Cyberespionage: U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission reported for the first time that cloud computing “represents a potential espionage threat.” U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission reported for the first time that cloud computing “represents a potential espionage threat.” , Chinese hackers are a persistent collector of sensitive information, their action is incessant and represent […]

NSA spygate concerns prompt Microsoft to encrypt its internet traffic: Microsoft is moving to encrypt internet traffic flowing into and out of its data centers, according to a Washington Post report that cites people familiar with the emerging plans. This is just the latest sign that NSA data scooping/snooping revelations have hit home for big American […]

India tops cybercrime hit list: India is increasingly becoming a hotbed of cybercrime and companies are finding it difficult to cope with the onslaught of online attacks, resulting in a huge loss of money and reputation, say online security experts.Cyber attacks are showing no signs of abating. India was ranked among the top five countries […]

Targeted Internet Traffic Misdirection: For years, we’ve observed that there was potential for someone to weaponize the classic Pakistan-and-Youtube style route hijack. Why settle for simple denial of service, when you can instead steal a victim’s traffic, take a few milliseconds to inspect or modify it, and then pass it along to the intended recipient? […]

The 7 Deadliest Computer Hacks Known To Mankind: As long as companies and governments continue investing in cyber militarization, there will be bigger, more catastrophic computer hacks. There is no bottom to the rabbit hole when it comes to potential exploits in computer software, Professor Peter Ludlow, an Internet culture expert and professor of philosophy at Northwestern […]

Indonesian group hacks Crime Stoppers site: Indonesian hackers are targeting Australian police and other government agencies’ websites as payback for spying on their president but no critical police information has been compromised. The hacking group called BlackSinChan is reportedly acquiring and publishing encrypted passcodes of some Australian websites, leaving a message on one site “This […]

How Antisec Died: On Friday Hammond released an amazing statement on what happened and what he believes in. It showed a powerful courage in the face of what was happening to him. He also started to list the countries where he’d hacked into servers at Sabu/FBI request, and was stopped by the judge who went […]

Poor security on Obamacare site could sacrifice private info: On a Monday morning interview on CNBC, Kennedy offered some harsh words about the Obamacare Web site. After noting the well-publicized performance problems, “we basically started poking and prodding and looking at the security, and we found that it was pretty bad all around… Putting your […]

Singapore, Seoul key players in ‘Five Eyes’ spy ring: A report last night by Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad, published a U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) map that revealed the U.S. and its “Five Eyes” spy network monitored high-speed fiber cables at 20 locations across the globe. This surveillance alliance comprised nations such as Australia, the U.K., […]

Cryptocat Blocked in Iran: On Monday, November 18, it came to our attention that the Cryptocat website and the associated private chat service were inaccessible to our users in Iran. Currently, the main Cryptocat chat network is blocked in Iran through a DNS-level access block on its public IP address. It currently appears that Cryptocat […]