Federal Agency Data Under Siege
The US government continues to grapple with the same cybersecurity challenges faced by most organizations, but it has a different set of …
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Sofacy Targets Government Agency with New Spear-Phishing Campaign
The Sofacy group, also known as APT28 and Fancy Bear, has carried out an attack on an unnamed European government agency using an updated …
Leaked NSA Dump Also Contains Tools Agency Used to Track Other Hackers
A years ago when the mysterious hacking group ‘The Shadow Brokers’ dumped a massive trove of sensitive data stolen from the US intelligence …
Digital Transformation Agency wants its cybersecurity team back
The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is in the process of helping the government move towards a more 21st Century approach to service …
Dutch Intel Agency Reportedly Helped US Attribute DNC Hack to Russia
Information provided by the General Intelligence and Security Service of the Netherlands (AIVD) helped US intelligence officials attribute …
Behind The Government’s Bizarre UFO Search Agency
“My personal belief is that there is very compelling evidence that we may not be alone,” says Luis Elizondo, the ex-Pentagon official …
DHS Cybersecurity Agency Could Get a New Name and a Revamp
What does the title National Protection and Programs Directorate mean to you? It’s not so clear, unless you are familiar with the …
Iranian Hacking Group Creates Fake News Agency
An Iranian hacking group named “Charming Kitten” is reportedly using the fake media site “The British News …
PepsiCo Refutes Claim It Pilfered A Secret Document From A Russian Agency
PepsiCo denied accusations by a branch of the Russian government that the U.S. beverage company may have stolen a secret document from the …
FBI vs. Apple, round two? Agency admits it can’t access Texas gunman’s iPhone
FBI vs. Apple, round …
Assemblyline – Canada’s CSE intelligence Agency releases its malware analysis tool
Canada’s Communications Security Establishment (CSE) intel agency has released the source code for one of its malware analysis tools …
Canada’s Spy Agency Releases its Cyber-Defense Tool for Public
The Communications Security Establishment (CSE), Canada’s main signals intelligence agency, has made a malware scanning and analytics …
143 Million Affected in Hack of U.S. Credit Agency
A major American credit reporting agency entrusted to safeguard personal financial information said Thursday hackers looted its system in a colossal breach that could affect nearly half the US population…
UK Spy Agency Warns of State-sponsored Hackers Targeting Critical Infrastructure
Neither the FBI/DHS nor the NCSC names the attackers. The NSCS clearly has suspects since it recognizes the infrastructure used. Read full news article on SecurityWeek
US Tech Companies Argued to Maintain Russia Spy Agency Ties
US tech firms quietly campaigned the US government to create exceptions for a sanction prohibiting business relationships with Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB), Reuters reports. The ban, a response to…
The Future of Federal Agency Data Access, Integration, Sharing and Security
In this special guest feature, Gavin Robertson, CTO and SVP of WhamTech, discusses the future technology of data federation and protection within federal agencies. These new technologies could have a…
NSA Opens Github Account — Lists 32 Projects Developed by the Agency
The National Security Agency (NSA) — the United States intelligence agency which is known for its secrecy and working in the dark — has finally joined GitHub and launched an…
North Korea’s Spy Agency Behind WannaCry
According to a report from The Washington Post, the NSA has linked the North Korean government to the creation of the WannaCry ransomeware that resulted in affecting over 300,000 people…
Qatar Begins Probe After State News Agency Hacked
In addition, the hacked Twitter account contained a false story in Arabic apparently from the country’s foreign minister, Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani, about Qatar withdrawing its ambassadors from several nearby…
Qatar’s State News Agency Hacked by ‘Unknown Entity’: Official
The “false statement” was reported by broadcasters in the United Arab Emirates and caused a stir on social media in the Gulf, before Doha scrambled to deny the claims. Read…
APT3 Threat Group a Contractor for Chinese Intelligence Agency
The APT3 hacker group that has been active since at least 2010 and is believed to have stolen intellectual property and confidential data from numerous Western government and military targets…
Post-WannaCry, Microsoft Slams Spy Agency Exploit-Hoarding
Microsoft Chief Legal Officer Brad Smith addresses the RSA 2017 Conference in San Francisco on Feb. 14. Read full story on bankinfosecurity.com