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Kaspersky Lab's Threat Review For 2016: Servers For Sale, Global …
ISBuzz News In 2016, the world's biggest cyber-threats were related to money, information and a desire to disrupt. They included the underground trade of tens of thousands … |
Having failed in its attempt to auction off a collection of hacking tools, implants and software exploits stolen from the NSA, the mysterious Shadow Brokers group are now offering them individually for sale on the web.
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Intel is considering selling its security business as the company tries to focus on delivering chips for cloud computing and connected devices, according to a news report.
The Intel Security business came largely from the company’s acquisition for US$ 7.7 billion of security software company McAfee. Intel announced plans to bake some of the security technology into its chips to ensure higher security for its customers.
With the surge in cyberthreats, providing protection to the variety of Internet-connected devices, such as PCs, mobile devices, medical gear and cars, requires a fundamentally new approach involving software, hardware and services, the company said in February 2011, when announcing the completion of the McAfee acquisition.
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Underscoring the flourishing world of for-profit hacking, researchers have uncovered a thriving marketplace that sells access to more than 70,000 previously compromised servers, in some cases for as little as $ 6 apiece.
As of last month, the xDedic trading platform catalogued 70,624 servers, many belonging to government agencies or corporations from 173 countries, according to a report published Wednesday by researchers from antivirus provider Kaspersky Lab. That number was up from 55,000 servers in March, a sign that the marketplace operators carefully maintain and update the listed inventory.
“From government networks to corporations, from Web servers to databases, xDedic provides a marketplace for buyers to find anything,” Kaspersky researchers wrote in a separate blog post. “And the best thing about it—it’s cheap! Purchasing access to a server located in a European Union country government network can cost as little as $ 6.” The post continued:
