Category Archives: offensive

Ex-DHS official on PPD-20 repeal: Consider potential blowback to private sector

Posted on by

The U.S. government’s new and reportedly more muscular approach to conducting offensive cyber-operations must carefully consider the potential blowback of such actions to the private sector, a former senior Department of Homeland Security official has warned. “DHS needs to be part of the discussion around the cost-benefit analysis to bring the private sector point of view because we know the private sector often bears the brunt of the retaliation that comes in the wake of more aggressive activity,” Suzanne Spaulding said Wednesday at the Atlantic Council. Asked what public indication there would that those concerns are being addressed, Spaulding, who served as a DHS undersecretary under President Barack Obama, said the answer lies in the private sector. Private companies will have a sense of “whether their equities were adequately considered” before a U.S. government decision to conduct offensive operations, Spaulding said during a panel discussion. “And my guess is they’ll […]

The post Ex-DHS official on PPD-20 repeal: Consider potential blowback to private sector appeared first on Cyberscoop.

Continue reading Ex-DHS official on PPD-20 repeal: Consider potential blowback to private sector→

Offensive Operating Against SysMon, Carlos Perez – Paul’s Security Weekly #577

Posted on by

Carlos Perez delivers the Technical Segment on How to Operate Offensively Against Sysmon. He talks about how SysMon allows him to create rules, and track specific types of tradecraft, around process creation and process termination. He dives into netwo… Continue reading Offensive Operating Against SysMon, Carlos Perez – Paul’s Security Weekly #577→

NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control

Posted on by

President Donald Trump has not specifically directed Adm. Michael Rogers to “disrupt Russian cyberthreats where they originate,” the NSA director and head of U.S. Cyber Command said during a congressional hearing Tuesday. “I need a policy decision that indicates there is specific direction to do that,” Rogers said before the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The president ultimately would make this decision in accordance with a recommendation from the Secretary of Defense.” The comments come as multiple investigations looking into the Kremlin’s expansive meddling in the 2016 Presidential election continue to unearth new information. “I believe that [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin has clearly come to the conclusion ‘There’s little price to pay here, and that therefore I can continue this activity’,” Rogers told lawmakers. Speaking in front of Congress as leader of U.S. Cyber Command, Rogers noted that he is currently able to direct operators to take certain actions against Russia […]

The post NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control appeared first on Cyberscoop.

Continue reading NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control→

NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control

Posted on by

President Donald Trump has not specifically directed Adm. Michael Rogers to “disrupt Russian cyberthreats where they originate,” the NSA director and head of U.S. Cyber Command said during a congressional hearing Tuesday. “I need a policy decision that indicates there is specific direction to do that,” Rogers said before the Senate Armed Services Committee. “The president ultimately would make this decision in accordance with a recommendation from the Secretary of Defense.” The comments come as multiple investigations looking into the Kremlin’s expansive meddling in the 2016 Presidential election continue to unearth new information. “I believe that [Russian] President [Vladimir] Putin has clearly come to the conclusion ‘There’s little price to pay here, and that therefore I can continue this activity’,” Rogers told lawmakers. Speaking in front of Congress as leader of U.S. Cyber Command, Rogers noted that he is currently able to direct operators to take certain actions against Russia […]

The post NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control appeared first on Cyberscoop.

Continue reading NSA chief ripped by Congress for cyberwar process he doesn’t control→