Equation Group Cyber Weapons Auction

Post by dopamean » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:13 PM UTC

moyix wrote: post #6

hardlianotion wrote: post #4

Sounds important. What does it all mean?

Equation Group is the name given by AV vendors to a group of attacks thought to be carried out by NSA. This is, apparently, a dump of internal files (mostly exploits and command & control scripts) that someone got ahold of. They're now apparently trying to auction them off. If it's a fake, it's a very good one – the code words match up to things we've seen in the Snowden leaks, e.g. Jetplow ( https://www.schneier.com…

Post by chatmasta » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:15 PM UTC

danielvf wrote: post #9

The structure of this auction is amazing! 1. All bids are paid up front, and you never get your money back, even if you aren't the highest bidder. So if people bid $50, $70, and $100, they collect $220. 2. No one can verify what is actualy up for sale before the auction. 3. There is no way for the world to know that they actualy delivered the goods after the auction. 4. There is no way for the highest bidder to know…

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:17 PM UTC

moyix wrote: post #6

hardlianotion wrote: post #4

Sounds important. What does it all mean?

Equation Group is the name given by AV vendors to a group of attacks thought to be carried out by NSA. This is, apparently, a dump of internal files (mostly exploits and command & control scripts) that someone got ahold of. They're now apparently trying to auction them off. If it's a fake, it's a very good one – the code words match up to things we've seen in the Snowden leaks, e.g. Jetplow ( https://www.schneier.com…

Post by spynxic » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:19 PM UTC

softawre wrote: post #20

dadver wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Everything about this auction is lined up to incentivize a scam. Yes, however the contents of the free sample seems very real. Without having dug into the binaries it's hard to tell, but it's hard to imagine someone wrote this to scam 1 million BTC out of the net.

With 1 million BTC on the line, you have a hard time imagining that someone would do this? People do work for a lot less..

Post by AnkhMorporkian » Mon, Aug 15, 2016, 3:27 PM UTC

dopamean wrote: post #21

moyix wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Equation Group is the name given by AV vendors to a group of attacks thought to be carried out by NSA. This is, apparently, a dump of internal files (mostly exploits and command & control scripts) that someone got ahold of. They're now apparently trying to auction them off. If it's a fake, it's a very good one – the code words match up to things we've seen in the Snowden leaks, e.g. Jetplow ( https://www.schneier.com…

It should be noted that it is only suspected that the Equation Group is related to the NSA. I only bring this up not because I don't think it is but rather to emphasize that it has not been proven yet.