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The NSA has some pretty obvious security advice for remote workers

By Lewis Maddison published 23 February 23

As many of us continue to work from home, the NSA emphasizes the importance of keeping your platforms up to date.

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NSA warns against silly mistake in the fight against Windows malware

By Sead Fadilpašić published 23 June 22

PowerShell can be used for good, so don't disable it, NSA suggests.

AWS bags victory over Microsoft in fight for $10bn NSA contract

By Will McCurdy published 29 April 22

AWS beats Microsoft in the race for the NSA cloud mega deal.

This Linux backdoor went undetected for 10 years

By Anthony Spadafora published 25 February 22

The Bvp47 malware which can be used to create backdoors in Linux systems was likely created by the Equation Group.

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The NSA is getting a lot more cybersecurity power

By Anthony Spadafora published 20 January 22

President Biden's new memorandum will expand the NSA's role in protecting the US government's computer networks.

US military officially confirms action against ransomware groups

By Sead Fadilpašić published 6 December 21

Ransomware is no longer just a job for the police, head of Cyber Command says.

Microsoft bags major win over Amazon in cloud battle

By Anthony Spadafora published 2 November 21

The US Government Accountability Office has agreed that Microsoft was right to contest Amazon being awarded the $10bn WildandStormy contract.

AWS signs major deal with UK spy agencies

By Mayank Sharma published 26 October 21

GCHQ signs up AWS to help UK spy agencies host sensitive data in a secure cloud for automated crunching and analysis.

More US water treatment plants have been hit by ransomware

By Mayank Sharma published 18 October 21

Threat actors manage to successfully conduct ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure multiple times.

CISA, NSA: Here's how to bolster VPN security

By Mayank Sharma published 29 September 21

Top security agencies suggest businesses do due diligence before zeroing in on a VPN service provider.

NSA doesn't think quantum computers can break public key encryption

By Mayank Sharma published 3 September 21

Quantum computers won’t be powerful enough to break today’s encryption, but let’s develop quantum-resistant algorithms, NSA suggests.

HPE signs multi-billion dollar NSA computing deal

By Mayank Sharma published 2 September 21

HPE wins decade-long NSA contract to deliver high-performance computing for the agency's analytical needs.

AWS has reportedly signed a secret $10bn cloud computing deal with the NSA

By Mayank Sharma published 11 August 21

And Microsoft isn’t too happy about it.

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NSA, CISA: Here's how we can properly secure Kubernetes

By Mayank Sharma published 4 August 21

US spooks want to help secure your Kubernetes clusters from malicious threat actors.

US, UK agencies say Russia is abusing Kubernetes to launch massive cyberattacks

By Mayank Sharma published 2 July 21

Cybersleuths from the US and UK blame Russia for orchestrating a hacking campaign against worldwide targets.

Chinese hackers cloned a Windows security flaw stolen from the NSA

By Mayank Sharma published 23 February 21

Researchers note that a tool from NSAs shadow division ended up targeting Americans.

US government agencies told to patch SolarWinds flaws now

By Mayank Sharma published 31 December 20

All federal agencies using Orion are asked to update to v2020.2.1HF2.

These are the most worrying vulnerabilities around today

By Anthony Spadafora published 22 October 20

All 25 vulnerabilities in the NSA's new cybersecurity advisory are being actively exploited in the wild by cybercriminals.

Fancy Bear is moving into Linux malware

By Anthony Spadafora published 14 August 20

Drovorub is currently being deployed online by the Russian government hacking group Fancy Bear.

NSA will finally reveal what it thinks about using a VPN

By Joel Khalili published 3 July 20

New NSA advisory will provide guidance on how to shore up VPN security.