Category: Cyber Security
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Researchers crack the world’s toughest encryption by listening to the tiny sounds made by your computer’s CPU
Security researchers have successfully broken one of the most secure encryption algorithms, 4096-bit RSA, by listening – yes, with a […]
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Teens Prep for Cyberwar
Computer-savvy teens are putting down their game controllers — at least temporarily — for code writing and virus-sweeping. Call it […]
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Inside the Effort to Crowdfund NSA-Proof Email and Chat Services
Back in 1999, Seattle-based activists formed the communication collective Riseup.net. The site’s email and chat services, among other tools, soon […]
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Meet Hacking Team, the company that helps the police hack you
In 2001, a pair of Italian programmers wrote a program called Ettercap, a “comprehensive suite for man-in-the-middle attacks” — in […]
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Ed Snowden’s Email Provider, Lavabit, Shuts Down To Fight US Gov’t Intrusion
Early on in the Snowden leaks, it was revealed that Snowden himself was using email services from an operation called […]
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Secrets of FBI Smartphone Surveillance Tool Revealed in Court Fight
A legal fight over the government’s use of a secret surveillance tool has provided new insight into how the controversial […]
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Slaying the Java Beast
As you’ve probably heard by now, Java’s insecurity has been a vector for hackers’ to exploit and gain access to […]
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Silent Circle: Mike Janke’s iPhone app makes encryption easy, governments nervous.
Lately, Mike Janke has been getting what he calls the “hairy eyeball” from international government agencies. The 44-year-old former Navy […]
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With Plan X, Pentagon seeks to spread U.S. military might to cyberspace
The Pentagon is turning to the private sector, universities and even computer-game companies as part of an ambitious effort to […]
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Boots on the ground: Obama’s cybersecurity directive could allow military deployment within the US
Lawyers with the Electronic Privacy Information Center EPIC have filed a Freedom of Information Act FOIA request with the office […]