Dutch digital security firm Gemalto, which is the world’s biggest manufacturer of SIM cards, has reported back on internal investigations triggered by last week’s revelations about the NSA and GCHQ hacking… Read more »
The incident was reported by the Süddeutsche Zeitung on Friday, with sources claiming that the decision not to destroy the recording was “idiocy”. Read more »
It’s not clear why the company is being investigated, but based on earlier statements by the Chinese government it is most likely to do with the security of Windows. Read more »
In what may turn out to be the biggest diplomatic upset yet to emerge from the surveillance scandal, German authorities have arrested a German intelligence employee who reportedly confessed to spying… Read more »
The latest Snowden revelation suggests that Australia’s spies are committing economic espionage on Americans, for the benefit of the American government. Read more »
According to Kaspersky Lab, a malware bundle dubbed “The Mask” was used to spy on government institutions, activists and energy companies across 31 countries for years. Here’s what it did, and… Read more »
Although LinkedIn and Slashdot had no knowledge of it, the GCHQ agency used fake versions of their webpages as way of sneaking malware onto the networks of major mobile connection exchanges… Read more »
The latest Snowden scoop, according to Germany’s Der Spiegel: the NSA and its British counterpart, GCHQ, have thoroughly infiltrated the computer systems of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC)… Read more »
Germany and Brazil are pushing forward with proposals for a global right to online privacy. It would have been nice if this action had begun in earnest when it was citizens… Read more »