RSA advises customers to stop using NSA-influenced encryption algorithm
In the wake of the disclosure that the NSA has influenced NIST to adopt an encryption standard that includes one random bit generator with a weakness known only to the …
Video: NSA hearing in the European Parliament
Embedded below is the full video of the NSA hearing in the Human Rights Committee (LIBE) in the European Parliament 5 September 2013, which runs at 03:25 hours. Courtesy of …
Largest Belgian telecom breached by the NSA?
Belgacom, primarily state owned and the largest telecom in Belgium, has announced that its internal IT systems have been breached and compromised with malware by an …
NSA impersonated Google in MitM attacks
After all the recent revelations about the NSA and their surveillance and encryption-foiling activities, would it surprise you to know that the agency or its British …
NSA says illegal data collection was caused by too complex tech
NSA’s repeated claims about having its surveillance apparatus under control have taken another hit after the agency has been legally forced to publish a huge batch of …
EU debates NSA surveillance impact and media freedom
The impact of US National Security Agency and other surveillance programs on EU citizens’ privacy and media freedom and the lack of democratic oversight of these …
Backdoored NIST standard revealed, will be reopened for review
Following last week’s revelation that the NSA has, among other things, influenced the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to adopt an encryption …
EU politicians want to suspend banking data-sharing program
Following the claims that the NSA has spied on the Belgian-based Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (SWIFT) – the organization that provides the …
With crypto being insecure, whom do you trust?
Last week’s revelation that the NSA has for years now concentrated on subverting the encryption that protects commerce and banking transactions, sensitive data, e-mails, …
NSA’s quest to subvert encryption, install backdoors
Journalists from the NYT and ProPublica have joined efforts and have published the most explosive article to date dealing with revelations about NSA spying efforts. Backed by …
NSA announces new schools for cyber initiative
Four new schools have been selected for the National Security Agency’s National Centers of Academic Excellence in Cyber Operations Program, which was designed to …
The TAO of NSA
In last week’s reports, it has been pointed out that NSA has its own hacking unit called Tailored Access Operations (TAO), and that its capabilities have been tapped for …
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