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Senate to Narrow Scope of Secret Surveillance Law

Last month in a bit of a crazed hurry, Congress approved the renewal of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Section 702 came out of 9-11 and our lack of intelligence. I know you can’t use government and intelligence in the same paragraph without laughing, but stick with me. But Congress didn’t […]

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Defense Contractor Breach and National Security

The Department of Defense has been trying for ten years now to shore up the security of defense contractors but still has not gotten new regulations passed. Here is one example of why they are needed. Desparately. The breach against defense contractor Acuity, Inc. happened last month. The data was being sold for only $3,000 […]

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Security News Update for the Week Ending April 5, 2024

DoD Opens Cyber Policy Office As reported earlier, the planned opening of the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Cyber Policy officially happened on March 20th. Ashley Manning will manage it until the Senate confirms someone else. President Biden announced that his nominee will be Michael Sulmeyer. Whether the Senate confirms him or […]

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Security News for the Week Ending February 23, 2024

NSA Cyber Director Rob Joyce to Retire After 34 Years Now that is a career in public service. Joyce was the Cyber Director at NSA since 2021 and was at the NSA during the days that it was affectionately called “No Such Agency” for its secretiveness. It comes at a time when cyber threats are […]

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Security News for the Week Ending January 26, 2024

Even God is Into Crypto A Colorado based online pastor has been charged with selling worthless crypto. He said “the lord” told him to give his followers 10x return. He also said the lord told him to remodel his house with some of the money. I can’t make this stuff up. Credit: Coin Telegraph Feds […]

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Researcher Claims to Have Cracked RSA-2048 With Quantum Computer

Researchers are highly skeptical about the claim of another scientist who says that he has developed an inexpensive system to crack RSA encryption, the most commonly used public key encryption. The researcher who claims to have cracked RSA is Ed Gerck. According to his LinkedIn profile, he is a quantum computing developer at a company […]

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