Google 'Sunsetting' Weak SHA-1 Crypto Algorithm

Google announced Friday it will begin the process of phasing out the obsolete SHA-1 cryptographic hash algorithm with the upcoming release of version 39 of the company’s Chrome browser in November. After the November release, Chrome will no longer fully trust sites whose certificate chains trust...

Chinese Government Accused of Intercepting Traffic Between Google and CERNET

So far, we all are well aware of the fact that Chinese have had a past filled with cases of Cyber Crime. China is the world’s largest exporter of IT goods, but it has been criticized by many countries due to suspected backdoors in its products, including United States which has banned its several...

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ICREACH — NSA's Secret Google-Like Search Engine for Metadata Analysis

The United States National Security Agency NSA is using a massive information sharing platform that allows multiple law enforcement agencies to infiltrate more than 850 billion communications records detailing e-mails, phone calls, instant messages, and phone geolocation, according to the...

Facebook Says 95 Percent of Notification Email Encrypted

All that’s missing from the organic encrypt the web movement seems to be a hashtag. Otherwise, no one can accuse major web providers of slacking as leading players such as Microsoft and Yahoo, prompted by the Snowden leaks, have made noteworthy leaps in the last 15 months to encrypt everything fr...

NCSC Spearphishing Security Advisory

New Zealand’s National Cyber Security Centre NCSC has released Security Advisory NCSC-C-2014-17 which highlights a spearphishing campaign targeting government employees. The NCSC provides enhanced cybersecurity services to the New Zealand Government and private sector organizations against...

Worldview-3 — Satellite That Could Allow Google and U.S Government to See Your Face from Space

Majority of my articles are related to government spying, privacy and security issues of your online stuffs and also measures that you can adopt in protecting yourself from being spied on. But, your all efforts will soon be of no use - someone is about to secretly track your every footstep. Googl...

Wendy Nather on the Black Hat Buzz

Dennis Fisher talks with Wendy Nather of 451 Research about the happenings on day one of Black Hat, the possibility of the US government disrupting the vulnerability market and software liability.​ Download: Wendy-Nather-on-the-Black-Hat-Buzz.mp3...

Breaking - Edward Snowden Get 3 More Years In Russia

The individual responsible for one of the most significant leaks in US political history is Edward Snowden, a 31-year-old global surveillance whistleblower and former U.S. intelligence contractor, who has received a three- year residence permit from Russia, his lawyer announced on Today. “On the...

Dan Geer: Security at the Forefront of Policy Decisions

LAS VEGAS – Dan Geer carried his version of computer security’s Ten Commandments to a rapt Black Hat 2014 audience today, offering up 10 personal recommendations and observations related to the current state of security in the context of government surveillance and eroding privacy. Adorned in...

Twitter 'Weighing Legal Options' On Publishing National Security Requests Data

Twitter officials are pushing the United States government for more freedom to publish specific numbers about national security information requests, and said the company is considering its legal options if the government doesn’t allow more data to be made public. In its latest transparency repor...

Godzilla Hacker Takes Down Several Pakistani Government Websites

While the rest of the world was engaged in cyber security and privacy, an Indian patriotic hacker targeted 43 major Pakistani Government official websites, including ‘President of Pakistan’, ‘Government of Pakistan’, 'Ministry of Defence’, and whole Ministry of Pakistan. Indian hacker Godzilla...

Russian Government Asks Apple to Hand Over iOS and Mac Source Code

Just few days after the announcement that Russian government will pay almost 4 million ruble approximately equal to $111,000 to the one who can devise a reliable technology to decrypt data sent over the Tor, now the government wants something which is really tough. APPLE & SAP, HAND OVER YOUR...

Canada NRC Hit by Apparent Chinese Cyber Attack

One of Canada’s premier research and technology organizations was hit with a cyber-attack recently that forced the cooperative offline; the attack – which appears to be Chinese in origin – was so serious the organization is being forced to rebuild its entire system. The National Research Council ...

The Federal Government in Financial Services' Cybersecurity

Its no secret that the internet has changed the way we do business in nearly every industry. On the other hand, the dangers of limited cyber regulations are quickly becoming a focus for the government due to the frequency and impact of data breaches. Its becoming apparent that convenience comes a...

Leahy Introduces Bill to End Bulk Call Record Collection

Sen. Patrick Leahy has introduced an updated, tougher version of the USA FREEDOM Act that would end the bulk collection of data under Section 215 of FISA and also would require the appointment of a panel of special legal advocates who would represent the interests of individual privacy and civil...

Instagram Mobile App Issue Leads to Account Hijacking Vulnerability

In the era of Government surveillance, ensuring the security and safety of our private communications regardless of platform – email, VOIP, message, even cookies stored – should be the top priority of the Internet industry. Some industry came together to offer Encryption as the protection against...

Russian Government Offers $111,000 For Cracking Tor Anonymity Network

The Russian government is offering almost 4 million ruble which is approximately equal to $111,000 to the one who can devise a reliable technology to decrypt data sent over the Tor, an encrypted anonymizing network used by online users in order to hide their activities from law enforcement,...

Microsoft Exec Says Company Has Never Been Asked to Backdoor a Product

One of Microsoft’s top security executives said the company has never been asked by the United States government to build a backdoor into any of its products, and if the company was asked, it would fight the order in the courts. Since the Edward Snowden revelations began last summer, there have...

Research Shows Increase in Internet Filtering and Usage of FireChat App in Iraq

Researchers at Citizen Lab have taken a close look at the extent of Internet filtering in Iraq, as well as the security of a popular offline chat app used there, and found an increase in the number of services blocked by the government and identified serious privacy and security problems with the...