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2015-01-27

Critical Infrasctructure: UK and US Power Grids - Under Cyber Attack Every Minute

The UK government is one step ahead of hackers trying to turn off the country’s lights, for now. The prospect of cyber-attacks on the nation’s power network is a major threat to the country’s security, according to James Arbuthnot, a member of parliament who chaired the Defense Select Committee until last year. He plans to visit National Grid Plc. (NG/) next month to discuss the issue.

2015-01-26

Snowden Says US Creates A Black Market for Digital Weapons

James Bamford, a journalist, who is working with NOVA on a new film about cyber warfare that will air in 2015, last summer sat down with Snowden in a Moscow hotel room for a lengthy interview, which has now been released. In it, Snowden sheds light on the surprising frequency with which cyber attacks occur, their potential for destruction, and what, exactly, he believes is at stake as governments and rogue elements rush to exploit weaknesses found on the internet, one of the most complex systems ever built by humans.

2015-01-20

Android Apps Collect Personal Data – But just how much may surprise you

Many apps collect plenty of personal data in an attempt to track users online and serve them targeted ads in the process.

2015-01-17

Coming Soon. How Surveillance and Privacy will Overlap in 2025

When living a public life becomes the new default, what does privacy even mean? That’s one of the central questions in a new report about the future of privacy from Pew Research Center, which collected the opinions of more than 2,500 experts in computer programming, engineering, publishing, data science, and related fields.

2015-01-18

Sony has a $60 million Cyber Insurance policy

Sony Pictures Entertainment holds $60 million in Cyber insurance with Marsh, according to documents leaked by the group claiming responsibility for the attack on the movie studio.

2015-01-19

Dark Web thrives despite Operation Onymous

There is a part of the web that is still hidden from the majority of the Internet users, a so-called dark web that cannot be found by conventional search engines or accessed by standard browsers.

2015-01-08

FBI briefed on alternate Sony hack theory

FBI agents who are investigating the Sony Pictures hack were briefed recently by a security firm that says its research on the attacks points to laid-off Sony staff and not to North Korea, as the perpetrator.

2015-01-14

‘Anonymous’ Call For Revenge On Charlie Hebdo Terrorists

“Anonymous from around the world have decided to declare war against you, terrorists” a purported member of the hacktivist group said in a video uploaded to YouTube, referring to the killers responsible for the attack on French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo. Speaking in French on Anonymous’s Belgian channel, the cyber vigilante warned terrorists, “We will track all your online activity, we will close your accounts on every social network.”

2015-01-15

Cybercrime? Blogger gets Flogged for ‘Insult to Islam’

A Saudi Arabian blogger has been publicly flogged after being convicted of cybercrime and insulting Islam, reports say.

2015-01-12

MI5 seeks new powers after Paris magazine attack

Andrew Parker describes Charlie Hebdo outrage as ‘a terrible reminder of the intentions of those who wish us harm’

2015-01-09

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