NSA

The software tool, known as EternalBlue, has helped to cripple computers in Baltimore and elsewhere. The news:According to the New York Times, EternalBlue has been used in a ransomware attack that has encrypted files in computer systems used by city official…

Senior national security officials from the United States and Taiwan have held their first meeting in four decades this month, with the aim of deepening cooperation, the government in Taipei has said. Taiwan's national security chief David Lee met John Bolto…

The Baltimore City government has been under siege since May 7, as it was hit with a ransomware attack that saw hackers demand $100,000 in bitcoin and officials refuse to pay the ransom. In a new development, Google disabled officials’ Gmail accounts being us…

Since May 7, the city of Baltimore in Maryland has been struggling to cope with a ransomware attack that has crippled its digital capabilities. Local government employees computers were infected with a malware that demanded $100,000 for files and access to be…

Back in April 2017, a hacking group known as Shadow Brokers leaked a set of hacking tools targeted at Windows systems allegedly stolen from inside the National Security Agency (NSA). One of these tools was "EternalBlue", a vulnerability which has since been u…

The leaked NSA exploit EternalBlue is being used by hackers to paralyze American cities like Allentown, San Antonio, and most recently Baltimore (New York Times)

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NEW DELHI: Stressing on the need to enhance the capabilities and professionalism of security forces, National Security Advisor (NSA) Ajit Doval on Wednesday said these measures were essential as future challenges in the security and defence domain could be "g…

Gilead makes a drug called Truvada -- AKA Prep -- that was developed at US taxpayer expense, whose patents are held by the US government; Truvada is on track to eliminating the spread of HIV forever (people who are HIV positive but take Truvada are seemingly …

Ari Mahairas, a special cybersecurity agent at the FBI's New York office, and Peter Beshar, the general counsel of $50 billion professional services firm Marsh & McLennan, have an unusual relationship. Over the years they have forged an unlikely public…