Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The stakes were high this year when Ralph Echemendia began work on the set of Oliver Stone’s latest film, Snowden. The Miami hipster’s job was to fight off daily attacks from malicious hackers. After all, the movie was a biopic The…
Snowden Documents Prove “Shadow Brokers Hacked The NSA
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans New documents confirm that a hacking group calling itself the Shadow Brokers has indeed managed to steal “cyber weapons” from the National Security Agency. The classified top secret documents, which were published by the Intercept this morning, were leaked by The…
Snowden designs a phone case that hides owner’s location
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Edward Snowden has secretly been working on a project to stop smartphones from revealing the location of people in dangerous places. Snowden said he envisions it as a protection for journalists and human rights workers, but it could be used by…
UTSA to Study How to Stop ‘Insider Hackers’ Like Edward Snowden
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans When you think of breaking into computer systems and stealing credit card numbers from retailers, or secrets from the Pentagon, you probably think of shadowy computer hackers in Russia or China. But two UTSA professors have received a $650,000 contraxct from…
Edward Snowden Addresses Queen’s University in Online Keynote
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Sporting a black shirt in front of a black background, it seemed as though his head had emerged from the ethernet itself. The NSA whistleblower who had disclosed thousands of secret internal documents from his former employer was conducting the Queen’s…
Snowden slams UK new surveillance bill
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Snowden said the powers given to security agencies in the bill amounted to access to “the activity log of your life.” Earlier, the Home Secretary Theresa May admitted that UK spy agencies MI5, MI6 and GCHQ secretly collected communications data for…
EU Parliament votes nonbinding resolution to protect Edward Snowden
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans On Thursday, the European Parliament narrowly voted a nonbinding resolution calling on European Union (EU) member states to offer “protection” to Edward Snowden. By 285 to 281 votes, it recommended that EU states “drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant…
Alan Rusbridger takes aim at press over phone hacking and Snowden
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Alan Rusbridger, the former editor-in-chief of the Guardian, has accused Fleet Street of behaving like a private club with a bunker mentality, during both the phone-hacking scandal and following threats to civil liberties. In a wide-ranging speech at the Society of…
Some Democrats Deserve Praise for NSA and Snowden Stances. Hillary Clinton, Not So Much.
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The Democratic presidential candidates gave sensible answers on questions relating to NSA spying, the Patriot Act, and the purported crimes of Edward Snowden. The only notable exception was frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Bernie Sanders and Jim Webb gave strong reminders that most…
EDWARD SNOWDEN: NSA SPYING ON PORN HABITS, NOT TERRORISTS
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans Snowden, who was speaking from Russia, where he has been seeking asylum since 2013, continued his tirade against the United States government’s surveillance program in front of a standing-room-only crowd of his loyal devotees. Among the topics he addressed, Snowden suggested…