Trust in the Internet took a major blow as alarm spread that software commonly used to encrypt and secure online transactions could wind up giving away the store. Computer security specialists, website masters, and fans of online privacy were worriedly… Read More ›
Published time: March 01, 2014 01:31 Reuters / Kacper Pempel A cyber security firm has reported a “mind boggling” cache of stolen credentials which has been put up for sale on online black markets. A total of… Read More ›
• Optic Nerve program collected Yahoo webcam images in bulk • 1.8m users targeted by UK agency in six-month period alone • Yahoo: ‘A whole new level of violation of our users’ privacy’ • Material included large quantity of sexually… Read More ›
• Tech giants turn over data from tens of thousands of accounts • Limited disclosure part of transparency deal made last month Spencer Ackerman in Washington and Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Monday 3 February 2014 16.40 EST Microsoft,… Read More ›
Ads from Yahoo are redirecting users to sites that install a host of different malware IT security firm Fox IT estimates that up to 29,000 computers per hour were affected Yahoo says it is aware of the problem and working… Read More ›
NSA leverages relationships with commercial partners to collect vast quantities of data from fibre-optic cables, file shows • Tapping fibre-optic cables – see the NSA slide Ewen MacAskill and Dominic Rushe in New York theguardian.com, Friday 1 November 2013… Read More ›
The Washington Post cites documents leaked by Edward Snowden In 30 days, the NSA gleaned 180 million new records including text, audio and video – and who sent it to whom and when they sent it NSA: Claims that we… Read More ›
We’ve long suspected that the NSA, the world’s premiere spy agency, was pretty good at breaking into computers. But now, thanks to an article by security expert Bruce Schneier—who is working with the Guardian to go through the Snowden documents—we… Read More ›
Yahoo CEO fears defying NSA could mean prison 12 Sep 2013 SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) Yahoo chief Marissa Mayer said she feared winding up in prison for treason if she refused to comply with US spy demands for data. Her comments… Read More ›
• Top-secret files show first evidence of financial relationship • Prism companies include Google and Yahoo, says NSA • Costs were incurred after 2011 Fisa court ruling Ewen MacAskill in New York The Guardian, Thursday 22 August 2013… Read More ›
By NICK DIVITO (CN) – The National Security Agency paid millions of dollars to Internet companies like Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Facebook to cover costs of its PRISM surveillance program, according to secret documents obtained by The Guardian and… Read More ›
EEV: Always Click with Caution Link to Anonymous leaks more PRISM-related NSA docs Primary Page: http://thedocs.hostzi.com/ 2010 EA Conf_RA Track Presentation_20100506.ppt 3170_01.pdf 514401Doddirectoritenetworks.pdf 6212_01.pdf 800001pDirectoriteDodinfoenterprise.pdf DT-12-COI-Glossary.pdf DoDAF-DM2_CMP_v1-0_FINAL_2011-10-03r1.docx DoD_NetOps_Strategic_Vision.pdf EATransitionStrategy.pdf NSI_EE.pdf insa-spies.pdf netcentric_jfc-1.pdf security_clearance.pdf
Microsoft, Google, Apple and Yahoo! and others open their legs servers By Iain Thomson in San Francisco Posted in Security, 7th June 2013 00:23 GMT It has been a rough 24 hours for the US National Security Agency. First a leaked… Read More ›
Wednesday, 20 February 2013 Stanford University has set a new record for college fundraising, becoming the first school to collect more than $1 billion in a single year, according to a report released Wednesday. . For the eighth straight year,… Read More ›
Shane Todd, an American working on an 18-month assignment in Singapore, was found hanged in his apartment in June 2012 Family claims he was murdered and Singapore police refuse to accept help from FBI Todds also recovered hard drive with… Read More ›
Senior Media Reporter By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 1 hr 35 mins ago (NBC) While discussing the contentious confirmation hearings for defense secretary nominee Chuck Hagel, things got a bit heated on Sunday’s “Meet The Press” when Sen…. Read More ›
Cybercrook: It’s a bargain, guys… They usually cost way more By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 27th November 2012 10:58 GMT Free whitepaper – The Benefits of a Hybrid Security Architecture A cross-site scripting (XSS)… Read More ›
Engineering Evil: Need second confirmation Biographer minx previously exposed in Stratfor caper By John Leyden • Get more from this author Posted in Security, 12th November 2012 17:24 GMT FBI agents may not have been the first to rumble… Read More ›
Google shares dropped nearly 10 percent over the course of two days, wiping out more than $24 billion from the company’s value Plunge in share prices followed weak earnings report showing a 20 percent decline in profits compared to the… Read More ›
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