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No-IP reclaims control of domains seized by Microsoft
The end of No-IP customers’ troubles seems near, as Microsoft has relinquished control of the 23 domain names it seized control of on Monday with the blessing of a …
Germany cancels Verizon’s government contract due to spying fears
Verizon will no longer provide internet services to a number of German government departments, as their contract has been cancelled as part of a restructuration of the federal …
Cops must get a warrant before looking through cellphone content
The nine judges of the US Supreme Court have unanimously ruled that law enforcement officers can’t search the contents of an arrested individual’s cell phone(s) …
Symantec addresses global workforce gap in cybersecurity
Symantec launched a first-of-its-kind program, the Symantec Cyber Career Connection (SC3), to address the global workforce gap in cybersecurity and provide new career …
Capabilities of “lawful interception” mobile malware revealed
Researchers from Russian AV company Kaspersky Labs and the Citizen Lab of the University of Toronto have released details about the mobile surveillance tools provided by …
GCHQ legally intercepts Google, Facebook users’ communications
A successful legal challenge has forced the UK’s top counter-terrorism official to reveal the (until now) secret government policy that allows the GCHQ to intercept …
Microsoft battles US search warrant requesting customer emails stored abroad
Microsoft is battling a search warrant that could have a great impact on the future of US tech companies in the global market. Late last year, a federal magistrate judge in …
Some governments have direct access to Vodafone networks
Telecommunications giant Vodafone has released its first-ever Law Enforcement Disclosure Report, and among the things revealed in it is the scary fact that some countries have …
Replicating NSA’s gadgets using open source
One peek at the leaked pages of NSA’s ANT catalog made wireless security researcher Michael Ossmann’s mind start spinning. “Could we – could I – …
UK government proposes life sentences for hackers
Hackers in the UK could be in for a world of problems, as the UK government is looking to hand out life-long prison sentences to those who are found guilty of organizing and …
NSA collects photos to feed facial recognition programs
The NSA has been collecting photos of people’s faces at the tune of 55,000 images every day, and has been feeding the images into its facial recognition programs, James …
International action against Gameover Zeus botnet and CyptoLocker ransomware
On Friday, 30 May 2014, law enforcement agencies from across the world, supported by the European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) at Europol, joined forces in a coordinated action led …