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New Crypto-Mining Attacks Leverage NSA-Linked EternalBlue Exploit
2019-01-03 15:57

A new version of the NRSMiner is actively spreading in the southern region of Asia. The majority of detections (54%) have been found in Vietnam, followed by Iran (16%) and Malaysia (12%). The new...

Back Issues of the NSA's Cryptolog
2018-12-07 18:06

Five years ago, the NSA published 23 years of its internal magazine, Cryptolog. There were lots of redactions, of course. What's new is a nice user interface for the issues, noting highlights and...

UK Spy Agency Joins NSA in Sharing Zero-Day Disclosure Process
2018-12-06 12:53

GCHQ Joins the NSA in Publishing its Vulnerabilities Equities Process read more

Router attack exploits UPnP and NSA malware to target PCs
2018-12-03 12:35

The UPnProxy router compromise uncovered earlier in 2018 is now being used to attack computers on networks connected to the same gateways.

Hackers Using NSA Hacking Tools to Build Botnet
2018-11-30 20:15

A Quarter Million Devices Vulnerable to UPnProxy Botnet More than 270,000 Internet-connected devices run vulnerable implementations of UPnP and are susceptible to becoming part of a multi-purpose...

Here's another 45,000 reasons to patch Windows systems against old NSA exploits
2018-11-30 01:58

It's 2018 and UPnP is still opening up networks - this time to leaked SMB cyber-weapons Earlier this year, Akamai warned that vulnerabilities in universal plug-and-play (UPnP) had been exploited...

Chinese Cyber Threat: NSA Confirms Attacks Have Escalated
2018-11-12 16:18

'Defending Forward' Is New Military Mantra for Defending Government NetworksWith cyber espionage attacks from China escalating over the past year, the NSA's Rob Joyce says the U.S. government is...

Apple boss demands Bloomberg Super Micro U-turn, Russian troll charged, NSA hands out cash, and more
2018-10-20 09:01

Plus, hackers find a safe haven in West Haven Roundup After we encountered a libssh security blunder, a leaky Tea Party, and a dodgy Redmond sports marketer, another week is in the book.…

Spotted: Miscreants use pilfered NSA hacking tools to pwn boxes in nuke, aerospace worlds
2018-10-19 20:39

High-value servers targeted by cyber-weapons dumped online by Shadow Brokers Miscreants are using a trio of NSA hacking tools, leaked last year by the Shadow Brokers, to infect and spy on computer...

NSA-Linked 'DarkPulsar' Exploit Tool Detailed
2018-10-19 18:39

Kaspersky Lab security researchers have analyzed another exploit tool that was supposedly stolen from the National Security Agency-linked Equation Group. read more