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Bruce Schneier: Four Ways You Can Protect Yourself from Digital Surveillance
On March 21st, 2015 with 35 comments
Phoenix666 writes: Bruce Schneier writes:If a policeman sits down within...
All Four Major Browsers Take a Stomping at Pwn2Own Hacking Competition
On March 21st, 2015 with 15 comments
AnonTechie writes:The annual Pwn2Own hacking competition wrapped up its 2015...
Now You Can Put Your Keys in the Cloud—Your House Keys
On March 22nd, 2015 with 18 comments
AnonTechie writes:Earlier this year, a new type of mobile app blew the...
Ties Alleged Between Kaspersky Lab and Russian Intelligence Agencies
On March 22nd, 2015 with 37 comments
Recently, we have reported several claims (here, here, and here) made by the...
The Anarchist's Cookbook and Deadly Information
On March 24th, 2015 with 29 comments
Phoenix666 writes: The Kernel reflects on the Anarchist Cookbook and its...
TAILS Linux 1.3.1 'Emergency' Release - 23 March
On March 23rd, 2015 with 11 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes: The latest version of TAILS (The Amnesic Incognito...
Google Warns of Unauthorized TLS Certificates Trusted by Almost All OSes
On March 24th, 2015 with 22 comments
martyb writes: Ars Technica just published a story: Google warns of...
Using Heat to Defeat Air-Gapping
On March 26th, 2015 with 28 comments
Phoenix666 writes: Israeli researchers have demonstrated a proof of concept...
SE Linux Troubleshooting Tool Contains Bug That Allows Local Root Escalation
On March 27th, 2015 with 15 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:A bug in SE Linux[*],...
China is DDOSing Github
On March 29th, 2015 with 64 comments
JNCF writes:It appears that whatever entity controls the "Great Firewall of...
Passphrases You Can Memorize That Even The NSA Can’t Guess
On March 29th, 2015 with 32 comments
Hugh Pickens writes:Micah Lee writes at The Intercept that "coming up with a...
Puush Hacked, Malware Sent Out Via Client Update
On March 30th, 2015 with 5 comments
[Editor's Note: I cannot find an estimate for the number of Puush.me users,...
City of Saanich Criticized for "Spyware" on Mayor's Computer.
On March 31st, 2015 with 28 comments
Appalbarry writes:Just two months after being elected, the new Mayor of...
TAILS Linux 1.3.2 is Released
On April 2nd, 2015 with 22 comments
An Anonymous Coward writes:TAILS - The Amnesic Incognito Live System - is a...
Mozilla Joins Google Shunning China's Root Certificate Authority
On April 8th, 2015 with 30 comments
mendax writes:El Reg has published a story which discusses the steps Google...
French TV Hack a Major 'Step Up' in Cyberjihadism
On April 11th, 2015 with 30 comments
AnonTechie writes:Would somebody more knowledgeable care to explain how they...
Compiling the Program — Numbers and Scope of US Mass Data Surveillance
On April 12th, 2015 with 7 comments
Jeremiah Cornelius writes:With the now-commonplace revelation of US mass-data...
NSA's Grand Plan to Snowden-Proof Its Data Using the Cloud
On April 13th, 2015 with 32 comments
AnonTechie writes in about the NSA's effort to counter inconvenient insider...
NSA Wants "Front Door" to Your Data Via Split Keys
On April 13th, 2015 with 85 comments
Phoenix666 writes:The Washington Post reports that Adm. Michael S. Rogers is...
UK Opposes "Killer Robot" Ban
On April 14th, 2015 with 39 comments
takyon writes:The UK is opposing international efforts to ban "lethal...
Lawyer Representing Whistleblowers Finds Malware on Drive Supplied by Cops
On April 15th, 2015 with 53 comments
Phoenix666 writes:ArsTechnica reports that Matt Campbell, a North Little Rock...
Airliners Could be Vulnerable to Hacking
On April 16th, 2015 with 25 comments
kaszz writes:U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) warns that the...
Downsides to Filing your IRS Tax Forms Electronically
On April 16th, 2015 with 37 comments
anubi writes:If you filed your IRS (US Internal Revenue Service) income tax...
US and China Working Together on Law Enforcement
On April 16th, 2015 with 21 comments
davester666 submitted:The US Department of Homeland Security released a fact...
Pew Report on Privacy Habits After the Snowden Leaks
On April 17th, 2015 with 22 comments
kadal writes:This is a little old but doesn't seem to have been discussed...
New York Times Columnist Falls Prey to Signal Repeater Car Burglary
On April 17th, 2015 with 37 comments
Phoenix666 writes:A NY Times columnist had his car stolen by kids who were...
How are Vulnerabilities Distributed in Codebases? How must the NSA act?
On April 19th, 2015 with 25 comments
kadal writes:Dan Geer at CIA funded In-Q-Tel looks at approaches for...
Whistleblowers at Risk When Using U.S. Government Websites
On April 19th, 2015 with 16 comments
AnonTechie writes:From PC World:More than two dozen U.S. government websites...
Hacker on a Plane: FBI Seizes Researcher’s Gear
On April 19th, 2015 with 28 comments
AnonTechie writes us with a story that appeared in the security ledger: Hacker...
Netflix to Roll Out HTTPS on Video Streams
On April 19th, 2015 with 50 comments
kadal writes:Ars Technica reports that Netflix is about to encrypt all its...
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