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By now you may already know that Yahoo had its 3 billion users hacked back in 2013 and how it worked as a US government tool by allowing the National Security Agency (NSA) to scan the email accounts of millions of Yahoo users worldwide. You may also know that Yahoo suffered a massive data breach in […]
On Tuesday we found out internet giant Yahoo has been playing flunky for the FBI and NSA, helping the feds spy on hundreds of millions of Yahoo email users. A Reuters investigation revealed the company built special software at the government’s request that scanned all incoming emails looking for key words and phrases. If that […]
A new app aims to prevent malware from recording video calls. In recent years we’ve seen malware that targets webcams and microphones in an effort to secretly record what a person says and does. Even the NSA has developed code that remotely switches on a person’s webcam. But things are different when it comes to Mac […]
A National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Harold Thomas Martin III was arrested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation back in August on charges of stealing confidential data of the intelligence organization. The 51-year-old NSA contractor hails from Glen Burnie, Maryland and has been accused of stealing, removal and retention of classified government materials. As per […]
Short Bytes: The FBI has secretly arrested a National Security Agency contractor. Named Harold Thomas Martin III, the contractor has been accused of stealing sensitive government information and posting them online. The complaint against him states that he knew what he was doing wrong and he didn’t have the authority. The FBI has arrested a National […]
Short Bytes: Yahoo’s troubles don’t seem to be ending anytime soon. A Reuters’s report has just dropped a massive bombshell on the company, suggesting that Yahoo complied with a U.S. government request and implemented a secret software to scan all the emails. CEO Marissa Mayer gave green signal without any counsel with company’s security head Alex Stamos. Later, […]
Report: Yahoo, the Internet giant developed a software to secretly scan millions of its users’ email conversations for the NSA meanwhile Yahoo’s CEO provided full cooperation to the agency. Yahoo developed a software to secretly scan its users’ email conversation for the US Intelligence agencies. According to a report from Reuters: “The company complied with a classified […]
The Shadow Brokers – the hacker group who claimed to have stolen a large cache of National Security Agency (NSA) hacking tools – is disappointed to find that it’s the wallflower at the stolen-stuff prom: nobody’s asking it to dance. On Saturday, the group put up yet another Borat-esque rant, this one about its conclusion […]
Image: Ewen MacAskill interviewing Edward Snowden/YouTube Short Bytes: NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has asked for presidential pardon on moral and ethical grounds from the US president Barack Obama who will be leaving office after the election. A Pardon Snowden campaign has also begun to support Snowden and his presidential pardon request. Edward Snowden is an […]
With only a small amount of work, ExtraBacon will commandeer new versions of ASA. Recently released code that exploits Cisco System firewalls and has been linked to the National Security Agency can work against a much larger number of models than many security experts previously thought. An exploit dubbed ExtraBacon contains code that prevents it from […]
Short Bytes: The Snowden documents have confirmed that the recent NSA hack was real. The Intercept has found the references of leaked malware and exploits in the documents provided by Snowden. The report mentions the existence of SECONDDATE, a hacking program that has affected millions of computers worldwide. Last weekend, a hacking group named The […]
Exploit against Cisco’s PIX line of firewalls remotely extracted crypto keys. In a revelation that shows how the National Security Agency was able to systematically spy on many Cisco Systems customers for the better part of a decade, researchers have uncovered an attack that remotely extracts decryption keys from the company’s now-decommissioned line of PIX firewalls. […]
Shadow Brokers Hacked NSA NSA is in deep shit if we are to believe what Shadow Brokers hacked NSA. A hacking group going by the name Shadow Brokers said on Monday that they had hacked into NSA website. They have access to all the NSA hacking tools it uses in surveillance of US and […]
Shadow Brokers hacking group is claiming that it hacked NSA’s Equation Group and stole a trove of hacking tools and exploits! Hackers are selling the tools online right now! A group of hackers going by the online handle of Shadow Brokers are claiming to have hacked National Security Agency’s (NSA) Equation Group stealing several hacking tools […]
Short Bytes: The ex-NSA contractor and whistleblower Edward Snowden posted a tweet yesterday. He asked his former colleagues to contact him with a cryptic message saying “It’s time”. He also tagged journalist Barton Gellman. The NSA whistleblower posted a puzzling tweet on Aug 3. He said, “It’s time” and requested his former colleagues, probably who were […]
The National Security Agency (NSA) has reportedly turned its focus on Tor and Linux users, having recently shown a keen interest in these users’ online activities. The NSA has gone as far as calling users of products such as The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) and Tor as extremists. Readers of Linux Journal were also […]
LinkedIn, world’s first professional social network will now be working under the ownership of technology giant Microsoft but does this raise concerns about users’ privacy? Microsoft is taking over the ownership for the world renowned professional social network LinkedIn in a $26.2 billion deal at $196 per share. Microsoft chief executive Satya Nadella said in a statement […]
THE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY is researching opportunities to collect foreign intelligence — including the possibility of exploiting internet-connected biomedical devices like pacemakers, according to a senior official. “We’re looking at it sort of theoretically from a research point of view right now,” Richard Ledgett, the NSA’s deputy director, said at a conference on military technology […]
When the FBI was trying to break into the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, many assumed that the NSA would have the technical capability to do so. Turns out, one of the most powerful intelligence agencies in the world couldn’t hack into that specific model, according to an NSA official. “We don’t do every phone, every […]
Google recently released two of its newest messaging applications Google Allo and Google Duo. However, despite the fact that Allo is loaded with exceptional features, Edward Snowden believes that users should avoid using it! Google Allo is an app that utilizes the Knowledge Graph of Google to offer smart communication experience. This means, for those […]
RECENT HEADLINES WARN that the government now has greater authority to hack your computers, in and outside the US. Changes to federal criminal court procedures known as Rule 41 are to blame; they vastly expand how and whom the FBI can legally hack. But just like the NSA’s hacking operations, FBI hacking isn’t new. In […]