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Michael Ellis as NSA General Counsel

Over at Lawfare, Susan Hennessey has an excellent primer on how Trump loyalist Michael Ellis got to be the NSA…

3 weeks ago

The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products

Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer: The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which…

1 month ago

Google Responds to Warrants for “About” Searches

One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts “about” searches. That is, searches…

2 months ago

NSA Data Collection Ruling, Browsing History Identification, Ambulance Chasing

In episode 137 for September 7th 2020: A federal appeals court finds the NSA’s bulk collection of phone data was…

3 months ago

Drovorub “Taking systems to the wood chipper” – What you need to know

On August 15th the NSA and FBI published a joint security alert containing details about a previously undisclosed Russian malware.…

4 months ago

Russia’s GRU Military Unit Behind Previously Unknown Linux Malware, NSA Says

The National Security Agency (NSA) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have revealed the existence of a new piece…

4 months ago

The NSA on the Risks of Exposing Location Data

The NSA has issued an advisory on the risks of location data. Mitigations reduce, but do not eliminate, location tracking…

4 months ago

NSA & CISA Call For Action to Lower OT/IoT Cybersecurity Exposure

The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency urge U.S. critical infrastructure to secure their OT assets…

4 months ago

NSA & CISA Call For Action to Lower OT/IoT Cybersecurity Exposure

The National Security Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency urge U.S. critical infrastructure to secure their OT assets…

4 months ago

CISA, NSA Lay Out Recommendations for Protecting OT Assets

The Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the National Security Agency (NSA) laid out a series of recommendations for…

4 months ago