Showing posts with label National Security Agency (NSA). Show all posts
Showing posts with label National Security Agency (NSA). Show all posts

Friday, February 24, 2023

NSA releases best practices for securing your home network

NSA releases best practices for securing your home network


Snippet of Article: "The National Security Agency (NSA) released the “Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network (PDF)” Cybersecurity Information Sheet (CSI) today to help teleworkers protect their home networks from malicious cyber actors... READ FULL REPORT HERE..."

Source: www.nsa.gov

National Security Agency (NSA),Home network security,Cyber Security,Network Security, Best Practices for Securing Your Home Network,

Monday, December 6, 2021

Who Is NSA Leaker Reality Winner? Former Federal Worker Says 'I Am Not a Traitor'

Who Is NSA Leaker Reality Winner? Former Federal Worker Says 'I Am Not a Traitor'

Snippet of Article: "...Winner, a former National Security Agency (NSA) contract worker who was given the longest federal prison sentence imposed for leaks to the news media back in August 2018, was released from prison to home confinement this year in June. Winner sent The Intercept, an online news publication..."

Source: www.newsweek.com

Reality Winner,National Security Agency (NSA),Leak, The Intercept

Monday, November 13, 2017

The US's most secretive intelligence agency (NSA) was embarrassingly robbed and mocked by anonymous hackers

The US's most secretive intelligence agency was embarrassingly robbed and mocked by anonymous hackers

Snippet of Article: "... The group now posts cryptic, mocking messages pointed toward the NSA as it sells the cyberweapons, created at huge cost to US taxpayers, to any and all buyers, including US adversaries like North Korea and Russia. "It's a disaster on multiple levels," Jake Williams, a cybersecurity expert who formerly worked on the NSA's hacking group..."

Source: www.businessinsider.com

National Security Agency (NSA),

Friday, May 12, 2017

Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers worldwide

Malware, described in leaked NSA documents, cripples computers worldwide

Snippet of Article: "...Europe, Latin America and parts of Asia were hit particularly hard, although in the United States, FedEx also reported falling prey to the malware. The attack was the latest in a growing menace of “ransomware,” in which hackers deliver files to computers that automatically encrypt their data, making it unusable — until a ransom is paid...."

Source: www.washingtonpost.com

ransomware, National Security Agency (NSA),

Wednesday, October 5, 2016

N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets

N.S.A. Contractor Arrested in Possible New Theft of Secrets

Snippet of Article: "...he stole and disclosed highly classified computer codes developed to hack into the networks of foreign governments, according to several senior law enforcement and intelligence officials. The theft raises the embarrassing prospect that for the second time in three years an insider has managed to steal highly damaging secret information from the N.S.A..."

Source: www.nytimes.com

National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, Cyber Theft,

Tuesday, October 4, 2016

Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence - sources

Yahoo secretly scanned customer emails for U.S. intelligence - sources

Snippet of Article: "...Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter. The company complied with a classified U.S. government directive, scanning hundreds of millions of Yahoo Mail accounts at the behest of the National Security Agency or FBI, said two former employees and a third person apprised of the events ..."

Source: www.reuters.com

Alex Stamos, National Security Agency (NSA), FBI, Yahoo Mail,

Sunday, May 31, 2015

National Security Agency's collection of bulk telephone metadata ends at midnight

Article Title: Clock Runs Out on Renewal of Patriot Act Surveillance Powers

Snippet of Article: "...The National Security Agency's authority to collect troves of bulk telephone metadata under the post-Sept. 11 USA Patriot Act will expire at midnight..."

Source: www.nbcnews.com

Monday, March 30, 2015

Attempted NSA gate crash results in shooting, one dead

Article Title: One shot dead at Fort Meade after trying to ram NSA gate

Snippet of Article: "...The incident took place near one of the gates to the complex, far from the main buildings. The FBI said they did not think terrorism was related to the incident. "We are working with the US Attorney's Office in Maryland to determine if federal charges are warranted," the FBI said in a statement. ..."

Source: www.cnn.com shooting, National Security Agency (NSA),

Saturday, September 28, 2013

NSA maps some Americans' social connections

Article Title: NSA maps out a person's social connections

Snippet of Article: "...For almost three years the National Security Agency has been tapping the data it collects to map out some Americans' social connections, allowing the government to identify their associates, their locations at certain times, their traveling companions and other personal information, The New York Times reported...."

Source: www.cbsnews.com Social Connection Mapping

Monday, April 1, 2013

Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.): cybersecurity bill won't allow the National Security Agency to spy on American citizens

Article Title: CISPA Author Rogers: NSA Is Not 'Monitoring the Internet'

Snippet of Article: "...Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), author of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act cybersecurity bill, said Thursday that the bill's "information sharing" aspect does not seek to share citizens' information with the government...."

Source: www.usnews.com