Security News

Winner, Winner, prison dinner: Five years in the clink for NSA leaker
2018-08-23 19:59

Longest-ever sentence for Russia hack whistleblower as defenders claim public service A former NSA translator who leaked a classified report into attempted Russian hacking of US voting systems has...

Former NSA top hacker names the filthy four of nation-state hacking
2018-08-13 09:11

Carefully omits to mention the Land of the Free DEF CON Rob Joyce, the former head of the NSA’s Tailored Access Operations hacking team, has spilled the beans on which nations are getting up to...

Battle lines drawn over US mass surveillance as senators probe NSA's bonfire of phone records
2018-08-06 22:34

Ding! Ding! Round three in blanket spying bout Analysis A fight has begun over another of the US government's mass surveillance systems – with two Senators raising questions about an unusual data...

NSA hasn’t closed security windows Snowden climbed through
2018-07-31 12:56

One of three problems found in an audit: two-person access controls haven't been properly implemented at data centers and equipment rooms.

GandCrab Ransomware Spreads Via NSA Exploit
2018-07-10 13:30

GandCrab, a ransomware family that has received numerous updates in recent months, is now attempting to infect Windows XP machines using the read more

The NSA's Domestic Surveillance Centers
2018-07-06 14:16

The Intercept has a long story about the NSA's domestic interception points. Includes some new Snowden documents....

Here's why the NSA just deleted all of the calls and texts it collected since 2015
2018-07-02 17:11

After some unauthorized files made their way into the NSA's possession, it had to purge a massive collection of records to remain compliant with regulations.

NSA-Linked Implant Patched to Work on Windows Embedded
2018-06-27 19:40

DoublePulsar, one of the hacking tools the Shadow Brokers supposedly stole from the National Security Agency (NSA)-linked Equation Group, can now run on Windows Embedded devices. read more

Former NSA Contractor Pleads Guilty to 'Top Secret' Leak
2018-06-27 10:18

Plea Deal Calls For Reality Winner to Serve 63-Month SentenceReality Leigh Winner, 26, a former contractor for the NSA, has pleaded guilty to leaking a "top secret" five page document that...

Liberty loser Reality Winner: NSA leaker could get 63 months
2018-06-26 19:05

Panty-hosed renegade facing over five years of hard time Reality Winner, a contractor who passed classified NSA information about Russian hacking of election machines to the media, has pled guilty...