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United States National Security Agency

Kaspersky Discovers NSA-Linked Spying Infections in 30 Countries

Feb 18, 2015 05:47 AM EST

Moscow's Kaspersky Lab has stumbled upon malicious configurations that have reportedly infected PCs in 30 countries.

2014 Winter Olympics: U.S. & Russia Cooperating After Security Heightened as the Sochi Games Approach

Jan 23, 2014 01:56 PM EST

Despite differences on a wide-range of issues, including the handling of Edward Snowden who leaked classified American information, the Russian government reached out to the United States asking for equipment to help detect IEDs, after reports that Ruzanna "Salima" Ibragimova, who is alleged be connected with the December bombings in Volgograd that claimed the lives of 34 people, was reported to be in Sochi.

NSA Leak Details Surveillance Targets In EU, UN, and Elsewhere

Dec 21, 2013 01:21 AM EST

The United States National Security Agency has officially estimated that Edward Snowden might be sitting on top of a pile of 1.5 million secret documents taken from the agency, so expect the leaks to keep coming. The latest one, published on Friday by the Guardian and others, concerns some high-profile intelligence targets that the NSA has purportedly targeted in the past.

White House-appointed Review Panel Proposes Some Major Curbs to NSA Spying

Dec 19, 2013 02:27 AM EST

Despite fewer unwanted revelations about the agency's spying program being published in recent days, this has not been a very good week for the National Security Agency. On Wednesday, the latest in a string of public challenges to the NSA's wide-reaching spying hit the web, and this time it's President Obama's own appointed panel of experts.

Top Tech Companies Press Obama on NSA Surveillance, After Federal Judge Calls It "Almost Certainly" Unconstitutional

Dec 17, 2013 08:18 PM EST

Amid pushback from tech companies and a federal judge calling the surveillance efforts by the National Security Agency "almost certainly" unconstitutional, President Obama met with top technology executives on Tuesday. The discussion was purportedly to be about Obama's "tech surge" to fix the problems plaguing Healthcare.gov, but tech executives had a different topic in mind.

NSA Can Easily Decode One of the World's Most Common Cellphone Encryption Standards

Dec 15, 2013 02:00 AM EST

The National Security Agency can listen in to phone calls made from devices using the most common wireless standard in the world. According to recent reports, a widely used GSM (also known as 2G) wireless encryption standard is easy pickings for the NSA.

NSA, Other Agencies, Have Been Spying On World of Warcraft and Xbox Live For a Long Time

Dec 10, 2013 02:54 PM EST

Fearing terrorists could use virtual worlds as a planning and recruiting ground, the National Security Agency and other intelligence agencies have planted spies in games like World of Warcraft and Second Life, and have monitored communications on Xbox Live. Some video game spying activities have been going on since at least 2008.

Microsoft, Spooked By Snoops, Joins the Encryption Crowd

Dec 06, 2013 01:58 AM EST

After continuing revelations about the National Security Agency's snooping programs - some which reportedly did not involve the NSA giving notification to, or obtaining permission from internet technology companies - Microsoft joined the chorus of IT giants locking down their networks with tighter security.

NSA Leaks: Up To 5 Billion Mobile Device Location Updates Collected Each Day

Dec 04, 2013 11:53 PM EST

The National Security Agency maintains a database that tracks mobile devices like smartphones, according to a new report, using a tracking program that logs up to five billion location data points per day.

NSA Fiber Optic Snooping: Old-Time Wire Taps With A High Tech Twist

Nov 27, 2013 01:10 AM EST

Recent reports point to National Security Agency tapping fiber-optic cables for back-end access to data, specifically those of a fiber-optics firm called Level 3, which supplies Google and Yahoo. In response, more and more IT companies are employing encryption on transfers between data centers.

National Security Agency Has 50,000+ "Digital Sleeper Cells" In Infected Networks

Nov 23, 2013 07:55 PM EST

The United States National Security Agency is in the malware business, according to a new report based on documents leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden.

Twitter Adds New Layer of Security To Impede Government Surveillance

Nov 23, 2013 12:53 AM EST

Twitter has upped its security, in the face of revelations about collection of internet traffic by governments. The security change makes Twitter the latest of several internet companies adding the extra layer of encryption to thwart attempts to eavesdrop on its users' communications.

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