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In the build up to the 2016 US election, both Democratic and Republican presidential hopefuls are talking about cybersecurity

Alex
Aug 17, 2015

New TPP Leaked Text Reveals Countries' Weakening Resistance to Copyright Maximalist Proposals

When we wrote about the intermediary liability provisions in a reported May 2015 leak of the Intellectual Property chapter of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) last month, we hadn't actually seen the text. But thanks to the publication of that leak by Knowledge Ecology International yesterday and today, we now have a far better understanding of the current state of play

Dave Wreski
Aug 06, 2015

Interpol is training police to fight crime on the Darknet

Interpol has just completed its first training course designed to help police officers to use and understand the Darket. The five-day course was held in Singapore, and attended by officers from Australia, Finland, France, Ghana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Netherlands, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Sweden. According to Interpol, the next course will be held in Brussels.

Anthony Pell
Aug 03, 2015

Darkode Hacking Forum Taken Down by FBI and Europol

In a joint operation that included law enforcement agencies from 20 countries, the infamous Darkode hacking forum has been taken down. Darkode, an ill-famed meeting place for top level hackers, was notorious for its though registration process which granted access only to users that could prove they were professionals at their craft, and had tricks and software to share or sell to others.

Alex
Jul 27, 2015

One in four US hackers 'is an FBI informer'

The underground world of computer hackers has been so thoroughly infiltrated in the US by the FBI and secret service that it is now riddled with paranoia and mistrust, with an estimated one in four hackers secretly informing on their peers, a Guardian investigation has established.

Dave Wreski
Jul 23, 2015

FBI used Hacking Team services to unmask Tor user

The FBI communicated with Hacking Team over the possible use of surveillance tools to track down a Tor-using target, emails reveal. As discovered by Hacker News, the cache of emails belonging to Hacker Team but now hosted on Wikileaks reveals a number of interesting conversations allegedly between the FBI and surveillance company.

Anthony Pell
Jul 15, 2015

Vietnamese National Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Operating a Massive International Hacking an

A Vietnamese national was sentenced to 13 years in prison for hacking into U.S. businesses

Dave Wreski
Jul 15, 2015

The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team

The FBI is one of the clients who bought hacking software from the private Italian spying agency Hacking Team, which was itself the victim of a recent hack. It

Dave Wreski
Jul 07, 2015

U.S., China agree to cybersecurity code of conduct

After a tumultuous couple of years of exchanging accusations and expressing distrust over cyberespionage and spying

Alex
Jun 30, 2015

Famed Security Researcher Mudge Leaves Google

Peiter Zatko, a respected computer security researcher better known by the nickname Mudge, says he

Dave Wreski
Jun 30, 2015

OPM suspends security background investigations to fix new flaw

Do you need to get a security clearance for your new job? Don't hold your breath. The U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) announced it is temporarily suspending its Electronic Questionnaires for Investigations Processing (E-QIP) system. This is the web-based program used to complete and submit security background investigation forms.

Dave Wreski
Jun 30, 2015

Hundreds of .Gov Credentials Found In Public Hacker Dumps

Dave Wreski
Jun 24, 2015

The Abject Failure of Federal InfoSec

Two stories this week underscore the federal government

Dave Wreski
Jun 19, 2015

'Snowden risked lives' fearfest story prompts sceptical sneers

A row has broken out over claims that Russian and Chinese have reportedly decrypted files of NSA leaker Edward Snowden, identifying British and US secret agents in the process.

Alex
Jun 15, 2015

4 new twists that push the hacker attack on millions of US govt workers into WTF land

The data breach that recently hit the US government's Office of Personnel Management, in which personnel records for millions of federal workers were swiped, is worse than first feared, sources claim.

Dave Wreski
Jun 12, 2015

OPM Breach Exposes Agency's Systemic Security Woes

The massive hack at the Office of Personnel Management showed not just room for improvement but a lack of very basic security fundamentals -- and expertise.

Anthony Pell
Jun 10, 2015

Senate delays vote on NSA phone records dragnet

A controversial program allowing the U.S. National Security Agency to collect millions of domestic telephone records expired Sunday night after the Senate failed to vote on a bill to extend the authority for the surveillance.

Anthony Pell
Jun 01, 2015

Security Researchers Sound Off on Proposed US Wassenaar Rules

With the two-month comment period for the proposed U.S. Wassenaar Arrangement rules barely under way, a cast of influential security researchers has wasted no time preparing and submitting their thoughts on the controversial proposal.

Anthony Pell
May 28, 2015

Tech companies ask Senate to pass NSA reform bill

Reform Government Surveillance, an organization that represents large technology companies like Google, Apple and Microsoft, on Tuesday pressed the U.S. Senate not to delay reform of National Security Agency surveillance by extending expiring provisions of the Patriot Act.

Dave Wreski
May 20, 2015

Researcher Hacked Airplane Controls Mid-Flight, FBI Affidavit Reveals

In a sworn statement, an FBI agent says that security researcher Chris Roberts admitted to hacking into the controls of a flying aircraft causing it to climb.

Alex
May 18, 2015

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New TPP Leaked Text Reveals Countries' Weakening Resistance to Copyright Maximalist Proposals

Interpol is training police to fight crime on the Darknet

Darkode Hacking Forum Taken Down by FBI and Europol

One in four US hackers 'is an FBI informer'

FBI used Hacking Team services to unmask Tor user

Vietnamese National Sentenced to 13 Years in Prison for Operating a Massive International Hacking an

The FBI Spent $775K on Hacking Team

U.S., China agree to cybersecurity code of conduct

Famed Security Researcher Mudge Leaves Google

OPM suspends security background investigations to fix new flaw

Hundreds of .Gov Credentials Found In Public Hacker Dumps

The Abject Failure of Federal InfoSec

'Snowden risked lives' fearfest story prompts sceptical sneers

4 new twists that push the hacker attack on millions of US govt workers into WTF land

OPM Breach Exposes Agency's Systemic Security Woes

Senate delays vote on NSA phone records dragnet

Security Researchers Sound Off on Proposed US Wassenaar Rules

Tech companies ask Senate to pass NSA reform bill

Researcher Hacked Airplane Controls Mid-Flight, FBI Affidavit Reveals

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