GCHQ Insights Reveal VPN Privacy Risks and Cyber Threat Updates
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What Is Tor Browser & How Does It Impact Linux Security Teams?
Tor Browser is a privacy-focused web browser that routes traffic through the Tor network to obscure a user’s identity and destination—and that design has direct implications for Linux security teams. It’s built to limit tracking, resist surveillance,...
Comprehending Fingerprinting Risks Faced by Linux Users Today
Linux systems block a lot of noise that targets other p...
Linux VPN Explained: Simple Setup and Privacy Tips
You’ve got Linux installed, the terminal doesn’t scare ...
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China’s Cyber Espionage And Its Impact On Sensitive Data Safety
Leading into 2015, the cybersecurity community was still reeling from the impact of a destructive attack unlike any other we have seen in terms of visibility, scale, and impact. Already halfway into 2015, there is no shortage of breaches. We have already witnessed major compromises in healthcare, the US government, the Bundestag, and media being attacked by sophisticated adversaries, in most cases, roaming freely on networks for months at a time.
Data Security Insights From IT Survey on Risks and Controls
Last June, Wisegate, a crowd sourced IT research company, surveyed hundreds of its senior-level IT professional members to assess the current state of security risks and controls in business today. The respondents considered malware and breaches of sensitive data to be the primary security risks/threats, followed by malicious outsider risk.
WikiLeaks New Release: 270K Sony Files and 70K Saudi Docs Exposed
WikiLeaks is back at it again. After having announced back in May that it would resume its activity, the WikiLeaks team has released two new batches of documents in the span of two days.
Investigating OPM Data Breach: Serious Threats And Security Flaws
The hackers who breached the US Office of Personnel Management accessed a second set of even more highly sensitive data, it was widely reported Friday, in revelations that make the breach one of the biggest thefts of data on federal workers.
U.S. Government Data Exposure: Breach of Federal Employee Records
A breach of U.S. government computers
Expanded Internet Surveillance Tactics from NSA's 2012 Secret Memos
Without public notice or debate, the Obama administration has expanded the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of Americans' international Internet traffic to search for evidence of malicious computer hacking, according to classified NSA documents.
Exploring Stingray Surveillance Effects on Privacy and Data Collection
Stingray is the code name for an IMSI-catcher, which is basically a fake cell phone tower sold by Harris Corporation to various law enforcement agencies. (It's actually just one of a series of devices with fish names -- Amberjack is another -- but it's the name used in the media.) What is basically does is trick nearby cell phones into connecting to it.
Exploring Privacy Risks In Wearable Devices And Data Collection
Wearable tech creates a new opportunity for private data to be collected, whether with or without the user's knowledge. And oftentimes, the user might have granted permission, without realizing quite what they were giving up.
A Comprehensive Review Of Anonabox Versus InvizBox Tor Routers
A while back, we covered the controversy over a few Kickstarter projects aiming to provide something in increasing demand as of late: a foolproof way to connect any Wi-Fi capable device to the Tor anonymized network. Two such Tor "travel router" projects have since become actual product: InvizBox, from a team in Ireland, and the resurrected Anonabox, which was acquired by the tech holding company Sochule.
U.S. Phone Records Program Reveals Covert Drug Enforcement Activities
The U.S. started keeping from 1992 records of international phone calls made by Americans, under a joint program of the Department of Justice and the Drug Enforcement Administration, according to a newspaper report.
30% of Americans Alter Digital Habits Following Snowden Revelations
Some 30 percent of American adults say they have altered their digital behavior in the wake of Edward Snowden
Mobile Encryption And Its Significance: Analyzing The FBI's Policy Change
Back in October, we highlighted the contradiction of FBI Director James Comey raging against encryption and demanding backdoors, while at the very same time the FBI's own website was suggesting mobile encryption as a way to stay safe. Sometime after that post went online, all of the information on that page about staying safe magically disappeared, though thankfully I screenshotted it at the time:
Advocates Urge Reform on Phone Metadata Collection Under USA PATRIOT Act
A group of technology companies, non-profits and privacy and human rights organizations have sent a letter to President Barack Obama, the director of national intelligence and a wide range of Congressional leaders, calling for an end to the bulk collection of phone metadata under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
Uncovering the Google Privacy Breach of Site Owners' Information
A Google software problem inadvertently exposed the names, addresses, email addresses and phone numbers used to register websites after people had chosen to keep the information private.
Wikimedia Foundation Lawsuit Against NSA And DOJ For Privacy Rights
The Wikimedia Foundation which operates the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia has filed an lawsuit against the National Security Agency (NSA) and the US Department of Justice (DOJ) of United States for violating user privacy.
CIA's Efforts to Breach Apple Security Through Encryption Attacks
Researchers sponsored by the U.S. government have reportedly tried to defeat the encryption and security of Apple devices for years.
Wikimedia Legal Action Against NSA Surveillance Of User Privacy
In an effort to stop the U.S. government from spying on Wikipedia
63 Non-Governmental Organizations Urge UN for Privacy Rights Rapporteur
A coalition of 63 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from around the world are calling on national governments to support the establishment of a special rapporteur on the right to privacy within the United Nations.
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