The whistleblower responsible for providing The Guardian with top-secret documentsuncovering the National Security Agency’s secret surveillance programs revealed his identity on Sunday. The Guardian wrote that it was publishing Edward Snowden’s identity at his request: From the moment he decided to disclose numerous top-secret documents to the public, he was determined not to opt for [...]
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Halting Cybercrime Requires Cutting Off Easy Money
May 31st, 2013 National Cyber Security The crackdown on Liberty Reserve underscores the danger posed by anonymous money transfers using virtual or digital currencies — a facet of cybercrime increasingly under scrutiny by law enforcement The successful compromise of an employee’s or consumer’s computer is only the start of an online crime. Without the ability to move money from the [...]
Online freedoms must survive government hacker wars, warns US attorney general
May 24th, 2013 National Cyber Security The rise in cyber threats and malware attack tools must not threaten the openness of the internet as a place to do business, according to US deputy attorney general James Cole. Cole highlighted the importance of maintaining core online freedoms in this fight against cyber threats in an address to the Georgetown Cybersecurity Law Institute on Thursday. “We must [...]
Police to host safety awards banquet
May 15th, 2013 National Cyber Security NORTH ANDOVER — The Police Department will host an awards ceremony at 7 p.m. tomorrow to honor students who created posters that remind young people of the dangers they face in today’s world, including abductions, sexual exploitation and Internet predators. The students being honored were the winners of the department’s Take 25 poster contest. Take [...]
Celebrity Hackers End Attack: Report
March 20th, 2013 National Cyber Security The hackers who posted personal financial information belonging to celebrities including Beyonce, Tiger Woods, Hillary Clinton, Kim Kardashian, Ashton Kutcher, and Michelle Obama have reportedly ended their cyber attack. Throughout the week, high-profile figures’ sensitive data, including credit card and banking info, was leaked via the hacking. When the First Lady was added to the [...]
Hackers shut down celebrity site that revealed financial account details of Jay-Z, Beyonce, Ashton Kutcher and more
March 19th, 2013 National Cyber Security Screen grab of hacker web site www.exposed.su. They were looking for loot, but instead got some laughs. The cyberthieves who hacked into America’s three major credit-history databases and posted sensitive financial information about scores of celebrities last week — from Michelle Obama to Bill Gates — were trolling for big bank accounts to plunder, according [...]
Reuters journalist who allegedly conspired with Anonymous hackers is suspended
March 18th, 2013 National Cyber Security A Reuters journalist has been indicted by a US federal grand jury for allegedly handing over the login credentials of his former employer, Los Angeles Times parent company Tribune Co., to people claiming allegiance to the hacker movement Anonymous. Reuters.com, which currently employs 26-year-old Matthew Keys as a deputy social media editor, suspended him with [...]
Infamous Hacker Heading Chinese Antivirus Firm?
December 1st, 2012 NewsRoom Infamous Hacker Heading Chinese Antivirus Firm? 315tweetsretweet What does a young Chinese hacker do once he’s achieved legendary status for developing Microsoft Office zero-day exploits and using them to hoover up piles of sensitive data from U.S. Defense Department contractors? Would you believe: Start an antivirus firm? That appears to be what’s happened at Anvisoft, [...]
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Comments OffUS cybersecurity report points accusing finger at China
November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom US cybersecurity report points accusing finger at China By Mark Clayton The sheer volume of Chinese cyberespionage directed against the United States, together with its increasing sophistication, “make China the most threatening actor in cyberspace,” concludes a new government report released Wednesday. While it is still unknown who in China, specifically, is doing the hacking, technical gains are [...]
Obama’s Secret Directive Keeps Evolving Cybersecurity Policy Concealed
November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom Obama’s Secret Directive Keeps Evolving Cybersecurity Policy Concealed By: Kevin Gosztola President Barack Obama has issued and signed a secret presidential directive that the Washington Post reports is “the most extensive White House effort to date to wrestle with what constitutes an ‘offensive’ and a ‘defensive’ action in the rapidly evolving world of cyberwar and [...]
Gaza cyber-struggle takes missile war to second battlefield
November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom Gaza cyber-struggle takes missile war to second battlefield Supporters of Israel and those opposing Operation Pillar of Defense tussle on social media By David Shamah Minister Yuli Edelstein (center) in the Social Media Operations Center (Photo credit: Courtesy) Whether or not it succeeds in stopping Hamas rocket attacks on southern Israel, Operation Pillar [...]
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November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom Report: Obama Signs New Cyber Policy Directive Written by Tim Watson A new directive from President Barack Obama guides the operations of federal agencies against cyber threats and gives the military power to be more aggressive against those threats, the Washington Post reports. Ellen Nakashima writes Presidential Policy Directive 20 was signed in mid-October and [...]
Elite Chinese hacker rumored to be running Anvisoft antivirus firm
November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom Elite Chinese hacker rumored to be running Anvisoft antivirus firm By: Ryan Whitwam Whenever a new antivirus firm pops up, the Internet tends to be wary. Recent years have seen a multitude of malicious hacks and trojans masquerading as legitimate antivirus software, and suspicion [...]
Antivirus startup linked to infamous Chinese hacker
November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom Antivirus startup linked to infamous Chinese hacker ‘This may all be a strange coincidence or hoax,’ the reporter who discovered the link warned By Antone Gonsalves CSO – Anvisoft, a Chinese antivirus startup, has been linked to an infamous hacker suspected of developing sophisticated malware used to siphon sensitive information from Defense Department contractors in [...]
Report: Obama Signed Secret Cyberwar Directive In October
November 30th, 2012 NewsRoom Report: Obama Signed Secret Cyberwar Directive In October A man sits in front of several computer screens. Carl Franzen Less than a month before Election Day, President Obama signed a secret directive that clarifies what types of actions the military is allowed to take to protect the nation from cyber threats, the Washington Post [...]
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