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The Shadow Brokers have been relatively quiet over the past few weeks, which is never a good sign. It now appears the infamous hacker collective is looking to expose a former NSA hackers identity. That is a very troublesome development if true. Moreover, it appears the group is quite upbeat regarding their monthly dump service subscription, which has seen significant interest since it launched.

It is evident The Shadow Brokers are still on the right path to make media headlines. After remaining rather silent for a few weeks, the group has shared a new update. First of all, they mention how their monthly dump service is doing quite well, with plenty of customers signing up. Do keep in mind these reports always needto be taken with a grain of salt, as it is difficult to verify this information.

What is of bigger concern however, is how the hacker collective threatens to expose an NSA employee. Their blog postmentions how this individual used to be a hacker employed by the NSA. It appears The Shadow Brokers have had some beef with this person on Twitter, and are now prepared to take things to a whole new level. That is a very disturbing turn of events, to say the least.

According to the information shared with the world, this particular Twitter user was part of the Equation Group. It appears this group is one of the NSAs many hacking operations in recent years. The Shadow Brokers are convinced they know who this person is in real life, and how he or she built multiple tools to attack Chinese organizations on behalf of the NSA. Moreover, the collective claims this person is a co-founder of a new security firm, which recently received a significant injection of VC funding.

To make matters even more confusing, this person can effectively escape being exposed by The Shadow Brokers. All he or she has to do is sign up for the groups monthly dump service during the month of July. The person has to use a very specific email address, to do so, though. This appears to be a very strange marketing stunt, and it is doubtful the alleged NSA employee will follow these guidelines.

So far, the Twitter user in question is denying all of these allegations, which is not surprising. In fact, the user has even claimed to reveal his identity himself, which would thwart plans made by The Shadow Brokers. It is possible this is a case of misidentification. Then again, it is equally possible bigger things are at play here. We will probably never know the full truth, that much is evident at this stage.

Anyone can see The Shadow Brokers are playing a very dangerous game right now. The hacker collective seemingly has no scruples whatsoever. Threatening the safety of former and current NSA employees is very disturbing. Cyber warfare is scaling at an accelerated pace, which could be quite disastrous for everyone who gets swept up in the momentum. It will be interesting to see how this situation evolves over the coming weeks.

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In January, Shelby rejected an attempt by the Department of Justice to dismiss the case.

In late May, a declaration by former NSA official Thomas A. Drake, affirming the allegations, was forwarded by Anderson to Justice Department attorneys.

Drake's statement contradicted assertions by Michael Hayden, the former director of the NSA, that said neither the President's Surveillance Program (PSP) nor any other NSA intelligence-gathering activity was involved in indiscriminate and wholesale surveillance in Salt Lake City or other Olympic venues during the 2002 Winter Games.

"I have reviewed the declaration of Michael V. Hayden dated March 8, 2017," Drake's statement said. "As a result of personal knowledge I gained as a long-time contractor and then senior executive (1989-2008) of the NSA, I know the statements made by Hayden in that declaration are false or, if not literally false, substantially misleading."

The NSA has the capability to seize and store electronic communications passing through U.S. intercept centers, according to the statement from Drake.

After Sept. 11, 2001, "the NSA's new approach was that the president had the authority to override the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the Bill of Rights, and the NSA worked under the authority of the president," Drake said. "The new mantra to intercepting intelligence was 'just get it' regardless of the law."

Additional information on the NSA's intelligence-gathering came to light in 2013 when Edward Snowden, a contractor working for the agency, revealed to the Guardian newspaper the scope of U.S. and British global surveillance programs.

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If you want a dramatic illustration of how much the industry has changed over the past few years, the free version of Avid Media Composer is as good a starting point as any.

Avid Media Composer | First is not the first high-profile non-linear editor to be reincarnated into a free version. Lightworks has had a free version for years, Media 100 (remember that?) can be had for free, and there are any number of freemium editing tools now hitting the marketplace. But it is possibly the most important, with Avids own figures suggesting that 95% of mainstream movies released in 2016 were edited on the software.

It might not be the totally dominant force it once was, but it is still considered industry-leading by many and is probably the most important free version of a post tool since Blackmagic bought daVinci and set Resolve off down the same path,

Avids been down this path before too, releasing a free version of its ProTools audio software last year. And obviously that all went well enough for it to consider doing it all over again.

So what do you get? Well, for anyone who cut their teeth on the bad old days of free software, a surprisingly large amount. Avid itself likes to say that First goes where other free editing applications leave off. Certainly theres a lot of high level stuff in there, including multicam editing, audio ducking, and the ability to reframe high res sources. It is essentially the same as the paid version, only with a set of limitations that will either bother you hugely or not matter at all depending on where you're coming from.

The main limitation is the number of tracks. MC First is limited to four video, and eight audio tracks as opposed to the full versions 24 and 64 respectively. Data tracks are not supported in First and fully supported in MC. File, value and third-party export is not supported, output tops out at 1080p, colour space is limited to 601/709, and there are a whole bunch of other things in there from the number of bins (5 versus unlimited) to a limited core set of video effects, all of which is designed to funnel users to the paid version.

Even that though is not what it was, with subscription-based pricing starting at $49 a month. Elsewhere in the industry Adobe just posted record figures, its creative division revenue exceeding $1 billion in Q2 of this year, with much of that being driven in turn by its move to a subscription model. In other words: pitch it right and these things work incredibly well.

Media Composer | First is available as a free download now and Avid will be hoping that it has the right mix of free features and nagging limitations to grow the user base while simultaneously enticing increasing numbers into the paid version. It will be interesting to see if it succeeds.

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Box Inc.

On Thursday, shares in Redwood City, California headquartered Box Inc. recorded a trading volume of 2.33 million shares, which was above their three months average volume of 1.91 million shares. The stock ended the session 4.19% lower at $18.06. The Company's shares have gained 10.59% over the previous three months and 30.30% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading 9.86% above its 200-day moving average. Moreover, shares of Box, which provides cloud content management platform that enables organizations of various sizes to manage their enterprise content from anywhere, have a Relative Strength Index (RSI) of 42.32.

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Cloudera

Palo Alto, California headquartered Cloudera Inc.'s stock closed the day 1.01% lower at $15.68 with a total trading volume of 744,491 shares. The Company's shares are trading 20.09% below their 50-day moving average. Shares of the Company, which operates a data management, machine learning, and analytics software platform in the US, Europe, and Asia, have an RSI of 31.91.

On June 13th, 2017, Cloudera announced that it was named anSD Times 100 Winnerin the Big Data & Analytics category for 2017. The SD Times 100 identifies the industry's top leaders, innovators, and influencers across a broad range of categories. This is the fifth consecutive year that the Company has been selected as a winner since the award's inception in 2013. The complimentary report on CLDR can be downloaded at: http://dailystocktracker.com/registration/?symbol=CLDR

Tableau Software

Shares in Seattle, Washington headquartered Tableau Software Inc. recorded a trading volume of 1.22 million shares, which was higher than their three months average volume of 1.20 million shares. The stock ended yesterday's trading session 3.68% lower at $61.77. The Company's shares have advanced 26.16% in the previous three months and 46.55% on an YTD basis. The stock is trading above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages by 2.47% and 19.51%, respectively. Furthermore, shares of Tableau Software, which provides business analytics software products, have an RSI of 48.14.

On June 01st, 2017, Tableau Software announced the general availability of Tableau 10.3.This latest release helps organizations achieve data-driven insights faster than ever through automated table and join recommendations powered by machine-learning algorithms that simplify the search for the right data for analysis. It also includes data-driven alerts to allow for proactive monitoring of key metrics. Tableau 10.3 unlocks six new data sources for rapid-fire analysis, including a new connector for extracting data from PDF documents.

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HubSpot

Cambridge, Massachusetts headquartered HubSpot Inc.'s stock finished Thursday's session 3.83% lower at $65.30. A total volume of 498,062 shares was traded, which was above their three months average volume of 457,020 shares. The Company's shares have advanced 12.20% over the previous three months and 38.94% since the start of this year. The stock is trading above its 200-day moving average by 11.10%. Additionally, shares of HubSpot, which provides a cloud-based marketing and sales software platform for businesses in the Americas, Europe, and Asia/Pacific, have an RSI of 41.97.

On June 27th, 2017, research firm SunTrust initiated a 'Buy' rating on the Company's stock, with a target price of $81 per share. Get free access to your technical report on HUBS at: http://dailystocktracker.com/registration/?symbol=HUBS

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