Security experts suspect the Equation Group is linked to the U.S. National Security Agency. The leaked code is designed to compromise network-level equipment such as firewalls and includes notes on infiltration techniques. The action comes as the United States investigates potential Russian involvement in the Democratic Party breaches. A Brisbane, Australia-based network security consultant has successfully tested one of the exploits against an older version of Cisco’s Adaptive Security Appliance Firewalls. The exploit works against Cisco ASA version 8.4, which dates from 2012, says XORcat.”]
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