Category: nsa

Ransomware attacks in US cities are using a stolen NSA tool

Post author By Randall
Post date May 25, 2019
Categories In baltimore, Cyberattack, eternalblue, gear, Hack, hacking, Internet, nsa, ransomware, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Microsoft has issued fixes for affected Windows version after the NSA disclosed the long-secret vulnerabilities. However, these attacks frequently succeed due to fragmented local governments that tend to be cautious about upgrades. In addition to using a mishmash of software and configurations that complicates updates, cities may be hesitant to patch or upgrade their […]

Warrantless searches of Americans’ data spiked 28 percent in 2018

Post author By Randall
Post date April 30, 2019
Categories In data, foreign surveillance, gear, Internet, national security agency, nsa, office of the director of national intelligence, phone records, Politics, Privacy, search, Security, spying, surveillance, Tech, transparency report, Verizon, warrantless

[ad_1] While Americans are typically protected from unwarranted searches by the Fourth Amendment, some of their data gets caught when NSA collects intelligence on foreigners living overseas. This year’s report also reveals that the NSA monitored the communication of an estimated 164,770 foreign individuals or groups in 2018, compared to 129,080 in 2017. As TechCrunch […]

FBI, DHS task forces to address election security are now permanent

Post author By Randall
Post date April 26, 2019
Categories In 2020 election, christopher wray, dhs, Election, fbi, nsa, Politics, Security, task force, Tech, us cyber command

[ad_1] In response to questions after a speech Friday in front of the Council on Foreign Relations, FBI director Christopher Wray called Russian efforts using social media to influence elections in the US “pretty much a 365-days-a-year” threat. According to the New York Times, an unnamed senior official said that a Foreign Influence Task Force […]

US could soon end mass phone surveillance program exposed by Snowden

Post author By Randall
Post date March 5, 2019
Categories In edward snowden, gear, nsa, Politics, Security, surveillance, Tech
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[ad_1] In his interview, Murry seems to indicate that the technical irregularities the NSA experienced last year started its predicament. According to The New York Times, those technical problems contaminated the agency’s database with information it had no authority to collect. Officials were forced to purge hundreds of millions of call and text logs it […]