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Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin exposed
The Securities and Exchange Commission charged man and his company with defrauding investors in a Ponzi scheme involving Bitcoin, a virtual currency traded on online exchanges …
72% can’t securely manage multiple computing environments
AppSense and CTOVision announced the results of a survey that included responses from 245 executives, technologists and contractors – across the defense, intelligence …
Huawei’s Chinese connection continues to be source of suspicion
A day after it was announced that the UK government will investigate the employees at the Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Center located in Banbury, Oxfordshire, …
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 …