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Many join EFF to sue NSA over illegal surveillance

Nineteen organizations including gun ownership advocates, and a broad coalition of membership and political advocacy organizations filed suit against the NSA for violating …

Microsoft helped NSA get around its encryption

It has been a bad month for US Internet giants, but things got even worse for Microsoft as the latest batch of NSA documents leaked by Edward Snowden revealed that the company …

Blue Coat Internet monitoring devices (mis)used in Iran, Syria, Sudan

Even though US sanctions should have made it impossible, filtering and Internet monitoring devices by US-based Blue Coat Systems can be found on many computer networks in …

Feds asked to avoid DEF CON this year

Jeff Moss (aka “The Dark Tangent”), founder and director of the Black Hat conference and DEF CON, has officially announced that employees of US federal agencies …

Hearings announced for EU Parliament inquiry into alleged spying

The Civil Liberties Committee inquiry will gather information and evidence to investigate alleged surveillance activities by the US authorities and EU countries. It will then …

No more disconnection penalty for French file sharers

HADOPI, the French “three strikes” law for promoting the distribution and protection of creative works on the Internet, has been changed and can no longer be used …

Cyber security collaboration in Europe

The EU agency ENISA is supporting the development of standards for products and services in cyber security by today signing a collaboration agreement with two of the major …

Latest leaks by NSA whistleblower reveal NSA’s global reach

EU countries might be formally outraged at the US bugging of EU officials both in America and Europe and NSA’s phone surveillance in general, but as news outlets …

EPIC petitions US Supreme court to stop NSA domestic phone spying

The Washington-based Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) has filed on Monday a petition with the US Supreme Court asking it to put a stop to the disclosure of the …

Global security threats focus of Technology Against Crime Forum

Senior representatives from governments, law enforcement, industry, security and academia from around the world are gathering in Lyon for the first Technology Against Crime …

EU adopts stricter penalties for cyber criminals

Cyber criminals will face tougher penalties in the EU, under new rules adopted by Parliament on Thursday. The draft directive, already informally agreed with member states, …

FDA shut down 1,677 illegal pharmacy websites

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, in partnership with international regulatory and law enforcement agencies, took action this week against more than 9,600 websites that …

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