to &#8220;keep bidding until we announce <\/span>winner<span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Source: http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-usa-cyber-auction-idUSKCN10Q29W<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/technology\/hacking-group-claims-to-offer-cyber-weapons-in-online-auction.html\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground: #ffffff !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 630px !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hacking group claims to offer cyber-weapons in online auction Hacking group claims to offer cyber-weapons in online auction:- Hackers going by the name Shadow Brokers said on Monday they will auction stolen surveillance tools they say were used by a cyber group linked to the U.S. National Security Agency. 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