Massive brute force attack uses 2.8 million IPs to target VPN devices

A large-scale brute force password attack using almost 2.8 million IP addresses is underway, attempting to guess the credentials for a wide range of networking devices, including those from Palo Alto Networks, Ivanti, and SonicWall. […]

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NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

The agency is the latest intelligence community entity to offer its workforce the ability to leave their jobs in exchange for a paycheck for several months.

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Trump now controls the NSA and FBI – What this means for your privacy

The United States claims to be the land of the free, but freedom is impossible without individual privacy . You must be certain the government will not arbitrarily monitor you in your home or on your devices. Yet the US legal system does little to protect your privacy rights. Eight years ago, we wrote about Trump taking control of the NSA , however former President Biden also expanded the surveil

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E2EE Now a Historical Footnote. They Won


Trump administration dismisses members of all DHS advisory panels, including CSRB

The Department of Homeland Security has cleared all its advisory bodies — including the influential Cyber Safety Review Board — of current members, including experts from the private sector. It’s unclear what the panels’ future will be in the Trump administration.

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Your Vulnerability to the AI Creations of the Tech Elites


People Still Suck at Router Security


Chinese State Hackers Breach US Treasury Department

In what’s being called a “major cybersecurity incident,” Beijing-backed adversaries broke into cyber vendor BeyondTrust to access the US Department of the Treasury workstations and steal unclassified data, according to a letter sent to lawmakers.

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Unfinished business for Trump: Ending the Cyber Command and NSA ‘dual hat’

U.S. Cyber Command and the National Security Agency are jointly led by a single four-star officer. Donald Trump made moves to end that arrangement in 2020, and sources say the idea is circulating again as the president-elect transitions into a new administration.

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27 DDoS Attack Services Taken Down by Law Enforcement

Law enforcement agencies in 15 countries cooperated in taking down 27 websites selling DDoS-for-hire services. The post appeared first on SecurityWeek .

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