Threat actor
The Shadow Brokers
Last fetched
The Shadow Brokers is a threat actor tracked in WhisperGraph's MITRE ATT&CK corpus, observed using 0 techniques and also known as 4 other names.
Also known as
The ShadowBrokers, TSB, Shadow Brokers, ShadowBrokers
Description
The Shadow Brokers (TSB) is a hacker group who first appeared in the summer of 2016. They published several leaks containing hacking tools from the National Security Agency (NSA, including several zero-day exploits.[1] Specifically, these exploits and vulnerabilities targeted enterprise firewalls, antivirus software, and Microsoft products. The Shadow Brokers originally attributed the leaks to the Equation Group threat actor, who have been tied to the NSA's Tailored Access Operations unit.
Techniques by tactic
No ATT&CK techniques are recorded for The Shadow Brokers in WhisperGraph.
Attributed infrastructure
None published. WhisperGraph carries no ATTRIBUTED_TO edge to The Shadow Brokers today — this states the absence of a published link, not that The Shadow Brokers has no infrastructure.
References
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_Brokers
- https://securelist.com/darkpulsar/88199/
- https://musalbas.com/blog/2016/08/16/equation-group-firewall-operations-catalogue.html
- https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/53djj3/shadow-brokers-whine-that-nobody-is-buying-their-hacked-nsa-files
- https://www.scmagazineuk.com/second-shadow-brokers-dump-released/article/1476023
- https://www.cyberscoop.com/nsa-shadow-brokers-leaks-iran-russia-optimusprime-stoicsurgeon/
- https://www.csoonline.com/article/3190055/new-nsa-leak-may-expose-its-bank-spying-windows-exploits.html
- https://threatpost.com/shadowbrokers-dump-more-equation-group-hacks-auction-file-password/124882/
- http://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/62770/hacking/shadowbrokers-return.html
- https://www.hackread.com/nsa-data-dump-shadowbrokers-expose-unitedrake-malware/
- https://blacklakesecurity.com/who-was-the-nsa-contractor-arrested-for-leaking-the-shadow-brokers-hacking-tools/
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Related pages
Pivot from The Shadow Brokers into its techniques, tactics and any attributed infrastructure.
Queries
Resolves the slug to this actor, merging every duplicate node sharing the same name.
MATCH (a:ACTOR)
WHERE a.name =~ $pattern OR any(x IN a.aliases WHERE x =~ $pattern)
RETURN a.id AS id, a.name AS name, a.aliases AS aliases, a.description AS description,
a.references AS references, a.campaigns AS campaigns
LIMIT 25Techniques this actor uses, grouped by the tactic each one serves.
MATCH (a:ACTOR {name: $name})-[:USES_TECHNIQUE]->(t:ATTACK_PATTERN)
OPTIONAL MATCH (t)-[:USES_TACTIC]->(tac:ATTACK_PATTERN)
RETURN t.id AS techniqueId, t.name AS techniqueName, tac.id AS tacticId, tac.name AS tacticName
LIMIT 1000Infrastructure publicly attributed to this actor.
MATCH (n)-[:ATTRIBUTED_TO]->(a:ACTOR {name: $name})
RETURN labels(n)[0] AS kind, n.name AS name
LIMIT 25Or query Whisper from your own LLM workflow via the Whisper MCP server.