NSA – PossibleThreat Articles

In 2017, a former NSA contractor named Reality Winner was arrested for allegedly leaking an internal report to the online news outlet The Intercept. To verify the report itself, a journalist for The Intercept sent an image of the report to the NSA, but upon further inspection, it was revealed that the image was actually…

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CISA warns of cyberespionage by Iranian APT “MuddyWater”

February 25, 2022 0 Comments APT, Awareness, cisa, csa, cybersecurity advisory, earth vetala, FBI, iranian apt, mercury, MFA, muddywater, ncsc, NSA, phishing, seedworm, static kitten, temp.zargos

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2022 18:54:27 +0000

Cybersecurity agencies in the US and UK have issued a joint cybersecurity advisory (CSA) on MuddyWater, an Iranian APT.

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Security Sophos

NSA and Github ‘rickrolled’ using Windows CryptoAPI bug

January 16, 2020 0 Comments cryptoapi, Cryptography, cve-2020-0601, Exploit, Microsoft, NSA, rickroll, vulnerability, Windows

Credit to Author: Paul Ducklin| Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2020 17:42:09 +0000

We said, “Assume that someone will find out how to do it pretty soon,” and that’s exactly what happened.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/XhJpjHyVCqc” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Independent Krebs Security

Cryptic Rumblings Ahead of First 2020 Patch Tuesday

January 13, 2020 0 Comments anne neuberger, cert coordination center, cert/cc, crypt32.dll, Microsoft, microsoft cryptoapi, National Security Agency, NSA, patch tuesday january 2020, Time to Patch, will dormann, Windows

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2020 22:17:47 +0000

Sources tell KrebsOnSecurity that Microsoft Corp. is slated to release a software update on Tuesday to fix an extraordinarily serious security vulnerability in a core cryptographic component present in all versions of Windows. Those sources say Microsoft has quietly shipped a patch for the bug to branches of the U.S. military and to other high-value customers/targets that manage key Internet infrastructure, and that those organizations have been asked to sign agreements preventing them from disclosing details of the flaw prior to Jan. 14, the first Patch Tuesday of 2020.

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A decade in cybersecurity fails: the top breaches, threats, and ‘whoopsies’ of the 2010s

December 19, 2019 0 Comments ashley madison, ashley madison hack, Awareness, badrabbit, Cambridge Analytica, cryptolocker, cryptolocker ransomware, Data privacy, edward snowden, emotet, exploits, facebook, Hacktivism, mat honan, notpetya, NSA, nsa spying, nsa surveillance, nsa tools, playstation breach, playstation hack, Ransomware, ryuk, Ryuk ransomware, security fails, shadow brokers, social media, sony, sony pictures hack, surveillance, target breach, target hack, trickbot, triple threat, WannaCry

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2019 18:03:33 +0000

As the 2010s come to a close, we take a snarky walk down memory lane, listing the craziest, most impactful, or simply just awful cybersecurity fails of the decade.

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Tags: ashley madison ashley madison hack BadRabbit cambridge analytica cryptolocker cryptolocker ransomware Data privacy Edward Snowden emotet exploits facebook hacktivism mat honan NotPetya NSA nsa spying nsa surveillance NSA tools playstation breach playstation hack ransomware ryuk Ryuk ransomware security fails shadow brokers social media sony sony pictures hack surveillance target breach target hack trickbot triple threat WannaCry

Security Sophos

NSA won’t collect phone location data, promises US government

November 18, 2019 0 Comments geolocation, Government security, Law & order, NSA, patriot act, Privacy, stored communications act, supreme court, us government, us intelligence

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 11:38:54 +0000

US intelligence agencies won’t harvest US residents’ geolocation data in future investigations, revealed the US government this month.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/OAnWer77ZhM” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

Security Sophos

O.MG! Evil Lightning cable about to hit mass distribution

October 2, 2019 0 Comments Apple, apple lightening cable, hak5, iOS, lightening cable, lightening charger, lockscream, mac, malware, NSA, o.mg, Operating Systems, Organisations, OS X, security threats

Credit to Author: Danny Bradbury| Date: Wed, 02 Oct 2019 12:27:19 +0000

This malicious O.MG Lightning cable has come a long way, with extensive work on the kinds of payload it can deliver.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/P7a9UkBNKp0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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