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FBI’s plan to expand hacking power advances despite privacy fears
The Judicial Conference Advisory Committee sanctioned a new rule that would expand the FBI's hacking authority.
Live in Australia? Your data may be snatched from you in...
This post was originally published on March 26, 2015. After several days of debate, the Australian government finally secured a...
Wikimedia Foundation & rights groups sue NSA over mass surveillance
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit behind Wikipedia, has announced its intention to file a lawsuit against the NSA.
NSA spying continues
In further NSA spying news, a secret US court has yet again come down in favor of the NSA’s controversial phone snooping program.
The Equation Group, hard drives and the Death Star of malware
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab have uncovered a new cyber-espionage toolset that possesses more than a passing resemblance to similar...
Hacktivism and vandalism were the main motivations for DDoS attacks last...
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are growing in size, frequency and complexity, according to the latest Annual Infrastructure...
Is ransomware the greatest highway robber of the 21st century?
The days of a Dick Turpin type of character pulling you over on the side of the road and...
Breaking borders: Canadian spy agency tracks users worldwide
They're friendly; courteous. Love hockey, maple syrup, and poutine. Are unfailingly polite, eh, and while willing to stand up...
NSA tapping into North Korea
The National Security Agency had been tapping into North Korea's networks for many years, even prior to the Sony hacks.
The KooZoo camera app: It’s a jungle out there
KooZoo is an app that allows you to turn your own smartphone into a secret recording device. This has caused some concerns over privacy.
