Cyber-Security
Internet Shutdowns Become A Favorite Tool of Governments: ‘It’s Like We Suddenly Went Blind’
Governments increasingly order telecoms to turn off web access in neighborhoods, regions or whole countries, sometimes for months. Internet Shutdowns Become A Favorite Tool of Governments: ‘It’s Like We Suddenly Went Blind’ Last June, the Myanmar subsidiary of telecom Telenor Group received an urgent government order it was told it…
Trump To Step-up Domestic-Surveillance Programs! (#GotBitcoin?)
Senior White House officials are discussing an overhaul of the government’s surveillance program for people in the U.S. suspected of posing a national-security risk, spurred in part by President Trump’s grievances about an investigation of a 2016 campaign adviser, according to people familiar with the matter. Trump To Step-up Domestic-Surveillance…
Harvard Chemical Biology Department Chair Accused Of Selling Covid19 To Wuhan University
Harvard Professor Among Three Charged With Lying About Chinese Government Ties. Harvard Chemical Biology Department Chair Accused Of Selling Covid19 To Wuhan University [caption id="attachment_16961" align="aligncenter" width="349"] Charles Lieber of Harvard University[/caption] He was being paid $50,000 per month by the Chinese university and given $1.5 million to establish…
Fraud Case In Charleston, S.C., Shines Light On Web’s Dark Corners
Micfo and its founder pleaded not guilty in case revolving around IP addresses and the American Registry for Internet Numbers. Fraud Case In Charleston, S.C., Shines Light On Web’s Dark Corners A first-of-its-kind fraud prosecution of a small technology company and its owner has shed light on how the architecture…
CIA Has Had Keys To Global Communication Encryption Since WWII
As the crypto and blockchain space investigates seemingly private solutions for payments and messaging, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, or CIA, has had the backdoor to one of the world’s major encryption systems since World War II. CIA Has Had Keys To Global Communication Encryption Since WWII Beginning in WWII,…
Hostile Spies Target U.S. With Cyber, Encryption, Big Data, Report Finds
U.S. counterintelligence strategy sees challenges from foreign governments, criminal groups, hacktivists. Hostile Spies Target U.S. With Cyber, Encryption, Big Data, Report Finds Intelligence threats against the U.S. are becoming more complex, diverse, and harmful as adversaries turn to innovative hybrid techniques combining traditional spying, economic espionage and cyber operations to…
Hackers Stole And Encrypted Data of 5 U.S. Law Firms, Demand 2 Crypto Ransoms
Hackers compromised five United States law firms and demanded two 100 Bitcoin (BTC) (over $933,000 at press time) ransoms from each firm: one to restore access to the data, one to delete their copy instead of selling it. Hackers Stole And Encrypted Data of 5 U.S. Law Firms, Demand 2…
Ex-CIA Engineer Goes On Trial For Massive Leak
Joshua Schulte allegedly gave WikiLeaks a trove of documents revealing secret hacking programs. Ex-CIA Engineer Goes On Trial For Massive Leak A former software engineer for the Central Intelligence Agency is set to go to trial Monday in Manhattan federal court on charges that he leaked a trove of classified…
Multi One Password (Portable App)
Multi One Password is a portable app that allows you to generate, store, and password-protect unique passwords for all of your accounts with one password. Multi One Password (Portable App) Because the app is portable, you can take it with you anywhere. The interface is simple and clean, just the…
After He Fell For A $40K Phone Scam, His Bank Offered To Help—If He Stayed Quiet (#GotBitcoin?)
Billions of robocalls are resulting in thousands of fraudulent wire transfers. Some banks make victims sign confidentiality agreements, which may limit public awareness of how widespread the scams have become. After He Fell For A $40K Phone Scam, His Bank Offered To Help—If He Stayed Quiet (#GotBitcoin?) Bank of America…
Your PGP Key? Make Sure It’s Up To Date
Identity thieves now have another tool at their disposal: bitcoin hashing power. Your PGP Key? Make Sure It’s Up To Date That’s the conclusion from a new cryptanalysis paper published earlier this month on SHA-1 (pronounced “shaw”), a once-popular hash function created by the National Security Agency and disapproved in…
Bezos’ Phone Allegedly Hacked By Account Associated With Crown Prince
Phone allegedly began leaking data shortly after being sent a video file from WhatsApp account linked to Prince Mohammed. Bezos’ Phone Allegedly Hacked By Account Associated With Crown Prince [caption id="attachment_15756" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman, Center, And Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos To His Right, In…