Hacking Team Says It Always Sold 'Strictly Within the Law'

Hacking Team officials are disputing reports that the company sold its surveillance and intrusion software to oppressive regimes in countries that were under sanction. The company said it sold its products “strictly within the law and regulation as it applied at the time any sale was made.” The n...

Adobe to Patch Hacking Team Flash Zero Day

Adobe tomorrow is expected to release an updated version of Flash Player that will patch a zero-day vulnerability uncovered among the 400 GB of data stolen from Hacking Team. The controversial Italian intrusion and surveillance software vendor was breached and on Sunday, private documents,...

EU Lawmaker Wants Answers on Hacking Team Sales to Sanctioned Countries

A prominent member of the EU parliament, who has been outspoken on security and privacy issues, on Tuesday submitted a written list of questions to the European Commission about the actions of Hacking Team and whether the company had violated EU sanctions regarding sales to specific countries...

White House Executive Order Declares Cyber National Emergency

U.S. President Barack Obama last week issued an Executive Order declaring a national emergency and deputizing the Treasury Secretary and Attorney General to apply sanctions and other consequences for international actors deemed to have engaged in “cyber-enabled activities” detrimental to U.S...

New Cyber Threat Center May Face Challenges

In the wake of news-making attacks on Sony Pictures, Home Depot and many others, the federal government is establishing a new information integration center to focus on cyber threats. The center will analyze intelligence contributed by several agencies, along with the private sector, a model that...

North Korea Sanctions Handed Out in Sony Hack

President Obama today signed an Executive Order authorizing sanctions against North Korea for its alleged involvement in the Sony hack. The FBI on Dec. 19 formally blamed the hack on the North Korean government; the attack destroyed workstations and resulted in the loss of employee personal and...

Stuxnet's First Five Victims Provided Path to Natanz

Stuxnet’s first five victims were a carefully crafted list of targets that ultimately provided the attackers with the road map they needed to get inside a uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, Iran and disrupt the country’s nuclear program. Cobbled together from clues left behind by the infamous...

A New Cold War – with Many Sides

A New Cold War - with Many Sides Theres a lot we still dont know about the FBIs investigation of the data theft at JP Morgan Chase & Co. Criminal hackers based in Russia were targeting U.S. financial institutions long before Russia annexed Crimea or the West responded with sanctions. Is this trul...

PRISM like Surveillance system in France to intercept billions of communications

The US isn't the only western country with an Digital eye i.e PRISM like surveillance program, designed to monitor internet and phone communications. French is leading member at European Parliament and they voted to launch an in-depth inquiry against the US's based PRISM surveillance project. The...

Iran Replicating Captured U.S. Drone RQ-170 Sentinel

Iran Replicating Captured U.S. Drone RQ-170 Sentinel Iranian military aerospace chief General Amir Ali Hajizadeh was quoted having said:"The Americans should be aware to what extent we have infiltrated the plane." Iran has broke the encryption codes and begun construction of a replica of the Unit...

Palestine : Hackers have taken down phone and Internet services

Palestine : Hackers have taken down phone and Internet services The main phone network in the West Bank and Gaza has suffered a sustained attack by computer hackers, the Palestinian Authority PA says. Mashour Abou Daqqa, the Palestinian telecoms minister, said the disruptions, which began Tuesday...