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U.S. DOJ accuses journalist of espionage
21.05.2013
Last week's revelation that the U.S. DOJ has successfully subpoenaed two months' worth of telephone toll records for phones of AP journalist has created quite an uproar in media circles.
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Aurora attackers were looking for Google's surveillance database
21.05.2013
When in early 2010 Google shared with the public that they had been breached in what became known as the Aurora attacks, they said that the attackers got their hands on some source code and were looking to access Gmail accounts of Tibetan activists.
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Large cyber espionage emanating from India
20.05.2013
Norman Shark uncovered a large and sophisticated cyber-attack infrastructure that appears to have originated from India.
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Researcher refuses to help Saudi telco to spy on people
14.05.2013
You would think that a Saudi Arabian telecom firm interested in monitoring its users' mobile communications would not be asking a well-known pro-privacy researcher such as Moxie Marlinspike for help, but you would be wrong.
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U.S. govt secretly obtains AP phone records
14.05.2013
A letter received by the Associated Press’ general counsel has revealed that the DOJ has successfully subpoenaed two months' worth of telephone toll records for work and private phones of a slew of AP journalist and editors without informing the news organization of it beforehand.
Spotlight

A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.

The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.

Ransomware adds password stealing to its arsenal
Posted on 17 May 2013. | Microsoft researchers are warning about a new variant of the well-known Reveton ransomware doing rounds.

IT security jobs: What's in demand and how to meet it
Posted on 15 May 2013. | Let's say you want a career in information security, where do you start? What credentials do you need? What are employers looking for? Read on to find some answers.
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