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Collected data helped foil 50 terrorist plots, says NSA chief

A number of top government officials have been called to testify at a congressional hearing before U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on the topic of NSA …

65+ websites compromised to deliver malvertising

At least 65 different sites serving ads that ultimately led to malware have been spotted by Zscaler researchers. The massive malvertising campaign started with injected code …

Thwarting facial recognition systems with privacy visors

Despite Google announcement that it won’t allow facial recognition on Google Glass (yet) and Facebook turning it off (just in Europe), every person should be aware that …

Facebook once again accessible via Tor

For several hours on Tuesday, regular Tor users have been taken aback by the fact that Facebook was blocking connections from the Tor network. The Onion Router allows users to …

Google asks secret court permission to publish FISA numbers

Google’s open letter to U.S. Attorney General Holder and the Federal Bureau of Investigation chief Muller last week obviously produced some results, but the company in …

How to detect hidden administrator apps on Android

Following the discovery of a new Android Trojan that uses several errors and vulnerabilities in the Android OS to make analysis harder for researchers and to remain hidden …

CyanogenMod founder aims to thwart data-grabbing apps

There’s some very good news for users of CyanogenMod, one of the most popular modified Android firmware on the market: its founder and main developer Steve Kondik (aka …

Bill aims to regulate email privacy in the cloud

Texas Governor Rick Perry has signed and thusly put into effect HB 2268, a bill that legislates that law enforcement agents must get a search warrant to access …

Microsoft releases Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit 4.0

Microsoft has announced the release of version 4.0 of its popular Enhanced Mitigation Experience Toolkit (EMET), a free utility that helps prevent memory corruption …

U.S. tech companies sharing bug info with U.S. govt before releasing fixes

A recent report by Bloomberg’s Michael Riley has revealed that a great many U.S.-based companies are voluntarily sharing sensitive information with the U.S. national …

Guccifer hacks U.S. nuclear security agency chief

The hacker that goes by the online moniker “Guccifer” continues his crusade agains U.S. current and former government officials, and his latest victim is Neile …

Facebook, Microsoft and Apple disclose little on U.S. government data requests

The disclosure of details about the controversial PRISM program set up by the NSA has indubitably damaged the reputation of the companies involved in it, and some of them are …

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