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Prime Minister David Cameron Is to Enter Talks with China Over Cyber Spying
Dec 5, 2013Prime Minister David Cameron is to enter talks with China over cyber spying after raising the issue with Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang during his visit to the country. It follows on from a long-running war of words between the US and ...
Tags: Cyber Spying, Talks with China
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Microsoft Will Introduce Message Encryption for Its Cloud-Based Office 365 Service
Nov 26, 2013Microsoft has announced that it will introduce message encryption for its cloud-based Office 365 service in early 2014. Dubbed Office 365 Message Encryption, the system will automatically encrypt email to anyone outside a company ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, Office 365, Microsoft
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GCHQ Has Reportedly Built an Automated System to Track The Hotel Bookings
Nov 25, 2013The U.K.’s intelligence agency Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) has reportedly built an automated system to track the hotel bookings of foreign diplomats when travelling abroad for international summits or work meetings. ...
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Yahoo Will Encrypt All Users Personal Data by March Next Year
Nov 21, 2013Yahoo will encrypt all users personal data by March next year, the web firm's CEO Marissa Mayer has said. Yahoo, along with other web firms including Apple, Microsoft and Google, have been subject to thousands of data requests under the ...
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Intelligence Agencies Have Been Developing Their Own Mass Internet
Nov 4, 2013Intelligence agencies across Europe have been developing their own mass internet and phone surveillance capabilities in partnership with the UK's GCHQ electronic intelligence agency. That is the latest claim to arise from the cache of US ...
Tags: Phone, smartphone
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NSA and GCHQ Have Tapped The Communications Networks of Popular Internet Companies
Oct 31, 2013The latest documents to be leaked via whistleblower Edward Snowden suggest that the US National Security Agency (NSA) and GCHQ have tapped the communications networks of popular internet companies. "Top secret" documents published in the ...
Tags: Computer Products, web security
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NSA Has Allegedly Monitored 60 Million Phone Calls in Spain in Just One Month
Oct 29, 2013The US National Security Agency (NSA) has allegedly monitored 60 million phone calls in Spain in just one month. The reports, stemming from Spanish newspaper El Mundo, claim that documents provided by former NSA ...
Tags: Merkel Phone-Tapping
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New Data Protection Laws Intended to Protect Citizens' Privacy
Oct 24, 2013New data protection laws intended to protect citizens' privacy, which could see internet companies forced to pay out up to €100m (£85m) in fines if they fail to comply, have been given the go ahead by Members of the European ...
Tags: Protection Laws, MEPs
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ISC Has Called on The Public to Provide Written and Oral Evidence
Oct 18, 2013The Intelligence and Security Committee (ISC) has called on the public to provide written and oral evidence, as it seeks to determine whether current legislation on the privacy of communications is still "fit for purpose". In July, the ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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US Needs to Speed up The Process of Getting Cyber Security Legislation in Place
Oct 12, 2013The chief of US spy organisation, the National Security Agency (NSA), Keith Alexander, believes that the US government needs to speed up the process of getting cyber security legislation in place in order to defend the US from attacks. ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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Prism Data Leaks Scandal Has Damaged The UK's Efforts to Counter Terrorism
Oct 11, 2013Andrew Parker, Director General, MI5 The head of MI5 has said that the Prism data leaks scandal has damaged the UK’s efforts to counter terrorism. Speaking at the Royal United Services Institute in London last night, director ...
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Dr Hallam-Baker Has Published a Paper Calling for a More Robust Internet Architecture
Sep 16, 2013Dr Phillip Hallam-Baker, a vice president and principal scientist in charge of web security software development at security software vendor Comodo, has published a paper calling for a more robust internet architecture that can combat web ...
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E-Skills and The Cyber Security Challenge Have Joined Forces to Launch Separate Programmes
Sep 16, 2013Skills body e-skills UK and the Cyber Security Challenge have joined forces to launch separate programmes that complement each other, in a bid to make the cyber security profession more appealing to secondary school students. The Cyber ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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NSA Has Acquired The Power to Tap 3G and 4G Smartphones
Sep 10, 2013The US National Security Agency (NSA) has acquired the power to tap 3G and 4G smartphones - not only Apple iPhones and Android devices, but also supposedly secure BlackBerrys. The revelation is the latest in a series of leaks orchestrated ...
Tags: Apple Iphones, Android, Even Blackberry, Smartphones
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MailPile Has Smashed Its $100,000 Target for Funding on Indiegogo with Two Weeks Left
Aug 29, 2013MailPile, an open-source email client that will offer "user-friendly encryption", has smashed its $100,000 target for funding on Indiegogo with two weeks left to run on its campaign. The company will be established in Iceland, which ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, webservice