In 2016 the information security industry was shaken when a previously unknown and unheard of group calling themselves the Shadow Brokers auctioned off what was claimed to be exploits obtained from the NSA. To prove the authenticity of their auction they posted a number of exploits online. To the surprise of many, these exploits turned out to be genuine.
It sounds like the plotline of a paperback thriller but this actually happened. This presentation will cover some of the history of the Shadow Brokers along with the revelations about the Equation Group, the purported NSA hackers who wrote the exploits the Shadow Brokers dumped. It will also dive into one of the tested exploits, the dreaded extrabacon.
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Abstract
In 2016 the information security industry was shaken when a previously unknown and unheard of group calling themselves the Shadow Brokers auctioned off what was claimed to be exploits obtained from the NSA. To prove the authenticity of their auction they posted a number of exploits online. To the surprise of many, these exploits turned out to be genuine.
It sounds like the plotline of a paperback thriller but this actually happened. This presentation will cover some of the history of the Shadow Brokers along with the revelations about the Equation Group, the purported NSA hackers who wrote the exploits the Shadow Brokers dumped. It will also dive into one of the tested exploits, the dreaded extrabacon.