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US spy agency can keep mum on Google ties: courtWashington (AFP) May 11, 2012 The top-secret US National Security Agency is not required to reveal any deal it may have with Google to help protect against cyber attacks, an appeals court ruled Friday. The US Court of Appeals in Washington upheld a lower court decision that said the NSA need not confirm or deny any relationship with Google, because its governing statutes allow it keep such information secret. The ruling came in response to a Freedom of Information Act request from a public interest group, which said the publ ... read more |
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 US,Russia plan hotline to prevent cyber war: report A hotline between the United States and Russia designed to defuse misunderstandings that could trigger a nuclear conflict will likely expand to cover the potential risk of a cyber war, The Washington Post reported Friday. ... more | .. |
 US House passes controversial cybersecurity bill The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation protecting US businesses and agencies from cyber-attacks, a measure that critics say erodes civil liberties by allowing firms to onpass private data. ... more | .. |
 Iran 'mobilizing' for cyberwar with West: experts Iran is busy acquiring the technical know-how to launch a potentially crippling cyber-attack on the United States and its allies, experts told a congressional hearing on Thursday, urging the US to step up its defensive measures. ... more | .. |
 Manning challenges US to prove he 'aided the enemy' WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning challenged US prosecutors Wednesday to prove he intended to "aid the enemy" by turning over documents to the whistleblower website, arguing that spilling secrets could not be treated as a plot to help Al-Qaeda. ... more |
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WikiLeaks suspect Manning faces ruling on key charge A US military judge is set to rule Thursday if WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning can be charged with the serious crime of "aiding the enemy" for allegedly leaking classified documents to the website. ... more | .. |
WikiLeaks suspect Manning seeks dismissal of charges Lawyers for US soldier Bradley Manning, who is accused of leaking secret documents to the WikiLeaks website, argued Tuesday for the dismissal of all charges against their client at a pre-trial hearing. ... more | .. |
 Britain releases historic code papers The British government says it is releasing two 70-year-old papers by computer pioneer Alan Turing on the theory of code breaking. ... more | .. |
 US military intelligence critic to lead spy agency A US general who once blasted the work of military spies in Afghanistan as "only marginally relevant" has been nominated to take over the Pentagon's intelligence agency, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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Top FBI cyber-cop joins spy thwarting startup Veteran FBI cyber security expert Shawn Henry on Wednesday said he is fighting the enemy on a new front by joining a startup out to protect firms from online spies. ... more | .. |
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 China internet censorship futile: Ai Weiwei Dissident artist Ai Weiwei warned the Chinese government that its attempts to censor the internet would inevitably fail, in an article published in Monday's Guardian newspaper. ... more |
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 Protest targets US cyber intelligence legislation Civil liberties groups on Monday launched protests targeting proposed US cyber intelligence law that they fear would let police freely dip into people's private online information. ... more | .. |
Apple out to kill widespread Macintosh virus Apple on Tuesday said it is crafting a weapon to vanquish a Flashback virus from Macintosh computers and working to disrupt the command network being used by hackers behind the infections. ... more | .. |
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 Anonymous leaks emails hacked from Tunisia's leaders Activists claiming affiliation with the hacking group Anonymous published about 2,700 emails Sunday purportedly between Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and other members of his government. ... more |
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British interior ministry probes website attack Britain's Home Office interior ministry said Saturday it was investigating reports that hacking group Anonymous had attacked its website over the government's plans to boost Internet surveillance. ... more | .. |
 Al-Qaeda sites go silent in possible cyber attack Al-Qaeda's main Internet sites have gone silent for more than a week in an unprecedented blackout that is most likely the result of a cyber attack, analysts said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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Security firm links cyber spy campaign to Chinese hacker Tokyo-based computer security firm Trend Micro on Friday said it linked a hacker in China to a "cyber espionage" campaign targeting India, Japan, and Tibetans. ... more | .. |
 Official: FBI losing war on hackers America is losing the war against hackers, an executive assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation says. ... more | .. |
 China hits out at Australia after Huawei ban Beijing criticised Canberra Wednesday for "obstructing" the operations of Chinese firms in Australia after telecoms giant Huawei was banned from bidding for a big broadband project on security grounds. ... more | .. |
 Lulz Security "reborn" with military dating site hack A Lulz Security hacker group that bade farewell to the world last year appeared to make a comeback on Tuesday with a trove of data looted from a dating website for soldiers. ... more |
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