The group's latest release, dubbed 'Lost in Translation, ' lists Qatar First Investment Bank, Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange and Tadhamon International Islamic Bank as allegedly compromised.
Labeled as an Kerberos exploit targeting 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2008 R2 domain controllers, Microsoft said MS14-068 contains a patch for these attacks.
Did the Shadow Brokers tell Microsoft in advance of the tools they planned to dump?
"The shadow brokers not wanting going there".
The files were released by Shadow Brokers, a hacking group that has previously leaked malware.
"The Shadow Brokers rather being getting drunk with McAfee on desert island with hot babes".
In its Good Friday blog post, though, the Shadow Brokers appear to allude to current global tensions, writing "Maybe if all suviving WWIII theshadowbrokers be seeing you next week".
The zeroday assessment "was based on best information at the time and early testing, which turned out to be incorrect", the security commentator and researcher who goes by the moniker SwiftOnSecurity wrote on Twitter. This got security researchers across the globe extremely anxious and some even suggested Windows users to just turn off their machines for the weekend (and maybe turn them on to fix the issues!? lol).And now, even though Redmond has confirmed that it has patched all exploits, they're looking closely at four of the exploits which were patched just last month - via monthly update patch cycle. In some cases, coverage for specific tools or vulnerabilities was already available prior to today's information release.
So what is there to do if you're not a network admin and just use a Windows computer, whether at work or at home? We have a sneaking suspicion that Uncle Sam's foreign espionage targets aren't exactly the types to keep all their systems bang up to date.
Analysts generally accepted the leaked files came from the NSA.
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It looks as though the NSA is keeping up with its habit of amusing nomenclature.
Those exploits could have allowed an attacker to compromise affected computers on a range of Windows versions.
EMPHASISMINE, a remote IMAP exploit for later versions of Lotus Domino.
Hickey found that one such exploit included in the leak, called Eternalblue, can remotely cause older versions of Windows to execute code. The exploits, which focus on multiple versions of Microsoft's Windows operating system, are extremely effective - and, worryingly, don't require extensive technical knowledge to use.
EMERALDTHREAD, an SMB exploit that drops a Stuxnet-style implant on systems.
Update, 6:15AM ET: Article updated with a statement from Microsoft.
However in this case Microsoft engineers have acted quickly and in the shortest possible time they made a patch for such exploit leakage which is potentially risky to users of their systems. Most of the exploited software is no longer officially supported.
Misner's post showed that three of nine vulnerabilities from the leak were fixed in a March 14 security update. Any hackers can now download the tools and learn from them. SWIFT service bureaus are companies that provide an access point to the SWIFT system for the network's smaller clients and may send or receive messages regarding money transfers on their behalf. "The reports of an alleged hacker-compromised EastNets Service Bureau network is totally false and unfounded".
In response, Swift has said there is no evidence that the main Swift network had ever been accessed without authorisation.
"We can confirm that no EastNets customer data has been compromised in any way". "Customers with up-to-date software are already protected".
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