ACLU Attorney: U.S. Citizens Legally Unsheltered from Abusive Surveillance

U.S. law has failed to protect Americans from widespread and excessive surveillance, a dire situation that requires immediate attention from citizens, lawmakers, attorneys, privacy experts and the courts. That was the urgent warning Jennifer S. Granick, Surveillance and Cybersecurity Counsel at t...

Kaspersky Opens Antivirus Source Code for Independent Review to Rebuild Trust

Kaspersky Lab — We have nothing to hide! Russia-based Antivirus firm hits back with what it calls a "comprehensive transparency initiative," to allow independent third-party review of its source code and internal processes to win back the trust of customers and infosec community. Kaspersky launch...

Israel hacked Kaspersky to inform US about Russia stealing NSA exploits

By Waqas Israeli Spies Hacked Kaspersky and Found Russian Hackers Exploiting the This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Israel hacked Kaspersky to inform US about Russia stealing NSA exploits...

Israel Hacked Kaspersky, Caught Russian Spies Hacking American Spies, But...

The cold cyber war has just turned hot. According to a story published today by the New York Times, Israeli government hackers hacked into Kaspersky’s network in 2015 and caught Russian government hackers red-handed hacking US government hackers with the help of Kaspersky. In other words — Russia...

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's Cell Phone was Tapped

Politico reports that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's cell phone was compromised back in December. I know this is news because of who he is, but I hope every major government official of any country assumes that their commercial off-the-shelf cell phone is compromised. Even allies spy on...

Report Claims Russia Stole NSA Tools Using Kaspersky Software

By Uzair Amir The Wall Street Journal has reported that Russian government-sponsored hackers This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Report Claims Russia Stole NSA Tools Using Kaspersky Software...

October 6, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Michael Viscuso” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! October 6, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: Step aside, Windows! Open...

Yet Another Russian Hack of the NSA -- This Time with Kaspersky's Help

The Wall Street Journal has a bombshell of a story. Yet another NSA contractor took classified documents home with him. Yet another Russian intelligence operation stole copies of those documents. The twist this time is that the Russians identified the documents because the contractor had Kaspersk...

U.S. Believes Russian Spies Used Kaspersky Antivirus to Steal NSA Secrets

Do you know—United States Government has banned federal agencies from using Kaspersky antivirus software over spying fear? Though there's no solid evidence yet available, an article published by WSJ claims that the Russian state-sponsored hackers stole highly classified NSA documents from a...

Threat Landscape for Industrial Automation Systems in H1 2017

Kaspersky Lab Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team Kaspersky Lab ICS CERT publishes the results of its research on the threat landscape for industrial automation systems for the first six months of 2017. All statistical data used in this report was collected using the Kaspersk...

Apple macOS High Sierra Exploit Lets Hackers Steal Keychain Passwords in Plaintext

Apple yesterday rolled out a new version of its macOS operating system, dubbed High Sierra 10.13—a few hours before an ex-NSA hacker publicly disclosed the details of a critical vulnerability that affects High Sierra as well as all earlier versions of macOS. Patrick Wardle, an ex-NSA hacker and n...

ISO Rejects NSA Encryption Algorithms

The ISO has decided not to approve two NSA-designed block encryption algorithms: Speck and Simon. It's because the NSA is not trusted to put security ahead of surveillance: A number of them voiced their distrust in emails to one another, seen by Reuters, and in written comments that are part of t...

What the NSA Collects via 702

New York Times reporter Charlie Savage writes about some bad statistics we're all using: Among surveillance legal policy specialists, it is common to cite a set of statistics from an October 2011 opinion by Judge John Bates, then of the FISA Court, about the volume of internet communications the...

ShadowBrokers Releases NSA UNITEDRAKE Manual

The ShadowBrokers released the manual for UNITEDRAKE, a sophisticated NSA Trojan that targets Windows machines: Able to compromise Windows PCs running on XP, Windows Server 2003 and 2008, Vista, Windows 7 SP 1 and below, as well as Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012, the attack tool acts as a...

Shadow Brokers Leaks Another Windows Hacking Tool Stolen from NSA’s Arsenal

The Shadow Brokers, a notorious hacking group that leaked several hacking tools from the NSA, is once again making headlines for releasing another NSA exploit—but only to its "monthly dump service" subscribers. Dubbed UNITEDRAKE, the implant is a "fully extensible remote collection system" that...

Russian Hacking Tools Codenamed WhiteBear Exposed

Kaspersky Labs exposed a highly sophisticated set of hacking tools from Russia called WhiteBear. From February to September 2016, WhiteBear activity was narrowly focused on embassies and consular operations around the world. All of these early WhiteBear targets were related to embassies and...

The NSA's 2014 Media Engagement and Outreach Plan

Interesting post-Snowden reading, just declassified. U External Communication will address at least one of "fresh look" narratives: 1. U NSA does not access everything. 2. U NSA does not collect indiscriminately on U.S. Persons and foreign nationals. 3. U NSA does not weaken encryption. 4. U NSA...

New Snowden Doc Exposes How NSA's Facility in Australia Aids Drone Strikes

The new documents leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden has exposed a United States secretive facility located near a remote town in Australia's Northern Territory for covertly monitoring wireless communications and aiding US military missions. The leaked documents have come from the...

August 14, 2017 – Morning Cyber Coffee Headlines – “Creamsicle” Edition

Good morning! Sit with Carbon Black this morning over a cup of coffee or tea and browse a few industry headlines to get the day started. We’ve got just enough information below to get you through that first cup…enjoy! August 14, 2017 - Headlines Carbon Black in the News: NSA tools used to hack...

Russian Hackers Spying on VIP Hotel Guests Using Leaked NSA Tool

By Waqas Fancy Bear 1 or APT28 2 is a Russia hacker This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Russian Hackers Spying on VIP Hotel Guests Using Leaked NSA Tool...