American and British intelligence used a secret relationship with the founder of a Swiss encryption company to help them spy during the Cold War, newly released documents analysed by the BBC reveal. The story of the German Enigma machine is … Read More
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Researchers Hack Air-Gapped Computer With Simple Cell Phone
The most sensitive work environments, like nuclear power plants, demand the strictest security. Usually this is achieved by air-gapping computers from the Internet and preventing workers from inserting USB sticks into computers. When the work is classified or involves sensitive … Read More
Major Flaw In Android Phones Would Let Hackers In With Just A Text
Android is the most popular mobile operating system on Earth: About 80 percent of smartphones run on it. And, according to mobile security experts at the firm Zimperium, there’s a gaping hole in the software — one that would let … Read More
Exclusive: cybersecurity startup RedOwl raises $17 million series b
This Baltimore cybersecurity startup routs insider threats. Sure, Guy Filippelli did a stint with the National Security Agency. As a member of that spy team, he helped re-architect how the agency disseminated intelligence to military officers. But that’s not where … Read More
Going Dark: Encryption, Technology, and the Balance Between Public Safety and Privacy
Full Committee Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2015 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Dirksen 226 Presiding: Chairman Grassley Agenda July 1, 2015 NOTICE OF COMMITTEE HEARING The Senate Committee on the Judiciary has scheduled a hearing entitled “Going Dark: … Read More
Security Experts Oppose Government Access to Encrypted Communication
Peter G. Neumann, a computer security pioneer, says “there are more vulnerabilities than ever” that could be exploited through access to encrypted communications. Credit Jim Wilson/The New York Times SAN FRANCISCO — An elite group of security technologists has concluded that … Read More
US, UK spies said to attack security software
Spies targeted Kaspersky Lab by reverse engineering its software, said a report in The Intercept Spies working for the U.S. National Security Agency and its British counterpart found antivirus and security software a hindrance to their intelligence gathering processes and … Read More
F.B.I. Struggles to Pinpoint the Fingers Behind a Hacking
Whoever gained access to the Houston Astros’ network was believed to have done so by logging in as General Manager Jeff Luhnow, pictured, or Sig Mejdal, whose title is director of decision sciences. Both officials joined the Astros from the … Read More
Cyber-Espionage Nightmare
A groundbreaking online-spying case unearths details that companies wish you didn’t know about how vital information slips away from them. On a wall facing dozens of cubicles at the FBI office in Pittsburgh, five guys from Shanghai stare from “Wanted” … Read More
Shortcomings of Cybersecurity Bills
A series of brazen hacking attacks against companies like Sony Pictures, Target and Anthem have spurred lawmakers in Congress to propose cybersecurity legislation. These bills could help make American networks somewhat less vulnerable to hackers, but they would do so … Read More