The United Arab Emirates' Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) considers BlackBerry to be in violation of the country's national security legislation, the BBC reports. The main issue seems to be the encryption used by the device and the fact that user data is sent to servers abroad.Most countries h... |
26 July 2010
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Romanian authorities arrested 50 individuals for using a special mobile-phone program to spy on their spouses, business partners or the competition. The spyware was able to steal call logs, e-mails, SMS messages or GPS data from smartphones and allowed attackers to eavesdrop on active phone calls and private discussi... |
4 June 2010
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Tony Trout, a former Greenville County Council member, has been sentenced to 366 days in prison for installing a spyware program on the computer of County Administrator Joe Kernell, and intercepting his personal emails. Trout claimed that he did it in order to prove that Kernell, his employee, was involved in illegal... |
17 July 2009
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Etisalat, one of the largest mobile carriers from the United Arab Emirates, shipped spyware to its BlackBerry customers by hiding it as an official update. The software was discovered, because it had significant battery drainage as an unexpected side-effect. Last week, BlackBerry Etisalat subscribers received a "pe... |
15 July 2009
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According to a new bill introduced in Canada, Internet service providers will have to dig deep into their own pockets in order to acquire, install and maintain "intercept-capable" equipment. The bill also makes it very clear that subscriber information must be released to law enforcement in a timely manner, without t... |
19 June 2009
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In case you were wondering what has been happening around the world in cyber-security, here's a piece of news coming straight from Australia! The Australian Crime Commission is now trying to get the best wiretapping software they can. As ComputerWorld informs, they want to acquire a fully integrated telephone an... |
8 October 2007
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Like I've said before, nothing in this world is 100% secure, and there is no cable that cannot be tapped. Copper cables are easy to tap into, and some people think that fiber is immune to tapping, but they're wrong - it just requires a procedure which is a bit more complicated. I'm going to bring here ... |
25 September 2007
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As stated before, the United States National Security Agency (NSA) has been wiretapping communications on US soil and outside it for many years now, but only recently have they gone to such a high level of tapping as today. The call/message interception has a massive range now and is meant to lash out any enemy intel... |
15 August 2007
16:11 GMT |
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