Security News

How a few yellow dots burned the Intercept’s NSA leaker (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-06 15:00

By providing copy of leak, Intercept likely accelerated ID of contractor.

US Contractor Arrested in Leak of NSA Top-Secret File (InfoRiskToday)
2017-06-06 13:33

Document Describes Suspected Election Meddling by Russia's Intelligence AgencyA 25-year-old federal contractor has been arrested and charged with leaking a top-secret NSA document that describes...

NSA Contractor Charged With Leaking Russia Hacking Report (Security Week)
2017-06-06 07:49

A federal contractor has been charged with removing classified material from a government facility and mailing it to a news outlet, the U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday. read more

FBI Arrests NSA Contractor for Leaking Secrets – Here's How they Caught Her (The Hackers News)
2017-06-06 02:17

The FBI arrested a 25-year-old NSA contractor on Saturday (3rd June) for leaking classified information to an online news outlet which published its report yesterday (5th June) — meaning the...

Leaked NSA report says Russians tried to hack state election officials (ArsTechnica)
2017-06-05 22:00

Source of leak arrested by FBI after Intercept provided copy to NSA.

Wanna Cry Again? NSA’s Windows 'EsteemAudit' RDP Exploit Remains Unpatched (The Hackers News)
2017-05-25 04:06

Brace yourselves for a possible 'second wave' of massive global cyber attack, as SMB (Server Message Block) was not the only network protocol whose zero-day exploits created by NSA were exposed in...

EternalRocks Worm Spreads Seven NSA SMB Exploits (Threatpost)
2017-05-22 17:05

A worm called EternalRocks has been spreading seven Windows SMB exploits leaked by the ShadowBrokers, including EternalBlue, which was used to spread WannaCry.

Newly Found Malware Uses 7 NSA Hacking Tools, Where WannaCry Uses 2 (The Hackers News)
2017-05-22 16:03

A security researcher has identified a new strain of malware that also spreads itself by exploiting flaws in Windows SMB file sharing protocol, but unlike the WannaCry Ransomware that uses only...