Cyber-crime and cybersecurity are locked in a perpetual competition – whenever one advances, the other changes to counter it. With every iteration of this contest, both sides become more nuanced, more complex, and begin to exploit more novel ways of … Read More
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Congress to probe Juniper ‘back door’ exposure, possible U.S. involvement
A U.S. congressional probe into the impact of a hack of Juniper Networks Inc software will examine the possibility that it was initially altered at the behest of the National Security Agency, a lawmaker said in an interview on Thursday. … Read More
NSA Top Hacker: Here’s How to Make My Life Hard
Tips to block the world’s best hackers. A version of this post titled “The Tao of NSA” originally appeared in Cyber Saturday edition of Data Sheet, Fortune’s daily tech-business newsletter. Subscribe here. When Rob Joyce, head of the National Security … Read More
Spies In the Sky
Israeli Drone Feeds Hacked By British and American Intelligence AMERICAN AND BRITISH INTELLIGENCE secretly tapped into live video feeds from Israeli drones and fighter jets, monitoring military operations in Gaza, watching for a potential strike against Iran, and keeping tabs … Read More
Your Car Isn’t Safe From Hackers. Here’s Why
Hacker carjackers are able to break into hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road right now. The next time you’re buckled in behind the wheel, you may want to ask yourself: Am I really in control? Two computer hackers … Read More
Tech policy in campaign 2016: Where do candidates stand on encryption?
Analysis: David Gewirtz decodes each of the presidential candidates’ public statements to determine who’s for, against or clueless about encryption. As an active member of our digital-first society, there is almost nothing more demoralizing than trying to track down coherent … Read More
Security Experts Say That Hacking Cars Is Easy
New car features come at a cost Automobiles may be getting more advanced, but that doesn’t mean they are immune to hacks. The latest cars, stuffed with technology that collects driving data and makes keys obsolete, are far “smarter” than … Read More
We brought an antenna to Davos to track private air travel, and here’s what we found
The World Economic Forum’s annual meeting here attracts a high-flying set of attendees. This year, Quartz endeavored to discover just how high-flying these Davos men and women are by tracking private helicopter travel in and out of the Alpine town … Read More
NSA chief: anti-encryption arguments ‘waste of time’ as new reports note ‘chill’ effect
The long-running encryption dispute between law enforcement officials and private sector industry professionals took an unexpected turn Thursday when the National Security Agency’s (NSA) director, Admiral Mike Rogers, changed his stance on encryption technologies. “Encryption is foundational to the future,” … Read More
Declassified documents reveal scope of Defense Department’s cyber strategy
The Pentagon has declassified several confidential documents that reveal a lack of authority in Cyber Command that experts say may hamper the nascent cyber force. More than two dozen declassified Pentagon documents revealed details about the role of Cyber Command, the … Read More