U.S. Dept Of Defense: Exposed wp-config.php file in ███ National Guard website

A WordPress configuration file containing sensitive information, such as the MySQL database password, was found exposed on a website of the National Guard. The file was accessible at a public endpoint...

DSLRoot, Proxies, and the Threat of ‘Legal Botnets’

The cybersecurity community on Reddit responded in disbelief this month when a self-described Air National Guard member with top secret security clearance began questioning the arrangement they'd made with company called DSLRoot , which was paying $250 a month to plug a pair of laptops into the...

Mysterious Crime Spree Targeted National Guard Equipment Stashes

A string of US armory break-ins, kept quiet by authorities for months, points to a growing security crisis—and signs of an inside job...

China’s Salt Typhoon Hackers Breached the US National Guard for Nearly a Year

Plus: Secret IRS data-sharing with ICE, a 20-year-old hackable vulnerability in train brakes, and more...

Here’s What Marines and the National Guard Can (and Can’t) Do at LA Protests

Pentagon rules sharply limit US Marines and National Guard activity in Los Angeles, prohibiting arrests, surveillance, and other customary police work...

Would-be hitman busted after being fooled by parody website

A member of the Air National Guard is facing federal charges after applying for a job online as an assassin. According to a Justice Department press release, Josiah Ernesto Garcia from Hermitage, Tennessee, was arrested by an undercover federal agent at a park on April 12, 2023. The FBI affidavit...

Virginia National Guard suffers cyberattack as Marketo leaks data

By Waqas According to the organization, email accounts linked with Virginia National Guard were targeted in the cyberattack. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Virginia National Guard suffers cyberattack as Marketo leaks data...

Cyberattack on UVM Health Network Impedes Chemotherapy Appointments

The University of Vermont UVM health network is scrambling to recover its systems after a cyberattack led to widespread delays in patient appointments – including chemotherapy appointments, as well as mammograms and biopsies. The UVM Health Network is a six-hospital, home-health and hospice syste...

Louisiana Calls Out National Guard to Fight Ransomware Surge

The National Guard has been called in to help stop a series of government-focused ransomware attacks in Louisiana, according to a report. Local government offices across the Pelican State have been besieged by ransomware strikes, according to a cybersecurity consultant speaking to Reuters, with...

Louisiana Gov Declares Emergency After Rampant Cyberattacks Plague Schools

After a rash of public schools were hit with ransomware, Louisiana’s governor has declared a statewide state of emergency. School districts in the northern part of the state – including Monroe City, Morehouse Parish and Sabine Parish – have been affected. Monroe City, on its website, noted that i...

Estonia's Volunteer Cyber Militia

Interesting -- although short and not very detailed -- article about Estonia's volunteer cyber-defense militia. Padar's militia of amateur IT workers, economists, lawyers, and other white-hat types are grouped in the city of Tartu, about 65 miles from the Russian border, and in the capital,...

Texas National Guard secretly installed spying devices on surveillance aircrafts

By Waqas The Texas National Guard bought two DRT 1301C cell-site simulator This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Texas National Guard secretly installed spying devices on surveillance aircrafts...

Hacker selling compromised websites gets hacked by d33ds

Hacker selling compromised websites gets hacked by d33ds A hacking group called d33ds broke into the online shop of a rival hacker who sells unauthorized access to high-profile websites and data. A hacker calling himself Srblche, also offered information stolen from websites belonging to the U.S...