Tag: nsa

July 4, 2018

The president cited recent revelations that the spy agency was forced to delete scores of call records it stores for foreign spying efforts because of “technical irregularities.” Trump, who lashed out at the NSA on Twitter, also seemed to suggest […]

June 29, 2018

The National Security Agency is deleting years’ worth of call records collected for foreign intelligence purposes, saying that “technical irregularities” resulted in the spy agency collecting data it was not authorized to receive. The NSA issued a statement Thursday revealing […]

May 7, 2018

The National Security Agency collected more than 530 million U.S. call records in 2017, representing a dramatic increase over the previous year. According to an annual transparency report released Friday, the spy agency collected 534 million call records in 2017, […]

February 12, 2018

American intelligence officials have been conducting a top-secret operation to recover stolen National Security Agency (NSA) documents through meetings with Russian intermediaries, according to The Intercept. Top members of the intelligence community have met over the past year with a […]

February 5, 2018

Oh, good, three NSA exploits previously leaked by The Shadow Brokers have been tweaked so they now work on all vulnerable Windows 2000 through Server 2016 targets, as well as standard and workstation counterparts. Before this, EternalSynergy, EternalRomance, and EternalChampion […]

November 17, 2017

Kaspersky Lab on Thursday shared more details from its investigation into reports claiming that Russian hackers stole data belonging to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) by exploiting the company’s software. The Wall Street Journal reported last month that hackers […]

October 27, 2017

Contrary to initial reports, the Bad Rabbit ransomware that hit Russia and Ukraine this week does in fact leverage an exploit linked to the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA). Similar to the NotPetya wiper that infected tens of thousands of […]

October 26, 2017

Concerns over handling classified US data one of the reasons why Kaspersky Lab CEO ordered file deletion, company says. Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, under scrutiny for allegedly helping Russian agents steal classified US government data, today conceded its software had collected […]

October 25, 2017

Security firm Kaspersky Lab has shared preliminary results from its investigation following media reports that Russian hackers used its software to steal sensitive NSA data from a contractor’s computer back in 2015. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this month […]

June 8, 2017

Two-factor authentication is a great way to secure your account, but even this method has a weakness that you might not even expect: you. This might be a bit confusing, but in truth you have to be extra careful about […]

November 14, 2016

Regardless of which side of the political spectrum you are on, Trump’s control over the NSA is now an indisputable fact, and we think it is worth taking a closer look at what this means. It is important to note […]

November 2, 2016

Consultant firm Booz Allen Hamilton has engaged the services of former FBI director Robert Mueller for an external review of its security practice after one of its employees contracted with the National Security Agency (NSA) was arrested on charges of […]

October 19, 2016

The group that apparently stole NSA-built cyber weapons have changed their business model from an auction to crowd-funding. The hacker or hackers known as the Shadow Brokers are now offering to publicly release the source code once used in an […]

October 10, 2016

Software that Yahoo installed at the behest of the National Security Agency or FBI may have been more malicious than originally reported, Motherboard reports. A New York Times story asserted that Yahoo developed software to search all emails for signatures […]

October 4, 2016

The hackers who are auctioning off cyberweapons allegedly stolen from the National Security Agency are growing annoyed and want cash. The ShadowBrokers’ sale of the stolen tools has so far generated little interest, and over the weekend, the hackers complained in […]

September 26, 2016

Investigators believe the apparent theft of NSA code for potent cyber weaponry was the fault of an operator accidentally leaving the tools exposed, reports Reuters, a mistake the NSA was aware of and chose to use for intelligence gathering purposes. […]

August 26, 2016

The National Security Agency is lying to us. We know that because of data stolen from an NSA server was dumped on the internet. The agency is hoarding information about security vulnerabilities in the products you use, because it wants […]

August 19, 2016

The disclosure this week of a cache of files supposedly stolen from the National Security Agency has put a spotlight on secret cyber weapons the NSA has been holding — and whether they should be disclosed. Security researchers have been […]

August 18, 2016

Security experts discussed several times about potential effects of the militarization of the cyberspace. Government-built malware and cyber weapons may run out of control, cyber weapons and hacking tools developed by nation-state hackers can go in the wrong hands. The […]

August 16, 2016

The NSA’s elite teams of hackers have for years made it their mission to silently compromise computer systems around the globe. Now one group of anonymous hackers claims to have executed a counter-hack with none of the same discretion: They’ve […]