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TrustyCon talks made available on video
As announced, the TrustyCon infosec conference, established by security consulting firm iSEC Partners, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and DEF CON and held …
Military-grade encryption tunnel scrambles voice, text and emails
GOTrust Technology Inc. announced that National Institute of Standards Technology (NIST) has awarded the company Federal Information Processing Standards (FIPS) 140-2 level 3 …
RSA’s Coviello: Historic shift in IT use is changing society and culture
In his opening keynote at RSA Conference 2014, Art Coviello, Executive VP of EMC Corporation and Executive Chairman of RSA, called for international government and industry …
NSA snooping: MEPs table proposals to protect EU citizens’ privacy
The European Parliament should withhold its consent to an EU-US trade deal unless it fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy, says an inquiry report on NSA and EU …
Governments unprepared for the impact of the big five IT trends
A new MeriTalk study, underwritten by Brocade, examines how the implementation of the Big Five – data center consolidation, mobility, security, big data, and cloud …
The FBI is looking for a “malware provider”
In a request for quote (RFQ) published on Monday, the Bureau has explained the reason behind their need: The Operational Technology Division (OTD), Investigative Analysis Unit …
What do government security pros think?
Tripwire and the Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) announced the results of a U.S. government cybersecurity survey that evaluated the attitudes and responses of …
How Edward Snowden’s actions impacted defense contractors
A new ThreatTrack Security study sheds light on the attitudes of a very exclusive group of IT and security managers – those employed by U.S. defense contractors – …
GCHQ DoSed Anonymous’ IRC server
British spy agency GCHQ has used Denial of Service attacks against Anonymous, in order to disrupt their communications, their activities, and to lead members of the loosely …
Hackers sue German government for helping NSA spy on its citizens
The Chaos Computer Club (CCC), Europe’s largest hacker association, and the International League for Human Rights (ILMR) are suing the German government for allegedly …
Canadian spy agency used free airport WiFi to track travelers
A new report based on documents provided by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden will make Canadians question whether the country’s electronic spy agency does, as it claims, …
SpyEye creator pleads guilty
Aleksandr Andreevich Panin, a Russian national also known as “Gribodemon” and “Harderman,” has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire and bank …