Shannon Vavra

Shannon Vavra covers the NSA, Cyber Command, espionage, and cyber-operations for CyberScoop. She previously worked at Axios as a news reporter, covering breaking political news, foreign policy, and cybersecurity. She has appeared on live national television and radio to discuss her reporting, including on MSNBC, Fox News, Fox Business, CBS, Al Jazeera, NPR, WTOP, as well as on podcasts including Motherboard’s CYBER and The CyberWire’s Caveat. Shannon hails from Chicago and received her bachelor’s degree from Tufts University.

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FBI employee indicted for stealing classified info on FBI cybersecurity work

Culture

European police hope Google ads will steer teenagers away from a life of hacking

Culture

U.S. Rep. James Langevin questions senior military leaders during a House Armed Services Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, March 7, 2017. U.S. Air Force Gen. Selva, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, testified alongside U.S. Air Force Gen. John E. Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command; U.S. Navy Adm. Bill Moran, Vice Chief of Naval Operations; and U.S. Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen Wilson. They spoke about the continuing relevance of U.S. nuclear forces for our national security and the steps the Joint Force is taking to modernize and replace them. He also stated that U.S. weapons, delivery systems, the infrastructure that supports them, and the personnel who operate, monitor, and maintain them are prepared today to respond to any contingency. (DoD Photo by U.S. Army Sgt. James K. McCann)

House green lights new State Department cyber bureau

Tech

The NSA has a new interim cybersecurity director

Tech

Rob Joyce named new NSA cybersecurity director

Policy

Set of icons and illustrations representing development process. Code, laptop, cloud, process, workflow icons. For presentation

US military researchers may have found a more productive vulnerability discovery process

Training

Here’s the NSA’s advice for reducing the exposure of cellphone location data

Policy

WESTERLY, RI/USA – MARCH 31, 2020. RI Military Police directs a driver with none-state plate at a checkpoint on US 1 in Westerly. Drivers must provide contact information and self-quarantine.

Hackers are using coronavirus-themed phishing lures to go after DOD networks

Tech

This team wants to teach your kids cybersecurity while they’re home from school

Training