Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The U.S. Department of Defence has turned to well-intentioned hackers and independent security researchers to help the government agency find software bugs and vulnerabilities in its computer systems. But in Canada, the government appears to still have no formal The post…
Britain doesn’t care about the Goverment’s plan to spy on them
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans A survey conducted pertaining to the UK’s divisive and alarming Investigatory Powers Bill has highlighted just how little many British citizens care about the impact it could have on their privacy. The IP Bill, which has been dubbed the “Snooper’s Charter”…
SECURITY THIS WEEK: THE GOVERNMENT REALLY DOESN’T SEEM TO LIKE ENCRYPTION
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans This week, Andy Greenberg and Gwern Branwen uncovered the probable identity of Bitcoin creator Satoshi Nakamoto—but then again, he might be a hoaxer. We took a look at malvertising, the hack that can infect your computer even if you don’t click…
Oukitel K6000 uses a safer li-polymer battery that doesn’t go boom (VIDEO)
We’ve seen Chinese smartphone manufacturer Oukitel do some nasty stuff to its phones. Last month, we watched as the Oukitel K4000 was literally drilled, leaving a hole in the middle of the phone. And while the screen obviously didn’t work, the device was still able to read a handwritten input…
Report: Sony might exit its smartphone business if 2016 doesn’t produce a profit
According to a new report, Sony Chief Executive Kazuo Hirai is giving the company’s Xperia smartphone line one more year to prove itself. If the division doesn’t break even, or post a profit in 2016, the executive has hinted that there are “alternative options” for Sony including exiting the business…
6 Things Washington Doesn’t Get About Hackers
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans For a forthcoming book (shameless plug: preorder now!), I spent the last several years interviewing over 100 security researchers, usually self-described as “hackers,” attending security conferences, and watching how these professionals uncovered vulnerabilities and shortcomings in software, computer systems, and everyday…
Expert hacker: Hillary doesn’t know who read her personal email
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans At a press conference on Tuesday, Hillary Clinton tried to assure the public that there were “no security breaches” on the private server she used to send and receive emails during her time as secretary of state. But cyber experts are…
US wants to hack your phone because it doesn’t have real spies it needs
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Powered by Max Banner Ads As Google’s Android smartphone operating system was coming under attack in fall 2012 from malware with the colorful names of “Loozfon” and “FinFisher,” the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center issued an alert to help defend against…
New Snowden Interview The Government Doesn’t Want You to See
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Three-strikes anti-piracy law ‘doesn’t deter piracy’
A study involving thousands of French internet users has found that the country’s “three strikes” anti-piracy policies don’t actually curb piracy. Researchers from the universities of Delaware and Rennes looking into the impact of France’s Hadopi law — which threatened to cut off internet access for users found to have infringed copyright…