US cyberdefense agencies NSA and CISA disclose top 10 security misconfigurations
Common misconfigurations provide cyber-criminals with easy access and exploitability opportunities
Hackers used legitimate remote help-desk tools to scam multiple US federal agencies
Widespread campaign tricked federal employees into "refunding" bad actors fake charges
China accuses United States of hacking top space and aviation university
China says the NSA was behind a phishing campaign
A Surveillance Primer: 5 Eyes, 9 Eyes, 14 Eyes
As awareness of global surveillance grows, more people are looking for information about the Five Eyes (FVEY), Nine Eyes, and 14 Eyes surveillance alliances. So what are these organizations?
Microsoft issues fix for critical Windows flaw disclosed by the NSA
Sometimes help comes from unexpected places
FISA Court ruling reveals FBI abused NSA surveillance database
Illegal searches violated the rights of tens of thousands of US citizens
Former NSA contractor sentenced to 9 years for hoarding classified data
Nine years in jail for 20 years of theft
NSA announcement advises 'legacy' Windows users to patch their machines against 'BlueKeep' vulnerability
The NSA is helping Microsoft spread the word
US cities are being held hostage with stolen NSA tools
NSA's EternalBlue exploit is being used for extortion
NSA quietly stops controversial mass phone surveillance program after public outcry and widespread technical issues
The program is set to expire in December and Congress likely won't renew it
Reverse engineer executables with the NSA's GHIDRA disassembler
The agency is adding it to its growing list of publicly available open-source software
House votes to extend questionable NSA surveillance program for six more years
The extension passed with a vote of 256 to 164
Top-secret US Army intelligence accidentally posted to public AWS bucket
Some files marked as Top Secret/NOFORN were publicly available online
Russia stole classified NSA cybersecurity data through Kaspersky software installed on home PC
Hackers exploited antivirus to steal documents about US cyber capabilities
Weekend tech reading: Mozilla's plan to win back Chrome users, alkaline battery breakthrough
Firefox 57 is set to arrive November 14
Leaked NSA report reveals Russian hackers targeted voting software firm days before the US election
It's unclear whether they were successful
Microsoft slams NSA for enabling recent Ransomware attack
Is the NSA to blame for the WannaCry ransomware attack?
The Shadow Brokers release exploits for global banking systems and Windows
Microsoft says the Windows exploits have already been patched
Shadow Brokers leak more NSA hacking tools as a protest against Trump abandoning his "base"
More evidence of the Shadow Brokers' ties with Russia?
FBI, NSA directors deny Trump wiretape claims and confirm ongoing Russia investigation over 2016 election
"No information that supports those tweets," FBI also launches Russia investigation over election
