Kaspersky confirms connection between ShadowBrokers' malware and NSA-linked Equation Group

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Identical implementations of RC5 and RC6 encryption key-block ciphers confirm link between malware cache and Equation Group

The cache of malware supposedly being auctioned off by the previously unknown ShadowBrokers hacking group is almost certainly the work of the Equation Group, a group of hackers linked with the US N...

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