CYBER WARS

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FBI renews call for wider wiretap powers
Oct 16, 2014 (AFP)
FBI chief James Comey renewed a call Thursday for broader authority to tap into emerging technologies, saying the Edward Snowden revelations have led to unwarra...
Russia used Windows flaw to spy for years: researchersw
Oct 14, 2014 (AFP)
Hackers based in Russia used a flaw in Microsoft Windows to spy on NATO, European governments and other organizations as far back as 2009, security researchers ...
Edward Snowden says British surveillance is out of control
Oct 12, 2014 (UPI)
Edward Snowden says government surveillance in the United Kingdom is out of control. Snowden appeared via Skype at the Observer Ideas festival Sunday and claime...
China court moves to tighten grip over 'disorderly Internet'
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
China's top court is putting pressure on Internet service providers to provide the personal details of Web users suspected of "rights violations", state media s...
Hackers leap from dark basements to world stage
Oct 10, 2014 (AFP)
Hackers are shaking off their reputations as nerdy, loner basement dwellers and rebranding themselves on the world stage as members of Internet age tribes with ...
Google's Schmidt fears spying could 'break' Internet
Oct 09, 2014 (AFP)
Google's Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday US online spying is a threat so dire it could wind up "breaking the Internet." Schmidt's concern was echoed by Facebook,...
Taiwan PM warns China cyber attack threat growing
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Taiwan's premier warned Tuesday of increasing cyber attacks from China, the island's highest-ranking official to denounce attempts to "steal government secrets"...
Yahoo says some systems breached, not by Shellshock
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Yahoo said some of its servers were breached briefly by hackers, but that the attack was unrelated to the newly discovered Shellshock vulnerability, and that no...
Twitter sues US to disclose more on secret data orders
Oct 07, 2014 (AFP)
Twitter sued the US government Tuesday, claiming its free speech rights are being violated by restrictions on its ability to disclose numbers of secret orders t...
Hong Kong police arrest five over hacking allegations
Oct 06, 2014 (AFP)
Hong Kong police on Monday said they had arrested five people over hacking allegations, days after the online "hacktivist" group Anonymous declared a cyber-war ...
BAE strengthens intel capabilities with acquisition
Oct 02, 2014 (UPI)
BAE Systems has completed its acquisition of Signal Innovations Group Inc., strengthening its intelligence capabilities portfolio. Signal Innovations Group, hea...
DARPA Technology Identifies Counterfeit Microelectronics
Oct 01, 2014 (SPX)
Advanced software and equipment to aid in the fight against counterfeit microelectronics in U.S. weapons and cybersecurity systems has been transitioned to mili...
New privacy battle looms after moves by Apple, Google
Oct 01, 2014 (AFP)
A new battle is brewing over privacy for mobile devices, after moves by Google and Apple to toughen the encryption of their mobile devices sparked complaints fr...
Body cameras join cops on the beat in US
Sep 30, 2014 (AFP)
For a growing number of police officers in the United States, miniature video cameras are becoming as much a part of the uniform as a pistol, handcuffs and badg...
Mobile app spyware developer indicted on US charges
Sep 29, 2014 (AFP)
The head of a Pakistani company which created an app called StealthGenie allowing users to spy on other people's mobile devices was indicted on US criminal char...
Dartmouth's new ZEBRA bracelet strengthens computer security
Sep 29, 2014 (SPX)
In a big step for securing critical information systems, such as medical records in clinical settings, Dartmouth College researchers have created a new approach...
Law enforcement and NSA worried about iPhone security
Sep 27, 2014 (UPI)
The new iPhone has encryption technology that will make it very difficult for government agencies to access its information. Emails, your address book, your ima...
US tops information requests in latest Yahoo report
Sep 25, 2014 (AFP)
A Yahoo transparency report released Thursday showed that the United States topped the list of countries demanding information about users in the first half of ...
Cyber-security center established in Singapore
Sep 24, 2014 (UPI)
A cyber-security center has been opened by Boeing in Singapore to provide advanced capabilities and services to the Asia-Pacific region. The Cyber Analytics Cen...
China blocks 'privacy' search engine DuckDuckGo
Sep 22, 2014 (AFP)
China has begun blocking the privacy-protecting search engine DuckDuckGo, which avoids storing user data or tracking online activity, according to the company a...
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