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Inside the NSA’s CDX, a high-tech competition pitting cadets against elite attackers

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Professional hackers from the NSA, U.S. Cyber Command and foreign militaries are launching a barrage of simulated cyberattacks this week as part of a training exercise to help teach students at the service academies for the Navy, Army, Coast Guard, U.S. Merchant Marine and Canadian Royal Military how to better defend sensitive computer networks. The annual NSA-led event, named the Cybersecurity Defense Exercise, or CDX, brings together rising talent with seasoned cyber-warriors in a simulated war games environment, where the undergraduates must monitor, identify and ultimately defend against a wide array of remote computer intrusions. The intrusions themselves are engineered with open-source, commercially available exploits and other hacking tools. “We don’t use anything homegrown,” said CDX Technical Lead James Titcomb, a full-time NSA employee in the spy agency’s information assurance directorate. “We don’t hit them with anything on the level of a nation-state,” Titcomb said. “The idea is that they should […]

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Inside the NSA’s CDX, a high-tech competition pitting cadets against elite attackers

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Professional hackers from the NSA, U.S. Cyber Command and foreign militaries are launching a barrage of simulated cyberattacks this week as part of a training exercise to help teach students at the service academies for the Navy, Army, Coast Guard, U.S. Merchant Marine and Canadian Royal Military how to better defend sensitive computer networks. The annual NSA-led event, named the Cybersecurity Defense Exercise, or CDX, brings together rising talent with seasoned cyber-warriors in a simulated war games environment, where the undergraduates must monitor, identify and ultimately defend against a wide array of remote computer intrusions. The intrusions themselves are engineered with open-source, commercially available exploits and other hacking tools. “We don’t use anything homegrown,” said CDX Technical Lead James Titcomb, a full-time NSA employee in the spy agency’s information assurance directorate. “We don’t hit them with anything on the level of a nation-state,” Titcomb said. “The idea is that they should […]

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Level up Your Security Training Through Engagement

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We all can agree that security training is critical, but have you ever wondered why your organization does not share your same level of excitement when it comes training time? The majority of organizations struggle with getting employees motivated and enthusiastic about training. Many employees look at training as a quarterly or yearly checkbox with […]… Read More

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Spear-Phishing Attack Installs Two PowerShell Backdoors on Victims’ Machines

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An ongoing spear-phishing campaign is using malicious Microsoft Word documents to install two PowerShell backdoors on victims’ machines. FireEye as a Service (FaaS) first detected the operation in February 2017. The campaign appears to be targeting individuals who’ve played a part in submitting financial statements and other documents to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission […]… Read More

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