NSA

Advocate General To Advise On EU, US Data Sharing Agreement

Legal expert to offer his opinion on whether EU Safe Habour data sharing agreement is binding

9 years ago

Hortonworks Acquires Onyara For Real Time IoT Analytics

The Hadoop developer said Onyara's NSA-developed technology will make it easier to acquire data from an array of devices

9 years ago

Microsoft Tests Quantum Computer-Proof Web Encryption

New system may allow the web's SSL systems to fend off attacks by advanced quantum computers

9 years ago

Snowden: NSA And GCHQ ‘Targeted’ Security Firms

The US and UK spy agencies used cracking techniques to look for ways around popular antivirus programs, according to leaked…

9 years ago

USA Freedom Act Reforms NSA Bulk Data Collection

US Senate approves USA Freedom Act and reforms the NSA's bulk data harvesting activities

9 years ago

NSA Tests Smartphone Handwriting ID Tech

Fact or fiction? Can your smartphone identify you just by the way you type on the keyboard?

9 years ago

LogJam Vulnerability Exposes Encryption Fears

Not again! Another legacy encryption flaw could explain how the NSA and co cracked encrypted communications

9 years ago

NSA Sought German Help To Spy On Siemens – Report

The NSA asked its German equilvant for help to spy on industrial conglomerate Siemens

9 years ago

NSA Data Collection Ruled Illegal By US Court

American appeals court rules bulk collection of phone records by NSA is illegal, but program still continues

9 years ago

Airbus Looks To Sue NSA Amidst Spying Allegations

French aerospace giant filing lawsuit after documents emerged in German press implicating the NSA in European industrial spying

9 years ago

Senate Bill To Extend NSA Surveillance Authorisation

Here we go again. US Republicans introduce Bill to extend surveillance elements of the US Patriot Act

9 years ago

Top European Court Mulls Over Facebook Data Sharing Case

June will see the decision by the top European court on the data sharing agreement between the US and Europe

9 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Predicts US Government Defeat Over Encryption

The tech industry will win fight against governments over the use of encryption on devices, says Eric Schmidt

9 years ago

Facebook Still Being Squeezed By Government Data Requests

Facebook reports global rise in government demands for user data, also updates community standards banning buttocks

9 years ago

Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA Over Internet Surveillance

The operator of Wikipedia said it hopes to rein in the NSA's mass Internet surveillance operations

9 years ago

Gemalto Hack Probe Confirms US, UK Spy Link

Gemalto's 'thorough investigation' concludes GCHQ and the NSA was probably behind 'sophisticated intrusion'

9 years ago

NSA Analysis Of Sony Hack Identifies North Korea

The NSA backs FBI conclusion that North Korea was responsible for the damaging hack of Sony Pictures

9 years ago

GCHQ And NSA ‘Hacked’ SIM Card Firm To Spy On Calls And Texts

GCHQ and NSA accused of hacking Gemalto in documents allegedly leaked by Edward Snowden

9 years ago

The UK Government Has Now Spent £10M On Julian Assange

Govwaste.co.uk cash-ticker edges past the £10,000,000 mark, calls Assange's forced asylum a farce

9 years ago

NSA Reform Proposals Slammed As ‘Pitiful’

New proposals governing NSA data collection don't go far enough, campaigners complain

9 years ago

Huawei Denies Spying; Fights Internal Fraud With Confession Program

Elusive Huawei boss uses World Economic Forum at Davos to prove firm's transparency

9 years ago

BlackBerry Gains Secusmart To Foil Snoopers

BlackBerry closes up acquisition of German specialist that secured Angela Merkel’s BlackBerry against the NSA

9 years ago

UN Resolution Warns of ‘Intrusive’ Digital Spying

Privacy concerns highlighted by UN Committee in wake of mass surveillance and data interception revelations

9 years ago

NSA, GCHQ Accused Of Breaking Into Networks Run By Deutche Telecom

A system called TREASUREMAP was reportedly used to spy on German network operators

10 years ago

Surveillance Protesters Picket GCHQ

Britain's top secret eavesdropping agency, GCHQ, faces a weekend of protests by privacy campaigners

10 years ago

Tor Is Being Kept Safe By Dissenting GCHQ And NSA Agents, Claims Project Director

Apparently a few of the government spies want to keep Tor anonymous and secure

10 years ago

GCHQ Is Mapping Open TCP Ports Across Whole Countries

The reconnaissance operation codenamed ‘Hacienda’ supplies the agency with some of the information needed to compromise systems

10 years ago

‘Hand Over Your Source Code’, Russia Tells Apple And SAP

“To prove you are not spies, we require your source code”, Russia tells Apple and SAP

10 years ago

NSA Ex-Director Touts $1m Per Month Security Service

Former NSA director Keith Alexander is filing for security patents and promising an intrusion detection service

10 years ago

BlackBerry Buys Secusmart – The Firm That NSA-Proofed Merkel’s Phone

Secusmart secured Angela Merkel's BlackBerry against NSA snooping. Now BlackBerry wants to offer that more widely

10 years ago