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Operation to 'unblock' censored blogs in Russia, China
Mar 12, 2015 (AFP)
The Reporters Without Borders group on Thursday launched an operation to "unblock" censored websites in 11 countries, including China, Russia, Iran and Saudi Ar...
PayPal buys cybersecurity firm, creates Israel hub
Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)
Online payments group PayPal announced Tuesday it was acquiring Israeli cybersecurity firm CyActive and establishing a new security hub in Israel. The terms of ...
CIA worked to break Apple encryption: report
Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)
The Central Intelligence Agency has been working for years to break encryption on Apple devices, to spy on communications of iPhone and iPad users, a report sai...
Bain buys cybersecurity firm Blue Coat for $2.4 bn
Mar 10, 2015 (AFP)
Computer security firm Blue Coat Systems said Tuesday it was being acquired by private equity group Bain Capital for $2.4 billion. The deal comes amid surging i...
Money can't buy you love... but it sure can buy a lot of hate
Mar 08, 2015 (UPI)
As Paul McCartney and John Lennon used to sing, "money can't buy me love." The same can be said about some countries such as Qatar, that has inexplicably spent ...
US charges filed in largest Internet breach on record
Mar 06, 2015 (AFP)
US authorities Friday unveiled charges against two Vietnamese nationals and one Canadian in connection with a computer fraud scheme to steal more than one billi...
Military orders Industrial control cyber-security system
Mar 03, 2015 (UPI)
An industrial control cyber-security system, or ICS, is being provided to the U.S. military by technology companies Imprimis Inc and root9B Technologies. The ad...
China raps Obama over spying after anti-terror law row
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
Beijing on Tuesday pushed back at the US over espionage concerns, after President Barack Obama criticised a Chinese anti-terror measure that would force tech fi...
Newly found online security flaw stems from 1990s
Mar 03, 2015 (AFP)
A newly discovered Internet security flaw could leave many websites vulnerable to hackers because of weak US encryption standards in the 1990s, researchers said...
Engility Holdings completes acquisition of TASC Inc.
Mar 02, 2015 (UPI)
Government services provider Engility Holdings has completed acquisition of TASC Inc., expanding its presence in the federal intelligence market. The all-stock ...
US spymaster warns over low-level cyber attacks
Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)
A steady stream of low-level cyber attacks poses the most likely danger to the United States rather than a potential digital "armageddon," US intelligence direc...
Cyber thugs taking data hostage
Feb 26, 2015 (AFP)
Marriage therapist Valerie Goss turned on her computer one day and found that all of her data was being held hostage. Malicious code referred to as "ransomware"...
SIM maker Gemalto confirms spy attacks likely
Feb 25, 2015 (AFP)
European SIM maker Gemalto said Wednesday it had suffered hacking attacks that were likely conducted by US and British intelligence agencies but denied any "mas...
US offers $3 mn reward for Russian sought in bank hack
Feb 24, 2015 (AFP)
The United States on Tuesday offered a $3 million reward for information to apprehend a Russian national sought in a major hacking enterprise that stole some $1...
NSA chief seeks compromise on encrypted phone snooping
Feb 23, 2015 (AFP)
The National Security Agency chief said Monday intelligence services need access to encrypted devices to thwart terrorism, and hopes to find common ground with ...
Stolen SIM card keys could be powerful spy tool
Feb 21, 2015 (AFP)
It would be another powerful tool in the arsenal of US and British spy services: encryption keys for a large share of the SIM cards used for mobile phones. A re...
US State Dept blocks thousands of hack attacks every day
Feb 20, 2015 (AFP)
The State Department faces thousands of cyber attacks every day, a top US official said Friday, refusing to confirm that hackers who breached their system in No...
Winning the Internet war is key in IS fight: experts
Feb 19, 2015 (AFP)
The Internet has become a crucial battleground in the fight against jihadist propaganda and Western nations need to step up their game, according to participant...
Cyber attacks on Israel traced to Gaza: researchers
Feb 17, 2015 (AFP)
A series of cyber attacks against Israel since mid-2013 appears to be coming from "Arab parties located in the Gaza Strip" and elsewhere, US security researcher...
Clavister, unidentified company, partner for mobile communications security
Feb 16, 2015 (UPI)
An unidentified provider of military communications technology has partnered with Clavister of Sweden to develop embedded security for mobile systems. Clavister...
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