Moxie Marlinspike, the famous security researcher who up until recently worked for Twitter, says he has been contacted by representatives of Mobily, one of the two telecoms companies operating in Saudi Arabia, about a new surveillance project. “Having published two reasonably popular MITM tools, it&r... [read more >>] It’s uncertain how many times it has happened and we may never find out because an accurate count could compromise the national security of the United States. However, Robert Litt, from the Office of Director of National Intelligence, has admitted that there were some situations in which innocent citi... [read more >>] WikiLeaks has been under constant attack for some while now and the whistleblower site’s representatives think they know why. They believe that it might have something to do with a mass surveillance program called TrapWire, a campaign revealed by the leaked Stratfor files.
“Attacks on wikileaks... [read more >>] FinFisher, an infamous cyberweapon, known for its advanced capabilities when it comes to remotely monitoring computers, has been found to have command and control (C&C) servers in ten different countries all around the world.
The lawful interception tool – developed by Gamma International UK Ltd. &nd... [read more >>] Hackers are amazing if they are the good guys, and outright scary if they go bad, but here is something that can make even the most well-meaning computer genius seem terrifying. Viruses, malware, spyware, all of them are troublesome, some are very dangerous, but they have something in common: they can be ... [read more >>] Last week, Telstra representatives stated that the suspicious activity reported by numerous customers of the Whirlpool forum was nothing more than normal network operation. However, now they have come forward to admit that the firm does record web addresses as part of a new web filtering service. SC Magazi... [read more >>] A post called “Are Telstra hackers?” published on Monday by a user on Australia’s Whirlpool forum has raised a lot of controversy. The Telstra customer claimed that the websites he accessed from his mobile phone appeared to have been traced by the company.
“When I accessed a web pag... [read more >>] A 123-page paper that represents a draft of the Communications Data Bill, the United Kingdom’s dreaded online monitoring law, has been published.
As it turns out, every online activity will be recorded and stored by Internet service providers (ISP). That includes emails, browsing history, instant me... [read more >>] At the end of May we reported that researchers from Cambridge University claimed to have found a backdoor in Microsemi chips. As expected, the Chinese manufacturer has come forward with a statement denying the accusations.
“Microsemi has not been able to confirm or deny the researchers’ claims ... [read more >>] Cambridge University researchers have developed a silicon chip scanning technology that allows them to look for signs of malicious elements in the components currently utilized in many industries. They’ve found that a chip utilized by the American military contains a backdoor embedded by its Chinese m... [read more >>] |
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