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FBI details “Going Dark” for web surveillance

Chris Burns, May 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

The FBI have drafted a proposed law which would extend the abilities of the 1994 CALEA act which established their ability to tap phones across the USA. This law would work with communications companies across the states to establish a threshold for number of users which, once met, would require said communications company to activate surveillance-friendly functions on their network for use by the FBI. There are two ways that you, the reader, can take this news - one of them, believe it or not, is fairly positive. Read The Full Story

FBI: check for DNS Changer malware before it’s too late

Ben Kersey, Apr 23rd 2012 Discuss [0]

Previously, on The Internet: millions of computers across the globe were infected by malware called DNS Changer. The software targeted both PCs and Macs, and redirected users away from websites to ones that were deployed by cybercriminals. The new websites were filled with advertisements, with enough views and click throughs generating millions of dollars worth of revenue for the bad guys. Read The Full Story

Epic Games behind FBI and Army training games

Rue Liu, Mar 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Epic Games has revealed that it is licensing its Unreal Engine 3 to the FBI, the Army, and other government agencies. This is the same engine behind popular massive multiplayer games, such as Gears of War and Mass Effect. It will be put to use for developing training games that involve medical, decision-making, and crime scene simulations. Read The Full Story

Android pattern-lock stumps FBI in prostitution case

Mark Raby, Mar 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

If you wondered whether or not the pattern lock on your Android phone was a secure way to keep your information safe, this news should made you feel pretty confident. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has admitted that not even its collective brainpower is able to crack the code. Investigators are trying to gain access to a Samsung Exhibit II that was recovered in a prostitution case. Read The Full Story

Anonymous strikes again: Hacks law enforcement supply website

Ben Kersey, Mar 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

Earlier this week, AntiSec, part of Anonymous, hacked and defaced Panda Security’s PandaLabs website after the FBI arrested five members of LulzSec. AntiSec have struck again, this time hacking New York Ironworks website, a company dealing in law enforcement supplies. They also posted a message taunting the FBI. Read The Full Story

Anonymous retaliates, hacks Panda Security’s website

Ben Kersey, Mar 7th 2012 Discuss [0]

Yesterday we learned of the arrests of five members of hacker group LulzSec, seemingly brought down by their own leader working in tandem with the FBI. Hector Xavier Monsegur, aka “Sabu”, was arrested back in June 2011 and is thought to have been working with the FBI ever since. In response, members claiming to be part of Anonymous have hacked and defaced Panda Security’s PandaLabs website. Read The Full Story

Hacking group LulzSec brought down from the inside

Ben Kersey, Mar 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

The LulzSec saga continues, although it may perhaps be at its end in this bizarre development that reads like something out of a movie. The shadowy organization has reportedly been brought down by the FBI, who have been working with LulzSec’s own leader, Hector Xavier Monsegur, otherwise known as “Sabu”, after the hacker agreed to cooperate having been arrested in mid-2011. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs FBI file pulled with Freedom of Information Act

Chris Burns, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

There's quite a bit of hubub about the Steve Jobs FBI file that's been put up for download by any man, woman, or child who would dare read it today, but not a whole lot of people speaking about how it came to us all now, of all times. What's going on here is that the FBI was vetting Jobs for a tech job with the President - a Bush at the time. The result of this interview process was a set of papers with interviews of colleagues of Jobs speaking highly and in some cases not so highly of his character - this packet of papers is now available for download thanks to the Freedom of Information Act and a fellow by the name of Michael Morisy. Read The Full Story

Steve Jobs’ FBI file: “Deceptive” and “driven”

Chris Davies, Feb 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

The FBI has released its file on Apple founder Steve Jobs, a 1991 investigation into the CEO that characterizes the iconic exec as both "a deceptive individual" and one of "high moral character and integrity." The contrary report documents feedback from colleagues, employers and others and was constructed by the FBI when Jobs was being considered for political office in the President's Export Council under the original Bush administration. Although many spoke positively of Jobs, others were less convinced, with suggestions that he "has integrity as long as he gets his way." Read The Full Story

US officials say cyber crimes will overtake terrorism as top threat

Mark Raby, Feb 4th 2012 Discuss [10]

Just as authentication service VeriSign admitted it has been hit by very strong hacking attacks a couple years ago, US officials have revealed that computer crimes will be more of a threat to the country than terrorism. VeriSign is an example of how cyber attacks can affect tens of millions of civilians, but government offices are also the target of malicious hackers. Read The Full Story

FBI accuses insider of stealing Federal Reserve computer code

Mark Raby, Jan 26th 2012 Discuss [0]

Computer programmer Bo Zhang had access to data that only a privileged few have the authority to touch. He worked for the Federal Reserve and dealt with sensitive information on a regular basis. He scored security clearance levels that most foreign entities would die for. And what happens when you get to play with hyper sensitive government data? Read The Full Story

Senator Al Franken grills FBI director on Carrier IQ

Chris Burns, Dec 15th 2011 Discuss [4]

The saga continues to unfold in the matter of the data-mining finger-tap-recording application known as Carrier IQ, the one that just a couple of days ago the FBI was accused of using for “law enforcement purposes,” and today we get a response from that bureau on whether they actually did or did not. What the FBI is saying today is that no, of course the FBI would never do such a thing. In fact, they’re saying that they’ve never even requested information from Carrier IQ in the past, much less have they gotten any. Watch as this conversation unfolds on video, courtesy of who else by Senator Al Franken himself!