When you tweet, the CIA listens
Documents obtained by privacy advocates reveal that Uncle Sam is monitoring social networks for people critical of the government. Can an enemies list be far behind?read more
View ArticleBig Brother (NSA) gets a bigger ear
Bluffdale Utah is home to giant $2 billion data center for NSA to record billions of phone calls and email messages.read more
View ArticleNational Security Agency pressed to reveal details on Google deal
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is locking horns with the National Security Agency over a secret deal the agency cut with Google following an attack on Gmail by Chinese hackers in 2010.read more
View ArticlePentagon gets new spy agency, doesn't know how to use 100K spies it has
Despite a proliferation of intelligence agencies the Washington Post counted at 1,200 in 2010, the Pentagon announced yesterday it has created a new one. The Defense Clandestine Service will add...
View ArticleWill Obama preside over the coming of Big Brother?
Privacy advocates and civil libertarians say among the president's broken promises is a failure to restrain the NSA's growing domestic surveillanceread more
View ArticleNSA security expert worries about mobility, cloud
Approaching its 60th birthday, the National Security Agency (NSA) has a staff some 35,000 strong worldwide, and an impressive building complex in Fort Meade, Md., where the walls are lined with copper...
View ArticleU.S. admits cyberattacks on Iran, others
U.S. officials finally acknowledged a years-long cyberwar campaign against Iran and other countries according to the NYT. The admission is no surprise, but hearing cyberwar is a real option (and a real...
View ArticleNSA has a file on every US citizen , says retired NSA whistleblower William...
During keynote at Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) conference, NSA whistleblower Binney revealed details of NSA surveillance and dossiers.read more
View ArticleNSA wants hacker help and more control to 'secure' Internet
National Security Agency head General Keith Alexander said at Def Con the NSA needs more control over the Internet structure. And he's hiring hackers.read more
View ArticleThe NSA at Defcon 20: Shock, then awe?
How did hackers respond to the head of the NSA attending - and speaking at - the 20th anniversary of their famous conference? Surprisingly, with open arms (literally).
View ArticleNSA's $1 trillion dollar cybercrime 'greatest transfer of wealth in history'...
Loss totals derived from Symantec and McAfee, but researchers behind those numbers cry foul. Can we trust corporate-funded studies, and the NSA?read more
View ArticleBig data, big problems -- and, maybe, a solution
The era of big data is here. But better search tools can make it more useful for organizations and less risky for the rest of us.read more
View ArticleWho is tweeting from the NSA's parking lot?
The open source intelligence platform Maltego shows the power of collating publicly available information.read more
View ArticleNSA: Looking for a few good cybersecurity professionals
At a time when cyberattacks on America's critical infrastructure have increased 17-fold (between 2009 and 2011), the need for highly trained cybersecurity professionals is acute. However, 83% of...
View ArticleHow to harden your RHEL 5 servers
Hardening tips for Unix systems have been issued for decades, but when's the last time you stopped to review how your servers stack up against the latest advice from the sages? Let's check out some of...
View ArticleThe CIA knows when you're hitting the gym
Raytheon's RIOT software makes it easy for spooks to follow your trail across Facebook, Foursquare, and other social networks. Paranoid yet?read more
View ArticleWhat happens in Spookland, stays in Spookland
The US Supreme Court has ruled that secret NSA spying on US citizens can remain secret -- probably forever.read more
View ArticleIT supply-chain security standard aims to prevent counterfeits, tampering
Open Group's "Open Trusted Technology Provider Standard" backed by Cisco, IBM, NSA, DoD, othersread more
View ArticleHow NSA spies hack Google to find confidential information
You too can search like a spy.read more
View ArticleYou may kiss the bride and tweet a selfie [CARTOON]
How social media is changing everything, including weddings; plus a wrap up of this week's top tech storiesread more
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