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Google catches Indian Government Agency with Fake Digital Certificates

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Google has identified and blocked unauthorized digital certificates for a number of its domains issued by the National Informatics Centre (NIC) of India, a unit of India

Alex
Jul 10, 2014

German spy agency staffer spied for NSA during gov probe into NSA spying

A German intelligence agency staffer has been arrested after allegedly being caught spying on behalf on the US, according to reports by German newspapers. The country's Federal Prosecutor's office has confirmed that a man had been arrested on suspicion of being a foreign spy, but gave no further details.

Dave Wreski
Jul 07, 2014

NSA reformers dismayed after privacy board vindicates surveillance dragnet

Civil libertarians saw their hopes for curtailing the National Security Agency's massive digital surveillance program dimmed in the wake of a report from a US government privacy board vindicating much of the international communications dragnet.

Dave Wreski
Jul 03, 2014

London teen charged over Spamhaus mega-DDoS attacks

An unnamed London teenager has been charged with a series of criminal offences following a series of denial-of-service attacks against internet exchanges and the Spamhaus anti-spam service last year.

Alex
Jun 30, 2014

U.S. Case Offers Glimpse Into China

One man accused of being a hacker for the Chinese military, Wang Dong, better known as UglyGorilla, wrote in a social media profile that he did not

Dave Wreski
May 23, 2014

FBI

Dozens have been arrested in a king-sized global hacker crackdown. But it

Alex
May 21, 2014

Sheheen, GOP senators trade barbs over hacking

Gov. Nikki Haley

Alex
May 09, 2014

Analysis of the FBI's Failure to Stop the Boston Marathon Bombings

Two opposite mistakes in an after-the-fact review of a terrorist incident are equally damaging. One is to fail to recognize the powerful difference between foresight and hindsight in evaluating how an investigative or intelligence agency should have behaved.

Dave Wreski
May 02, 2014

After Heartbleed, NSA reveals some flaws are kept secret

It's no secret that the National Security Agency is full of secrets. But, in a rare move, the White House disclosed Monday a bit more about how the NSA works.

Dave Wreski
Apr 29, 2014

F.B.I. Informant Is Tied to Cyberattacks Abroad

An informant working for the F.B.I. coordinated a 2012 campaign of hundreds of cyberattacks on foreign websites, including some operated by the governments of Iran, Syria, Brazil and Pakistan, according to documents and interviews with people involved in the attacks.

Alex
Apr 24, 2014

Andrew Auernheimer

A federal appeals court on Friday overturned the conviction of a prominent computer hacker whose imprisonment had highlighted a growing debate over whether the government is overreaching in its campaign against cybercrime.

Dave Wreski
Apr 14, 2014

U.S. States Investigating Breach at Experian

An exclusive KrebsOnSecurity investigation detailing how a unit of credit bureau Experian ended up selling consumer records to an identity theft service in the cybercrime underground has prompted a multi-state investigation by several attorneys general, according to wire reports.

Dave Wreski
Apr 04, 2014

Inside the NSA

Across the world, people who work as system administrators keep computer networks in order

Dave Wreski
Mar 20, 2014

New NSA chief explains agency policy on

In response to a series of questions posed before his confirmation hearing in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, National Security Agency director nominee Vice Admiral Michael Rogers said that the NSA is working with the White House to create a process to determine what to do with zero-day vulnerabilities that the agency uncovers.

Alex
Mar 13, 2014

CIA Hack Scandal Turns Senate

Alex
Mar 12, 2014

Postmortem: NSA Exploits of the Day

When I decided to post an exploit a day from the TAO implant catalog, my goal was to highlight the myriad of capabilities of the NSA's Tailored Access Operations group, basically, its black bag teams. The catalog was published by Der Spiegel along with a pair of articles on the NSA's CNE -- that's Computer Network Exploitation -- operations, and it was just too much to digest.

Dave Wreski
Mar 12, 2014

Top U.S. Spy Claims

A clearly frustrated U.S. intelligence chief complained today that America

Alex
Feb 18, 2014

Secure the Future of the Internet

In 2014, President Obama should pursue policies guaranteeing an open, free-market Internet, write Peter W. Singer and Ian Wallace. Instead of waiting out the international blowback from Edward Snowden

Dave Wreski
Feb 14, 2014

Snowden leak: GCHQ DDoSed chatrooms of Anonymous, LulzSec

British intelligence ran denial-of-service attacks against chatrooms used by Anonymous and LulzSec, according to an investigation by NBC News involving Snowden confidante Glenn Greenwald.

Alex
Feb 05, 2014

Obama Stays Silent on Reform of NSA

President Barack Obama in his State of the Union on Tuesday failed to address an issue that affects everyone on the internet

Alex
Feb 04, 2014

Government - Page 12

Addressing Memory Safety Concerns: Actions for Linux Administrators

German State Abandons Microsoft for Linux and LibreOffice

White House Warns: Move to Memory-Safe Languages

Discover Government News

Google catches Indian Government Agency with Fake Digital Certificates

German spy agency staffer spied for NSA during gov probe into NSA spying

NSA reformers dismayed after privacy board vindicates surveillance dragnet

London teen charged over Spamhaus mega-DDoS attacks

U.S. Case Offers Glimpse Into China

FBI

Sheheen, GOP senators trade barbs over hacking

Analysis of the FBI's Failure to Stop the Boston Marathon Bombings

After Heartbleed, NSA reveals some flaws are kept secret

F.B.I. Informant Is Tied to Cyberattacks Abroad

Andrew Auernheimer

U.S. States Investigating Breach at Experian

Inside the NSA

New NSA chief explains agency policy on

CIA Hack Scandal Turns Senate

Postmortem: NSA Exploits of the Day

Top U.S. Spy Claims

Secure the Future of the Internet

Snowden leak: GCHQ DDoSed chatrooms of Anonymous, LulzSec

Obama Stays Silent on Reform of NSA

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