New documents shared by Edward Snowden reveal that the National Security Agency (NSA), US was spying on emails of mobile phone company employees under an operation dubbed AURORAGOLD. According to a report…
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Samsung devices get NSA approval for government use
Samsung on Tuesday announced some of its Galaxy mobile devices have received approval from the U.S. National Security Agency for use with classified US government networks and data. Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy…
Germany ends Verizon deal over NSA snooping fears
Irked by NSA spying its Chancellor, Germany has ditched the US telecom giant Verizon replacing it with Deutsche Telekom AG!
Ireland requests EU court to review data-sharing deal with US
Irish Court asks ECJ to clarify whether or not the Safe Habour agreement violates the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights!
GCHQ litigated over ‘unlawful hacking’
UK Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has been sued by Rights group Privacy International on Tuesday, demanding an end to surveillance programs deemed to be “incompatible with democratic principles and human rights standards.”…
Tor: ‘We’ll lose about 12% of guard and exit capacity’ because of Heartbleed
Tor (The Onion Router), the internet traffic anonymising service, is bleeding due to the Heartbleed vulnerability, claims a recent report. According to the Register, some of the Tor nodes are running compromised…
Obama crafts exception for NSA to exploit some security flaws claims new report
President Barack Obama has carved out a broad national security exception for the National Security Agency (NSA), claims the new report. President Obama has made a decision in January that the NSA,…
NSA secretly exploited Heartbleed claims new report, but agency denies
The National Security Agency (NSA) was well aware of the Heartbleed flaw and has been regularly exploiting it to gather critical intelligence for at least two years, anonymous sources familiar with the…
Yahoo: Traffic moving between our data centres is fully encrypted
Yahoo has announced through a blog post that all the traffic between its data centres is now full encrypted, as a part of an ongoing project under which it intends to deploy…
NSA breached Huawei servers claim latest Snowden leaks
Huawei, Chinese telecom and Internet Company, on Sunday condemned the reports, which claim the US National Security Agency to have breached the company’s internal servers. According to a New York Times report,…
NSA Lawyer: Tech giants knew about NSA’s data collection
The general counsel for the National Security Agency (NSA) dismissed criticism within the tech community on Wednesday, stating that Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and other tech giants knew about the data collection. The…
US Gov announces plans to relinquish control over internet
The U.S. Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) made an announcement on Friday that it is transitioning the function to the “global Internet community” and will give up its oversight…
Mark Zuckerberg calls Obama to complain about NSA Spying
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg personally called US President Barack Obama on Wednesday to express frustration over the US government’s surveillance programs. Zuckerberg spoke with the president following the most recent leaks of…
NSA posed as Facebook to spread surveillance malware
Latest leaks by the whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal that the National Security Agency (NSA) has been disguising itself as a Facebook server in order to gain access to the computers of intelligence…
Edward Snowden urges for broader encryption use at SXSW
Edward Snowden, appearing on screen via Google Hangout routed through seven proxies from his current location in Moscow, Russia, was welcomed with applause at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival (SXSW) in…