Tag: foreign adversaries
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Schneier on Security: The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA
Source URL: https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/03/the-signal-chat-leak-and-the-nsa.html Source: Schneier on Security Title: The Signal Chat Leak and the NSA Feedly Summary: US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, who started the now-infamous group chat coordinating a US attack against the Yemen-based Houthis on March 15, is seemingly now suggesting that the secure messaging service Signal has security vulnerabilities. “I didn’t…
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Hacker News: CIA Director Reveals Signal Comes Installed on Agency Computers
Source URL: https://theintercept.com/2025/03/25/signal-chat-encryption-hegseth-cia/ Source: Hacker News Title: CIA Director Reveals Signal Comes Installed on Agency Computers Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights the evolving attitude of U.S. officials towards end-to-end encrypted messaging apps, particularly Signal, amidst ongoing national security concerns. It underscores a shift from vilifying encryption as a…
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The Register: FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/16/infosec_news_in_brief/ Source: The Register Title: FCC stands up Council on National Security to fight China in ways that CISA used to Feedly Summary: PLUS: Alleged Garantex admin arrested in India; Google deletes more North Korean malware Infosec In Brief United States Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr has unveiled plans to form a…
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Hacker News: US asked to kick UK out of Five Eyes
Source URL: https://www.computerweekly.com/news/366619170/UK-accused-of-political-foreign-cyberattack-on-US-after-serving-secret-snooping-order-on-Apple Source: Hacker News Title: US asked to kick UK out of Five Eyes Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The letter from US Congress highlights concerns over the UK’s push for Apple to compromise its Advanced Data Protection system, threatening US-UK intelligence sharing and raising alarms about potential exploitation…
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Alerts: CISA Partners with ASD’s ACSC, CCCS, NCSC-UK, and Other International and US Organizations to Release Guidance on Edge Devices
Source URL: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/alerts/2025/02/04/cisa-partners-asds-acsc-cccs-ncsc-uk-and-other-international-and-us-organizations-release-guidance Source: Alerts Title: CISA Partners with ASD’s ACSC, CCCS, NCSC-UK, and Other International and US Organizations to Release Guidance on Edge Devices Feedly Summary: CISA—in partnership with international and U.S. organizations—released guidance to help organizations protect their network edge devices and appliances, such as firewalls, routers, virtual private networks (VPN) gateways, Internet…
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The Register: Trump admin’s purge of US cyber advisory boards was ‘foolish,’ says ex-Navy admiral
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/gutting_us_cyber_advisory_boards/ Source: The Register Title: Trump admin’s purge of US cyber advisory boards was ‘foolish,’ says ex-Navy admiral Feedly Summary: ‘No one was kicked off the NTSB in the middle of investigating a crash’ interview Gutting the Cyber Safety Review Board as it was investigating how China’s Salt Typhoon breached American government and…
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Slashdot: Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using US AI Products To Bolster Cyberattacks
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/29/1730253/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-are-using-us-ai-products-to-bolster-cyberattacks?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Chinese and Iranian Hackers Are Using US AI Products To Bolster Cyberattacks Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses the increasing use of AI technologies, specifically Google’s Gemini chatbot, by foreign hackers from countries like China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea to enhance their cyberattack…
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Slashdot: DHS Terminates All Its Advisory Committees, Ending Its Investigation Into Chinese Telecom Hack
Source URL: https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/01/22/2332221/dhs-terminates-all-its-advisory-committees-ending-its-investigation-into-chinese-telecom-hack Source: Slashdot Title: DHS Terminates All Its Advisory Committees, Ending Its Investigation Into Chinese Telecom Hack Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has disbanded all advisory committee members, including those investigating the Salt Typhoon hack, in a bid to focus resources on national security.…