Anonymity Tool Tor gains more than 1.2 Million new users since NSA PRISM scandal

Since Snowden came forward with details about the NSA's PRISM program in June, web users concerned about online privacy are increasingly turning toward privacy tools to protect their online data. U.S. Government project PRISM allows the government to tap phone calls, email, and web browsing of an...

NSA misused PRISM - Spied on Al Jazeera, bugged UN headquarters and used for personal spying

Before NSA said that they has zero tolerance for willful violations of the agency’s authorities, but NSA had violated privacy rules on thousands of occasions. According to documents seen by SPIEGEL, Arab news broadcaster Al Jazeera was spied on by the National Security Agency. The US intelligence...

Anonymity Tool Tor gains more than 1.2 Million new users since NSA PRISM scandal

Since Snowden came forward with details about the NSA's PRISM program in June, web users concerned about online privacy are increasingly turning toward privacy tools to protect their online data. U.S. Government project PRISM allows the government to tap phone calls, email, and web browsing of an...

Fear of NSA PRISM : Indian Government may ban US email services for official communication

The Indian Government is planning to ban the use of US based email services like Gmail for official communications to increase the security of confidential government information. The recent disconcerting reports that that India was being spied upon by American intelligence agencies has opened an...

National Security threats to be detailed at 'The Hackers Conference' 2013 | #THC2013

The recent “disconcerting" reports that India was being spied upon by American intelligence agencies has opened an all new chapter in the cyber security space. The revelation that the Indian embassy in the US was among the list of 38 diplomatic missions which were being spied upon by American...

FBI using malware to turn your Android into surveillance device for Spying

It's not the new facts that the FBI has used hacking methods in the past to spy on suspected criminals, including keyloggers and remotely turning on the microphones in mobile phones, in order to spy on suspected criminals. Computer viruses and spyware are an unavoidable part of life. You can...

Gen. Keith Alexander Black Hat Keynote

When Gen. Keith Alexander, the director of the National Security Agency and chief of U.S. Cyber Command, agreed to deliver the opening keynote at Black Hat USA 2013, he had no idea that by the time he took the stage many of the NSA’s most secret information-collection programs would be public...

Leaked credentials of Congress members by Anonymous hacker are inaccurate

Anonymous claimed it had stolen and leaked over 2,000 usernames and passwords for Hill staffers in an anti-PRISM protest, calling the move a pivotal moment for Congress. The Twitter handle @OpLastResort which claims to be affiliated with the famous hacktivist group posted the data and also tweete...

Leaked credentials of Congress members by Anonymous hacker are inaccurate

Anonymous claimed it had stolen and leaked over 2,000 usernames and passwords for Hill staffers in an anti-PRISM protest, calling the move a pivotal moment for Congress. The Twitter handle @OpLastResort which claims to be affiliated with the famous hacktivist group posted the data and also tweete...

Dennis Fisher Talks With Chris Soghoian on NSA, PRISM and Privacy

Dennis Fisher talks with Chris Soghoian of the ACLU about the NSA surveillance leaks, the PRISM data collection program, the lack of good privacy options for consumers and his upcoming talk at DEF CON on government hacking operations. Download: digitalunderground118...

BlackBerry allows Indian government to Intercept emails and Chats

In 2010 the Indian authorities threatened to shut down BlackBerry's infrastructure unless it agreed to comply with lawful access requirements providing the government a way to intercept messages in order to prevent terrorist attacks. The long time dispute between the Indian government and...

Microsoft handed over encrypted messages key and Skype calls access to NSA

New top secret documents provided by Edward Snowden exposed that Microsoft worked hand-in-hand with the United States government and handed the NSA access to encrypted messages and built a series of backdoors into Outlook.com, Skype, and SkyDrive to ease difficulties in accessing online...

Microsoft handed over encrypted messages key and Skype calls access to NSA

New top secret documents provided by Edward Snowden exposed that Microsoft worked hand-in-hand with the United States government and handed the NSA access to encrypted messages and built a series of backdoors into Outlook.com, Skype, and SkyDrive to ease difficulties in accessing online...

DNI Clapper Says Statement to Congress About NSA Data Collection Was 'Erroneous'

In a highly unusual move, James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, said Tuesday that he misspoke when he told a Congressional committee in March that the National Security Agency does not assemble dossiers on Americans. Clapper said at the time that the agency does not do so...

FAQ: The NSA Metadata and PRISM Programs

The details of extensive government surveillance of U.S. citizens through collection of cell phone metadata, and email and Internet activities through the PRISM program has raised a lot of questions and caused quite a bit of confusion about what’s actually happening. To help users sort through th...

NSA can eavesdrop traffic in Real Time, more PRISM slides leaked

The NSA surveillance program PRISM story was started with four leaked slides from the Washington Post weeks before and today they has revealed four more annotated slides about the NSA operation, along with detailing the various levels of scrutiny from the FBI and NSA that happen before, during an...

NSA can eavesdrop traffic in Real Time, more PRISM slides leaked

The NSA surveillance program PRISM story was started with four leaked slides from the Washington Post weeks before and today they has revealed four more annotated slides about the NSA operation, along with detailing the various levels of scrutiny from the FBI and NSA that happen before, during an...

Facebook implementing Advanced HTTPS to minimize NSA Interception

For years the National Security Agency has successfully shielded its surveillance programs from any real public scrutiny. There have been a lot of news stories about NSA surveillance programs following the leaks of secret documents by Edward Snowden. We have learned that the NSA is collecting...

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso Discuss NSA PRISM and Privacy

Dennis Fisher and Mike Mimoso talk about the implications of the NSA PRISM and metadata program leaks and what they mean for privacy and security. Download: digitalunderground117...

NSA Hacks into 3 major Chinese operators to steal millions of SMS Data

Once again NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed the truth, that the NSA hacks into China's mobile operators to steal millions of text messages. Every month Washington come up with new reports and accuse other nations, particularly China, for cyber hacking, but the biggest culprit of such cri...