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NSA Shares Guidance To Help Secure OT/ICS Critical Infrastructure

WASHINGTON DC - The National Security Agency and CISA have issued guidance on how to secure operational technology and industrial control systems part of U.S. critical infrastructure. The joint advisory shares info on all the steps used by malicious actors to compromise IT-enabled OT and ICS assets which provide a larger attack surface and highlights

By |2022-09-23T09:22:58-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Cyber Defense, Featured|

The US Allegedly Used 41 Cyber-Weapons To Steal China’s Core Tech Data

BEIJING, China - China has accused the U.S. of "hacking" into a Chinese space and aviation university, "stealing" critical technical data. U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) cyber-warfare unit "penetrated and controlled" unnamed telecom operators, Chinese news media Global Times reported on Thursday, quoting its state sources. "Hackers from abroad were caught sending phishing emails with Trojan horse programs

By |2022-09-23T09:22:59-04:00September 23rd, 2022|Cyber Defense|

NSA Makes Advanced Hacking Tool Open Source – Really

The National Security Agency develops advanced hacking tools in-house for both offense and defense—which you could probably guess even if some notable examples hadn't leaked in recent years. But on Tuesday at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, the agency demonstrated Ghidra, a refined internal tool that it has chosen to open source. And while NSA cybersecurity adviser

By |2019-03-13T14:54:13-04:00March 13th, 2019|Cyber Defense|

White House Approves Plan To Turn US Cyber Command Into Its Own Military Unit

WASHINGTON DC - The White House has approved a plan to turn the US Cyber Command into its own military command. Cyber Command will be elevated to the status of "Unified Combatant Command," President Donald Trump said in a statement Friday. This puts it on par with the nine other unified commands of the military, like Central Command,

By |2017-08-25T03:14:39-04:00August 25th, 2017|Cyber Defense|

NSA’s Alleged Leaker Got Tripped Up By A Secret Printer Feature

WASHINGTON DC - On Monday, the National Security Agency contractor was charged in a Georgia court with releasing classified material to a news outlet. The top-secret information was an NSA report from May 5, which was first released to The Intercept, detailing Russian hackers trying to compromise US officials less than two weeks before Election Day

By |2017-06-08T19:21:49-04:00June 8th, 2017|Cyber Defense|