CNNVD Gov CN #1 - Filter Bypass & Persistent Vulnerability

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CNNVD Gov CN #1 - Filter Bypass & Persistent Vulnerability

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Dropbox Publishes 2013 Transparency Report

Dropbox yesterday released a new set of principles that explain how it deals with government requests for customer data. The principles were a companion to its 2013 Transparency Report, which for the first time included National Security Letter requests made to the file hosting service. “We belie...

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The Internet is Owned--Act Accordingly

PUNTA CANA—Costin Raiu is a cautious man. He measures his words carefully and says exactly what he means, and is not given to hyperbole or exaggeration. Raiu is the driving force behind much of the intricate research into APTs and targeted attacks that Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research and Analysis...

Governments Need to Discuss Use of Cyber Weapons

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Twitter Transparency Report January 2014 Released

Color Twitter unimpressed with the Justice Department ruling that eased a gag order on technology companies and service providers with regard to the reporting of FISA orders and National Security Letters. Twitter released a transparency report today on government and law enforcement requests for...

Tech Giants Update Transparency Reports with FISA Requests

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Microsoft launching 'Transparency Center' for Source code integrity Check

Last Friday at the 50th Munich Security Conference, Microsoft announced to launch 'Transparency centers' around the World, where government customers will be able to verify the source code of Microsoft’s products and can confirm that there are no backdoors. The recent chain of scandals over US...

UK government planning to ditch Microsoft for Open Source alternatives

Downfall in the monopoly of propriety software like Microsoft and Apple accelerated after the Snowden revelations of NSA spying, where technology giants like Microsoft, Google, Apple are sharing a bed with the NSA. The UK government is again planning to ditch Microsoft for Open Source and Free...

Edward Snowden nominated for Nobel Peace Prize 2014

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Gag Order Eased on NSA surveillance Transparency Reporting

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Crypto Pioneers Write Letter on NSA Surveillance to Obama

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Oversight Board Calls NSA Metadata Collection Illegal

Another independent review board investigating the National Security Agency’s collection of phone records metadata has come down hard on the program, calling it illegal, recommending the government end the program, and questioning its effectiveness in ferreting out terrorists. The Privacy and Civ...

Verizon Releases First Transparency Report, Says Government Requests INcreasing

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The NSA, Obama and Straw Men

For the people expecting President Barack Obama to announce sweeping changes to the NSA’s surveillance programs, his speech on Friday likely was a major disappointment. Obama laid out some new controls and limits for some of the more controversial programs, specifically the phone metadata...

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When nothing download a iGENUS5. 0 look at the watch, time is tight, only to see a probably. A large number of government, schools, scientific research institutions, large companies in the use of this system. Be the first to say I use the version and environment: ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 The entire program, n...

Model Predicts Optimal Timing of a Cyber Conflict

Security researchers from the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan have published a mathematical model they said will produce the proper timing for the delivery of offensive cyberweapons. Defenders can also make use of the model to understand attackers and when an targeted...