NSA director urges Congress to renew controversial intelligence authority
NSA Director and head of U.S. Cyber Command Gen. Paul Nakasone said in remarks on Thursday that intelligence authorities up for renewal later this year have played a key role in protecting the United...
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Cybercriminals scam two federal agencies via remote desktop tool, CISA warns
Cybercriminals duped federal employees into downloading remote monitoring and management software and then used it to execute scams to steal money from victims’ bank accounts, top cybersecurity...
View ArticleWikimedia wants the Supreme Court to hear case over NSA surveillance. Here’s...
The Supreme Court will meet on Friday to decide whether to review a case challenging the legality of the National Security Agency’s surveillance program that hoovers up Americans’ internet traffic as...
View ArticleSupreme Court declines to hear Wikimedia case against NSA surveillance program
The Supreme Court declined to hear a rare case challenging the NSA’s secretive “upstream surveillance” program that gathers a massive amount of data on online communications, according to the court’s...
View ArticleSurveillance oversight board member explores concerns about Section 702 renewal
A member of the independent body that examines U.S. surveillance programs expressed major concerns about renewing Section 702 — the controversial provision of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act...
View ArticleUS intel: Chinese influence operations are growing more aggressive, more...
U.S. intelligence officials warned on Wednesday that China is stepping up its efforts to carry out influence operations against the United States and that its efforts to influence American public...
View ArticleRussian government accuses Apple of colluding with NSA in iPhone spy operation
The Russian government on Thursday accused Apple of colluding with the U.S. intelligence community — and the National Security Agency in particular — to compromise thousands of iPhones connected to...
View ArticleApple issues third mobile OS update after zero-click spyware campaign
Apple on Monday issued its third security update in roughly a month to remedy vulnerabilities exploited in Operation Triangulation, a spyware campaign that researchers say specifically targeted...
View ArticleKaspersky reveals ‘elegant’ malware resembling NSA code
An investigation into an apparent cryptocurrency miner revealed a highly sophisticated, yearslong spying framework with similarities to malware associated with the National Security Agency,...
View ArticleCoker tells Senate committee that he’d follow ONCD’s current path if...
Former National Security Agency Executive Director Harry Coker told members of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee that if he’s confirmed as the next national cyber...
View ArticleHarry Coker confirmed to be the next National Cyber Director
Harry Coker is the nation’s newest national cyber director, following a Senate confirmation vote Tuesday. Coker will soon take on the role as the next “coach” to oversee and coordinate cybersecurity...
View ArticleAI is helping US spies catch stealthy Chinese hacking ops, NSA official says
NEW YORK CITY — Artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies are helping the National Security Agency and other U.S. government agencies detect malicious Chinese cyber activity, a top...
View ArticleCISA releases 2024 priorities for the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Monday released the 2024 priorities for the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative, an operational-focused government and private collaborative which...
View ArticleRob Joyce leaving NSA at the end of March
Rob Joyce, the veteran National Security Agency official, is retiring at the end of March after 34 years at the spy agency, leaving the federal government without one of its most experienced...
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