NSA Program Captures, Replays Phone Calls
The NSA’s MYSTIC program, created in 2009, deploys a “retrospective retrieval” (RETRO) tool which allows agents to rewind and playback all phone conversations that...
NSA Allegedly Spies On International Credit Card Transactions
Germany’s Der Spiegel newspaper –joining the NSA revelations train – reported that the intelligence agency is interested in international credit card transactions and may...
The NSA To Undergo Major Reorganisation For The 21st Century
The US National Security Agency (NSA) is about to undergo a major reorganisation, according to past and current agency officials. The world’s largest electronic...
Harvard: US Can’t Ban Encryption
US can’t be successful in banning encryption as it is a global phenomenon, according to Harvard study.
Despite over two years’ efforts by the...
Someone is listening to your cell phone
THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY (NSA) reportedly has been collecting telephone call data on millions of customers on the Verizon network under a...
The private account of a movie star has been hacked –...
By: Gad Elkin, Cyber Security Manager at EMEA
It seems more and more people are interested in securing their personal computers and private information. The...
How to be friends with the NSA again
Relations between Silicon Valley and Washington have never been easy, but the technology sector’s fury about hacking by the National Security Agency has company...
The Big Brother Features a British Accent
The right for privacy or the general interest to safeguard the public's privacy – which one wins in case of a clash? After failing...
Cyber Wars: From Regional Nuisance to Global Threats
Today’s small wars and border conflicts are being fought online and under the radar, but the conflicts could escalate into real world wars.
Last year,...
DoD Wants IoT Standards
A standardisation of common protocols and interconnections is required if the US Department of Defense (DoD) is to take advantage of the Internet of...
NSA May Expose the Bad Habits of Radical Islamic Leaders
The National Security Agency is considering exposing the pornography viewing habits of Muslim "radicalizers," according to documents that the Huffington Post has obtained from...
Future Weapons of the NSA: Quantum Computers
The Washington post revealed that NSA is spending a great effort to build a quantum computer that could break most types of encryption.
The NSA...
Caught in the Net of the NSA
Ordinary Internet users, American and non-American alike, far outnumber legally targeted foreigners in the communications intercepted by the National Security Agency from U.S. digital...
NSA Spy Program Useless Against Terror
An analysis of 225 terrorism cases inside the United States since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks has concluded that the bulk collection of phone...
Cyber Wars? Not So Fast
Cyber attacks are where the modern battles take place: Military cyber attacks, like those used by Russia during its invasion of Georgia or political...
Is Canada a cyber-superpower?
The secret hacking tactics of Canada’s intelligence agency
Canada’s electronic surveillance agency has secretly developed an arsenal of cyber weapons capable of stealing data and...
NSA’s ‘MonsterMind’ could automate cyber war
The National Security Agency is developing a cybersecurity machine that could detect and automatically counter attacks against U.S. computers by blocking access to American networks, according...
US cities vying to become nation’s cyber hub
The need for cybersecurity solutions and experts is going to grow as more companies such as Sony Pictures, Target, Home Depot, and Chase are...
U.S. NSA and Cyber Command Leadership Will Not Be Separated
The White House has decided to keep the positions of director of the National Security Agency and commander of U.S. Cyber Command together when...
NSA masqueraded as Google to spy on web users
The NSA used ‘man in the middle’ hack attacks to impersonate Google and fool web users, leaks have revealed. The technique circumvents encryption by...
Al Qaeda Plot Leak Undermined U.S. Intelligence
The recent disclosures about the U.S. intelligence agencies are causing more damage as time passes.
As the nation’s spy agencies assess the fallout from disclosures...
Former USAG: Snowden Performed A “Public Service”
Edward Snowden, the infamous NSA whistleblower, has found an unlikely supporter in former US Attorney General Eric Holder, who has said that Snowden performed...
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