Security News

NSA Urges Windows Users to Patch 'BlueKeep' Vulnerability
2019-06-05 12:54

The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) on Tuesday urged Windows users and administrators to immediately address the vulnerability tracked as BlueKeep and CVE-2019-0708. read more

NSA Hawaii
2019-05-24 19:14

Recently I've heard Edward Snowden talk about his working at the NSA in Hawaii as being "under a pineapple field." CBS News recently ran a segment on that NSA listening post on Oahu. Not a whole...

Visiting the NSA
2019-05-22 19:11

Yesterday, I visited the NSA. It was Cyber Command's birthday, but that's not why I was there. I visited as part of the Berklett Cybersecurity Project, run out of the Berkman Klein Center and...

Another NSA Leaker Identified and Charged
2019-05-09 20:17

In 2015, the Intercept started publishing "The Drone Papers," based on classified documents leaked by an unknown whistleblower. Today, someone who worked at the NSA, and then at the National...

Leaked NSA Hacking Tools
2019-05-08 16:30

In 2016, a hacker group calling itself the Shadow Brokers released a trove of 2013 NSA hacking tools and related documents. Most people believe it is a front for the Russian government. Since,...

Chinese Spies Stole NSA Cyberweapons Long Before Shadow Brokers Leak
2019-05-07 17:52

Forensic analysis shows a Chinese APT using Equation Group hacking tools at least a year before Shadow Brokers dumped its cache in April 2017.

Report: Chinese Hackers First to Use NSA Cyberattack Tools
2019-05-07 16:18

Symantec Report Deepens Mystery Around Lost NSA Tools and ExploitsA Chinese hacking group was using exploits and tools developed by the NSA months before the tools were released by another group,...

Report: Chinese Hackers First to Use NSA Cyber Weapons
2019-05-07 12:48

Symantec Report Deepens Mystery Around Lost NSA Tools and ExploitsA Chinese hacking group was using exploits and tools developed by the NSA months before the tools were released by another group,...

Chinese Hackers Used NSA Hacking Tools Before Shadow Brokers Leaked Them
2019-05-07 08:48

In a shocking revelation, it turns out that a hacking group believed to be sponsored by Chinese intelligence had been using some of the zero-day exploits linked to the NSA's Equation Group almost...

Chinese Hackers Used NSA Tool a Year Before Shadow Brokers Leak
2019-05-07 06:29

A Chinese threat actor was spotted using a tool attributed to the NSA-linked Equation Group more than one year prior to it being leaked by the mysterious Shadow Brokers, Symantec revealed on...