CISPA’s back: Hacking, online espionage resurrect cybersecurity bill
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection act (CISPA) will be reintroduced before the US House next week following a spate of cyber espionage and hacking attacks. Civil liberties advocates have...
View ArticleSymbolic Pics of the Month (02/13)
In this edition of SPOTM: Taylor Swift, Justin Timberlake, Rihanna and a whole lot of MK-Themed fashion. (I know, I did state last month that the SPOTM series of articles was over. I however realized...
View ArticleZombie law: CISPA cyber bill resurrected from the dead
The two US lawmakers responsible for last year’s failed cybersecurity bill known as CISPA are reintroducing the act, and renewed interest from Washington means it might have a fighting chance this...
View ArticleCyber-gang extorted millions by posing as cops, copyright holders
European police have busted a cybercriminal ring that extorted millions of euros with a computer virus that locked machines up and demanded a ransom. They also posed as police, accusing victims of...
View ArticleUS and China accuse each other of cyber warfare
Security experts in the United States claim that a 12-story office building outside of Shanghai is the headquarters of a sophisticated hacking unit within the Chinese military established to attack...
View Article'CIA killed 9/11 author in black ops hit'
A former US National Security Agency officer says the 9/11 investigative author Philip Marshall and his children were killed in a “black ops hit” by the CIA, dismissing the suicide hypothesis. Wayne...
View ArticleActivist arrested for wearing ‘Occupy Everything’ jacket
The front of the US Supreme Court is covered with an large banner printed with an image of the building during a restoration project on February 27, 2013 in Washington, DC. (AFP Photo) If you’re...
View ArticleRich and mighty brought to book: Biggest-ever financial leak with global ripples
More politicians and tycoons appear to be marred by scandal as the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) keeps adding names to its list of owners of secret offshore firms. ICIJ...
View ArticleAssange on PRISM: US justice system in ‘calamitous’ collapse
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has slammed a recently exposed NSA mass-surveillance scheme as a “calamitous collapse in the rule of law.” Google, Facebook and other tech giants apparently involved...
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