CISA, NCSC issue Firestarter backdoor warning • The Register

A US federal agency was successfully targeted by a previously unknown backdoor malware called Firestarter, according to CISA cybersnoops and their UK counterparts – neither of which disclosed the agency’s name. Federal Civilian Executive Branch (FCEB) agencies include NASA; Homeland Security itself (cyberworkers at CISA are part of an operational unit in Homeland Security); the FBI; the DoJ; the IRS;…

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    Kentucky's Thomas Massie Stakes His 'MAGA' Claim

    Kentucky Representative Thomas Massie, a committed libertarian, is the rare Republican willing to publicly criticize Donald Trump—over domestic spending, the war in Iran, the president’s efforts to bury the Jeffrey Epstein files. And he’s done this while running for an eighth term in Kentucky’s deep-red 4th Congressional District, which gave Trump two-thirds of the vote in 2024. Bloomberg Businessweek…

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