ZDNet

Chinese hackers cloned attack tool belonging to NSA’s Equation Group

Chinese threat actors "cloned" and used a Windows zero-day exploit stolen from the NSA's Equation Group for years before the privilege escalation flaw was patched, researchers say. On Monday, Check ...
HHS

Hackers Exploit RMM Tools to Deploy Malware

Remote monitoring and management, or RMM, tools gained traction during the COVID era when work from home was a mandate. But RMM tools are now being weaponized by cybercriminals. Once adversaries gain ...
Computerworld

Hackers update malware tool kit, add first zero-day attack code

A new version of the IcePack hacker exploit tool kit has been released, security researchers warned today, and for the first time it includes attack code designed to exploit an unpatched, or zero-day, ...
Bleeping Computer

Apache Parquet exploit tool detect servers vulnerable to critical flaw

A proof-of-concept exploit tool has been publicly released for a maximum severity Apache Parquet vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-30065, making it easy to find vulnerable servers. The tool was ...
Computerworld

Russian security team to upgrade SCADA exploit tool

A Russian security company plans to release an upgraded exploit pack for industrial control software that incorporates a raft of new vulnerabilities released by an Italian security researcher. The ...
Business Insider

Hackers stole $3.5 billion FireEye's prized 'red team' hacking tools — here's why that's bad news and why they existed in the first place

News broke this week that hackers penetrated one of the world's leading cybersecurity companies and stole its hacking assets — and experts say companies should brace for those tools to be used against ...
Threat Post

Chinese Hackers Hijacked NSA-Linked Hacking Tool: Report

APT31, a Chinese-affiliated threat group, copied a Microsoft Windows exploit previously used by the Equation Group, said researchers. New research has found evidence that a Chinese-affiliated threat ...
Homeland Security Today

Espionage Outfit Used Equation Group Tools Prior to Shadow Brokers Leak

The 2017 leak of Equation Group tools by a mysterious group calling itself the Shadow Brokers was one of the most significant cyber security stories in recent years. Equation is regarded as one of the ...
ZDNet

Automated exploit of critical SAP SolMan vulnerability detected in the wild

Automated probes for servers containing a severe vulnerability in SAP software have been detected a week after a working exploit was published online. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-6207, is a ...
InfoWorld

Hackers update malware tool kit with zero-day code

A new version of the IcePack hacker exploit tool kit has been released, security researchers warned Tuesday, and for the first time it includes attack code designed to exploit an unpatched, or ...