Tags nsa
US says it disrupted Russian botnet 'before it could be weaponized'
The botnet was being assembled by Russia's foreign intelligence agency, the GRU, Attorney General Merrick Garland said at a news conference.
Chris Inglis confirmed as first US national cyber director after Senate vote
The new role will play a key part in coordinating the government response to major hacks and other cybersecurity threats.
IronNet's Jamil Jaffer on U.S. deterrence efforts in cyberspace
IronNet's Jamil Jaffer talks about the ways the U.S. government is trying to stop nation-states from carrying out hacking attempts.
NSA's Anne Neuberger on what enterprises need to weigh when it comes to cloud security
The head of NSA's Cybersecurity Directorate talks about all the factors — new and old — enterprises should examine when they are moving to the cloud.
Securiosity: A month's worth of news, packed into a week
Among the things discussed this week: NSA tools being repurposed, the DOJ indicting or extraditing a ton of hackers, cryptocurrency being stolen, kinetic attacks, election security drama, dark web marketplaces, and multiple rounds of funding. Yeah, it was a busy week.
