January 26, 2024 at 05:12PM Senator Ron Wyden released documents revealing that the NSA purchases Americans’ internet records, prompting a call for intelligence agencies to cease buying unlawfully obtained personal data from data brokers. Wyden emphasized the need for legal and ethical data practices, highlighting the potential privacy violations and the lack of informed consent … Read more
December 18, 2023 at 05:36PM On December 12, 2023, Mr. Harry Coker, Jr. was confirmed as the second National Cyber Director in the White House Office of the National Cyber Director. With four decades of experience in the public and private sector, Coker will advance President Biden’s National Cybersecurity Strategy. His esteemed career includes leadership … Read more
December 13, 2023 at 11:59AM Summary: The FBI, CISA, NSA, SKW, CERT Polska, and NCSC released a report assessing Russian SVR cyber actors exploiting CVE-2023-42793 to target servers hosting JetBrains TeamCity software globally. The report provides IOCs and mitigations to assist organizations in detecting and countering these malicious actions. SVR cyber activity poses a persistent … Read more
December 13, 2023 at 07:00AM The US Senate confirmed Harry Coker as the new National Cyber Director in the White House’s Office of the National Cyber Director (ONCD). Coker, previously executive director of the NSA, aims to continue ONCD’s work. The role was established in 2021 after the SolarWinds hack. His confirmation was praised for … Read more
November 1, 2023 at 07:09AM A former British cyberespionage employee, Joshua Bowles, was sentenced to life in prison for the attempted murder of an American intelligence worker. Bowles carried out a pre-meditated and politically motivated attack, targeting the woman solely because of her role with the National Security Agency. The attack was driven by Bowles’ … Read more
October 26, 2023 at 04:25PM This week’s Kettle discusses the issue of insider threats and highlights recent cases involving rogue employees attempting to sell stolen documents and secrets. It also brings attention to the use of security snoops by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement to monitor social media content. The Kettle is hosted by Iain … Read more
October 24, 2023 at 12:30PM A former NSA employee, Jareh Sebastian Dalke, has pleaded guilty to charges of attempting to transmit classified defense information to Russia. Dalke used an encrypted email account to send excerpts of classified documents to an individual he believed to be a Russian agent, but was actually an FBI employee. He … Read more
October 19, 2023 at 08:42AM The US cybersecurity agency CISA, along with the NSA, FBI, and MS-ISAC, has released a joint guide on phishing techniques. Threat actors use social engineering to trick victims into revealing their credentials or visiting malicious websites. To mitigate credential theft phishing, organizations are advised to implement strong multi-factor authentication and … Read more