Security News

New 'PyRoMineIoT' Malware Spreads via NSA-Linked Exploit
2018-06-12 17:35

A recently discovered piece of crypto-currency miner malware isn’t only abusing a National Security Agency-linked remote code execution exploit to spread, but also abuses infected machines to scan...

NSA sought data on 534 MILLION phone calls in 2017
2018-05-07 13:02

Compared to 151 million in 2016, perhaps due to dupes rather than spy boom The United States’ Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released its annual Intelligence Community...

Ex-NSA Director's IronNet Raises $78 Million
2018-05-03 16:10

IronNet Cybersecurity, a company founded by former NSA director Gen. Keith Alexander, announced on Wednesday that it has raised $78 million in a Series B funding round. read more

NSA: The Silence of the Zero Days
2018-05-01 12:33

US Defense Department Defenders Say Attackers Don't Need No Stinking Zero DaysThe head of the NSA's Cybersecurity Threat Operations Center says attackers haven't bothered targeting unclassified...

PyRoMine Crypto-Miner Spreads via NSA-Linked Exploit
2018-04-30 11:41

A remote code execution exploit supposedly stolen from the National Security Agency-linked Equation Group is currently being used by a new crypto-currency miner to spread to vulnerable Windows...

PyRoMine Uses NSA Exploit for Monero Mining and Backdoors
2018-04-26 18:21

Not just a miner, the malware also sets up a hidden default account with system administrator privileges, to be used for re-infection and further attacks.

New NSA/Cyber Command Head Confirmed by Senate
2018-04-26 11:05

It's Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone. I know nothing about him....

NSA's new IoT encryption schemes blocked in murky tale of backdoors and bullying
2018-04-25 19:33

Experts complain of shoddy tech specs and personal attacks Two new encryption algorithms developed by the NSA have been rejected by an international standards body amid accusations of threatening...

Two NSA Algorithms Rejected by the ISO
2018-04-25 11:54

The ISO has rejected two symmetric encryption algorithms: SIMON and SPECK. These algorithms were both designed by the NSA and made public in 2013. They are optimized for small and low-cost...

NSA reveals how it beats 0-days
2018-04-19 13:50

Exploits and vulnerabilities are weaponized against us 24 hours after release, says technical director.