The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Office of Intelligence and Analysis has released a new Intelligence Report detailing the risk ransomware poses to U.S. civilian and critical infrastructure …
Meet USBee, the malware that uses USB drives to covertly jump airgaps
"In 2013, a document leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden illustrated how a specially modified USB device allowed spies to surreptitiously siphon data out of targeted …
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Hacker Shows Us How to Unlock a Laptop Using an NSA Tool
"Around Christmas in 2013, a German newsmagazine published a large cache of leaked NSA files, detailing several spy tools used by the NSA. The leaked documents were dubbed ANT (Advanced Network …
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Tomorrow’s Wars and the American Cybersoldiers Who Will Fight Them
“...These soldiers are using new kinds of sensors the Army has developed to pick up on cellphone signals and other forms of digital communication the enemy uses to share its locations and coordinate …
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DHS Warns Ransomware Attacks Disrupt Emergency Service Operations
The FBI, DHS, and the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS- ISAC) assess it is very likely ransomware attacks against US ESS agencies could have negative implications for operations …
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Cyber threat grows for bitcoin exchanges
"When hackers penetrated a secure authentication system at a bitcoin exchange called Bitfinex earlier this month, they stole about $70 million worth of the virtual currency. The cyber theft -- the …
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FBI says foreign hackers penetrated state election systems
"The FBI has uncovered evidence that foreign hackers penetrated two state election databases in recent weeks, prompting the bureau to warn election officials across the country to take new steps to …
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Polish think-take advocates offensive cyber stance for NATO
"NATO should opt for developing offensive cyber capabilities as opposed to only defensive ones, says one of Poland's leading security think-tanks. The mixed nature of hybrid warfare requires the …
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How the DNC hack is boosting anti-US sentiment in Russia
"'The [DNC] hack has been framed in a broader narrative of a broader western conspiracy against Russia,' says Alina Polyakova of the Atlantic Council, a Washington think tank. 'This idea that …
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Unorthodox Muddy Waters Partnership Targets St. Jude’s Devices
"MedSec is taking a path that some frustrated security experts believe is the only way to create fundamental change: find a way to impose significant monetary penalties on companies it believes are …
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