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NSA Releases Advisory on Sandworm Actors Exploiting an Exim Vulnerability NSA

NSA Releases Advisory on Sandworm Actors Exploiting an Exim Vulnerability

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory on Russian advanced persistent threat (APT) group Sandworm exploiting a vulnerability—CVE-2019-10149—in Exim Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) software. An unauthenticated remote attacker can use this vulnerability to send a specially crafted email to execute commands with root privileges, allowing the attacker…
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May 28, 2020
NSA Warns Of Ongoing Russian Military Hacker Attack Using Weaponized Email NSA

NSA Warns Of Ongoing Russian Military Hacker Attack Using Weaponized Email

The NSA has today issued an advisory warning concerning an ongoing Russian military hacking ... campaign. LightRocket via Getty Images The NSA has today issued a cybersecurity advisory warning organizations of a malicious cyber attack program that is being exploited by Sandworm Team, merely by sending a specially crafted email…
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May 28, 2020
German Constitutional Court Says Unjustified Surveillance Of Foreign Citizens Is Illegal NSA

German Constitutional Court Says Unjustified Surveillance Of Foreign Citizens Is Illegal

from the when-it's-up-to-domestic-courts-to-give-AF-about-non-citizens dept The German government pretended to be bothered by the NSA's spying when the Snowden leaks began, claiming surveillance of overseas allies was somehow a bit too much. It had nothing to say about its own spying, which was roughly aligned with the NSA's "collect it all"…
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May 28, 2020
A Mess In The House: Dirty Pool As Rep. Schiff Inserts Loophole To Help The FBI Spy On You NSA

A Mess In The House: Dirty Pool As Rep. Schiff Inserts Loophole To Help The FBI Spy On You

from the doesn't-the-4th-amendment-matter dept As the debate continues over the renewal of some Patriot Act provisions for NSA surveillance techniques, the House now has a chance to correct a failure by the Senate, by one measly vote, to require a warrant for the FBI to go sifting through your internet…
bubmag
May 27, 2020
Links 5/26/2020 NSA

Links 5/26/2020

Mark Rober’s Rube-Goldberg squirrel feeder is the unicorn chaser you need right now BoingBoing (David L). Trust me, this is a must watch. Boy, 12, followed down mountain by brown bear BBC. Excellent coaching by (presumably) parents and admirable cool-headedness. Running from a brown bear (this looks like a Euro…
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May 26, 2020
Journalist Who Helped Break Snowden’s Story Reflects On His High-Stakes Reporting NSA

Journalist Who Helped Break Snowden’s Story Reflects On His High-Stakes Reporting

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May 20, 2020