Israel Bans Sales of Hacking and Surveillance Tools to 65 Countries

Israel's Ministry of Defense has dramatically restricted the number of countries to which cybersecurity firms operating in the nation are allowed to sell offensive hacking and surveillance tools to, cutting off 65 nations from the export list. The revised list, details of which were first reporte...

A week in security (April 30 – May 6)

Last week on Labs, we examined the Spartacus ransomware, reported about a new tactic used by the Necurs malspam campaign, informed you about the recommended Twitter password change, and discussed engaging students to start considering careers in cybersecurity. Other news NTML credentials can be...

WikiLeaks Reveals Two CIA Malware Frameworks

WikiLeaks released details on what it claims are two frameworks for malware samples dubbed AfterMindnight and Assassin, both allegedly developed by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. The revelations come amid worldwide efforts to squelch variants of the WannaCry ransomware, an offensive hackin...

New Release: Kali Linux for Docker — Deploy and Play!

The Developers of one of the most advanced open source operating system for penetration testing called 'KALI Linux' have made the operating system available for Docker-addicted system administrators. But, What’s Docker? Docker is a new open-source container technology, released in June 2014, that...

NSA bought Hacking tools from 'Vupen', a French based zero-day Exploit Seller

The US government, particularly the National Security Agency has been paying a French security firm for backdoors and zero day hacks. According to a contract newly released in response to a Freedom of Information request, last year the NSA purchased a 12-month subscription to a "binary analysis a...

NSA bought Hacking tools from 'Vupen', a French based zero-day Exploit Seller

The US government, particularly the National Security Agency has been paying a French security firm for backdoors and zero day hacks. According to a contract newly released in response to a Freedom of Information request, last year the NSA purchased a 12-month subscription to a “binary analysis a...

China Propaganda Film Reveals Military Hacks Of Political Targets

It’s no secret that China is a major source of attacks on governments and political groups and individuals. However, it’s been harder to prove that the Chinese government and military is directly involved in such attacks. At least until now. According to this report on the Website...