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NSA Exploits Ported To Work on All Windows Versions Released Since Windows 2000 (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the security-woes dept.

Catalin Cimpanu, reporting for BleepingComputer: A security researcher has ported three leaked NSA exploits to work on all Windows versions released in the past 18 years, starting with Windows 2000. The three exploits are EternalChampion, EternalRomance, and EternalSynergy; all three leaked last April by a hacking group known as The Shadow Brokers who claimed to have stolen the code from the NSA. Several exploits and hacking tools were released in the April 2017 Shadow Brokers dump, the most famous being EternalBlue, the exploit used in the WannaCry, NotPetya, and Bad Rabbit ransomware outbreaks.

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  1. Windows always excelled at backward compatibility by JoeyRox · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's called taking care of your installed base.

  2. The good old days by DNS-and-BIND · · Score: 2, Funny

    Remember when we chalked the NSA up on our side? They might have been a secretive government agency, but no matter what they did they had our interests at heart. Those were the days, weren't they?

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  3. Dodged a bullet there... by rwbaskette · · Score: 4, Funny

    ... I'm still running NT Workstation

  4. Good news everyone! by Virtucon · · Score: 3, Funny

    At least the NSA won't be able to use those exploits anymore.

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  5. Re:yes but did you heard the eagles won the game by mnemotronic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I made a fair amount of money on that game. Monopoly money, of course ...

    Exchange it for BitCoins.

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