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Bitsonline
April 15, 2018
Ransomware broke into the spotlight in 2017, when many major institutions around the world fell victim to the file-locking malware. And while this method of theft has been around almost as long as the internet itself, the rise of Bitcoin has made it extremely popular, giving hackers a way to extort money thatÃâà...
FCW.com
April 14, 2018
He also said the report looked at how DHS could help protect against "leaked cyber tools" -- referencing exploits developed by the National Security Agency but stolen by the Shadow Brokers hacker group in 2017 -- as well as how DHS could get a clearer view of threats to industrial control systems.
CyberScoop
April 12, 2018
The U.S. government and private sector lack a common operating scheme for detecting cyber threats, leaving the country ill-equipped to defend against nation-state hackers, former National Security Agency director Keith Alexander told lawmakers Wednesday. “We can't see…other nations attacking us,”Ãâà...
Sputnik International
April 3, 2018
In the NSA's assessment it isn't certain that the spear-phishing operation aimed at US election officials originated with the GRU, as, "this activity demonstrated several characteristics that distinguish it" from another program they attributed to the GRU. Whoever the hackers were, there is no evidence of theirÃâà...
TechTarget
April 3, 2018
The National Security Agency is the official U.S. cryptologic organization of the United States Intelligence Community under the Department of Defense. .... some of which allegedly contained the IP addresses of computer servers that were compromised by the Equation Group -- hackers reported to have ties to the NSA.
VICE News
March 28, 2018
"If someone wants to hack you, they're gonna be able to," former NSA hacker Patrick Wardle told VICE News. And if a Russian wants to hack you, they've certainly got the tools: A 2016 report by the Department of Homeland Security confirmed that 75 percent of all ransomware was created in Russia.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
March 16, 2018
“It'll surprise me if some folks who have already been outed, like myself, don't get charged eventually by a foreign country,” said Jake Williams, a former elite hacker at the National Security Agency who went on to found an Augusta, Ga., cybersecurity firm, Rendition Infosec. The fear of reprisals against U.S.Ãâà...
ZDNet
December 31, 1999
A vulnerability in a popular emergency alert system, widely used across towns and cities, exposes sirens to hijack, allowing hackers to trigger false alarms ... Almost exactly a year ago, an unknown hacker replayed a radio signal used during regular scheduled tests of the system to maliciously trigger Dallas'Ãâà...
FiveThirtyEight
December 31, 1999
But what worries election security watchers most is that the U.S. isn't being proactive enough in its work against state-sponsored hackers targeting the country's election systems and political organizations. In February 2018, Adm. Mike Rogers, the head of the National Security Agency and Cyber Command,Ãâà...
Irish Times
December 31, 1999
In an extraordinary counterintelligence coup against the Russian hacking group known as Cozy Bear or APT 29, the Dutch were able to pass data about their intrusions, as well as footage from a CCTV camera in the hackers' Moscow offices, to the US National Security Agency and the CIA. The DemocraticÃâà...
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