The Landmark file: Inside Canadian cyber-security agency’s ‘target the world’ strategy
When Canadian intelligence officials speak about today’s spying, they can reveal great ambition. Sometimes they speak of wanting to “master the Internet” or even …
Former HHS cyber security chief convicted in CHILD PORN case
Timothy DeFoggi, a former acting director of cyber security for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, was convicted Tuesday on federal charges …
Protect your email the German way
Last summer, German secure email provider Posteo faced a do-or-die moment: give in to police threats to seize its servers or fight back in …
Anti-piracy investigator calls for dedicated Australian court to prosecute web pirates
A prominent anti-piracy investigator has called for the creation of a dedicated Australian court to deal with the illicit downloading and distribution of movies, …
Telstra found divulging web browsing histories to law-enforcement agencies without a warrant
The federal government has been left red-faced following revelations that law-enforcement agencies have been accessing Australians’ web browsing histories without a warrant. Access to …
Vienna court orders Facebook response on ‘Facebook v Europe’ privacy case
The Vienna regional court has given Facebook four weeks to respond to a 25,000 plaintiff class-action lawsuit over privacy. The lawsuit, called “Facebook v …
Records of up to 25,000 Homeland Security staff hacked in cyber-attack
The internal records of as many as 25,000 employees of America’s Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were exposed during a recent computer hack at …
Is Tor’s Anonymous Internet Still Secure?
Browsing the Web with The Onion Router, or Tor, is supposed to make you anonymous. Many of the encryption algorithms used by this popular …
US Government Is Paying To Undermine Internet Security, Not To Fix It
The Heartbleed computer security bug is many things: a catastrophic tech failure, an open invitation to criminal hackers and yet another reason to upgrade …
Brazil passes ‘internet constitution’ ahead of global conference on web future
Ahead of a two-day Net Mundial international conference in Sao Paulo on the future of the Internet, Brazil’s Senate has unanimously adopted a bill …
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