NSA Releases Guidance on Zero Trust Security Model

The National Security Agency NSA has released Cybersecurity Information Sheet: Embracing a Zero Trust Security Model, which provides information about, and recommendations for, implementing Zero Trust within networks. The Zero Trust security model is a coordinated system management strategy that...

Chinese Hackers Hijacked NSA-Linked Hacking Tool: Report

New research has found evidence that a Chinese-affiliated threat group APT31 has hijacked a hacking tool previously used by the Equation Group which has been tied to the U.S. National Security Agency, or NSA. The tool in question, dubbed “Jian,” is used to exploit a local privilege-escalation LPE...

China Hijacked an NSA Hacking Tool—and Used It for Years

The hackers used the agency’s EpMe exploit to attack Windows devices years before the Shadow Brokers leaked the agency’s zero-day arsenal online...

Hackers Targeting Apple’s M1 Chip with Mac Malware

By Waqas Ex-NSA researcher has discovered malware that is equipped with anti-analysis capabilities and designed to specifically target Apple's new chip. This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: Hackers Targeting Apples M1 Chip with Mac Malware...

Presidential Cybersecurity and Pelotons

President Biden wants his Peloton in the White House. For those who have missed the hype, its an Internet-connected stationary bicycle. It has a screen, a camera, and a microphone. You can take live classes online, work out with your friends, or join the exercise social network. And all of that i...

SolarWinds Hack Prompts Congress to Put NSA in Encryption Hot Seat

Members of Congress are demanding the U.S. National Security Agency NSA reveal what it knows about the 2015 Juniper Networks supply-chain delivery breach. In a letter sent by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and nine additional members of Congress, the lawmakers demand a full account of the NSA-designed...

Rob Joyce to Take Over as NSA Cybersecurity Director

As the incoming Biden administration continues to shake up federal leadership, the National Security Agency announced Friday that Rob Joyce, who is currently serving at the U.S. Embassy in London, was named to lead its cybersecurity division. Joyce will inherit the job from Anne Neuberger, who wi...

NSA Suggests Enterprises Use 'Designated' DNS-over-HTTPS' Resolvers

The U.S. National Security Agency NSA on Friday said DNS over HTTPS DoH — if configured appropriately in enterprise environments — can help prevent "numerous" initial access, command-and-control, and exfiltration techniques used by threat actors. "DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Transpo...

NSA Releases Guidance on Encrypted DNS in Enterprise Environments  

The National Security Agency NSA has released an information sheet with guidance on adopting encrypted Domain Name System DNS over Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Transport Layer Security HTTPS, referred to as DNS over HTTPS DoH. When configured appropriately, strong enterprise DNS controls can...

NSA Cybersecurity Directorate Releases 2020 Year in Review

The National Security Agency NSA Cybersecurity Directorate has released its 2020 Year in Review, outlining key milestones and mission outcomes achieved during NSA Cybersecurity’s first full year of existence. Highlights include NSA Cybersecurity’s contributions to the 2020 elections, Operation Wa...

Biden to Appoint Cybersecurity Advisor to NSC – Report

President-elect Joe Biden has reportedly tapped the National Security Agency’s cybersecurity director to serve in a brand-new cyber-role on his National Security Council. Anne Neuberger, a more than 10-year veteran of the NSA and its cyber-chief since 2019, will become the country’s deputy nation...

SolarWinds Hackers Also Accessed U.S. Justice Department's Email Server

The U.S. Department of Justice on Wednesday became the latest government agency in the country to admit its internal network was compromised as part of the SolarWinds supply chain attack. "On December 24, 2020, the Department of Justice's Office of the Chief Information Officer OCIO learned of...

FBI, CISA, NSA Officially Blame Russia for SolarWinds Cyber Attack

The U.S. government on Tuesday formally pointed fingers at the Russian government for orchestrating the massive SolarWinds supply chain attack that came to light early last month. "This work indicates that an Advanced Persistent Threat APT actor, likely Russian in origin, is responsible for most ...

Military Cryptanalytics, Part III

The NSA has just declassified and released a redacted version of Military Cryptanalytics, Part III, by Lambros D. Callimahos, October 1977. Parts I and II, by Lambros D. Callimahos and William F. Friedman, were released decades ago -- I believe repeatedly, in increasingly unredacted form -- and...

Microsoft Says SolarWinds Hackers Accessed Some of Its Source Code

Microsoft on Thursday revealed that the threat actors behind the SolarWinds supply chain attack were able to gain access to a small number of internal accounts and escalate access inside its internal network. The "very sophisticated nation-state actor" used the unauthorized access to view, but no...

VMware Flaw a Vector in SolarWinds Breach?

U.S. government cybersecurity agencies warned this week that the attackers behind the widespread hacking spree stemming from the compromise at network software firm SolarWinds used weaknesses in other, non-SolarWinds products to attack high-value targets. According to sources, among those was a...

NSA on Authentication Hacks (Related to SolarWinds Breach)

The NSA has published an advisory outlining how "malicious cyber actors" are "are manipulating trust in federated authentication environments to access protected data in the cloud." This is related to the SolarWinds hack I have previously written about, and represents one of the techniques the SV...

NSA Releases Cybersecurity Advisory on Detecting Abuse of Authentication Mechanisms

The National Security Agency NSA has released a cybersecurity advisory on detecting abuse of authentication mechanisms. This advisory describes tactics, techniques, and procedures used by malicious cyber actors to access protected data in the cloud and provides guidance on defending against and...

Millions of Unpatched IoT, OT Devices Threaten Critical Infrastructure

Thousands of organizations remain at risk from the URGENT/11 and CDPwn collections of vulnerabilities, which affect operational technology OT gear and internet of things IoT, respectively. Unfortunately, there has been a rampant lack of patching, researchers said. According to researchers at Armi...

FireEye Hacked

FireEye was hacked by -- they believe -- "a nation with top-tier offensive capabilities": During our investigation to date, we have found that the attacker targeted and accessed certain Red Team assessment tools that we use to test our customers’ security. These tools mimic the behavior of many...