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IBM Was Accused by a Federal Court of 'Gamesmanship'
Nov 19, 2013IBM was accused by a federal court of “gamesmanship” in its bid for the CIA’s cloud computing contract. The accusation is part of a ruling unsealed Friday. The court’s action appears to put to rest a fight over a ...
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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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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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The UK Runs a Secret Internet Surveillance Station in The Middle East
Aug 23, 2013The UK runs a secret internet surveillance station in the Middle East which it uses to capture and process huge quantities of emails, telephone calls and internet traffic on behalf of GCHQ and the US National Security Agency (NSA). The ...
Tags: Computer Products, software, data
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The Security Agency Routinely Violates Its Own Privacy Rules
Aug 19, 2013An audit of US National Security Agency eavesdropping has found that the security agency routinely violates its own privacy rules. According to a leaked, supposedly top secret audit, the NSA violated its on privacy policies 2,776 times in ...
Tags: Computer Products, sfotware
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CESG Has Launched Two New Schemes to Help Organisations Obtain The Relevant Expertise
Aug 16, 2013The Communications Electronics Security Group (CESG) has launched two new schemes to help organisations obtain the relevant expertise in the event that they are subjected to a cyber-attack. CESG, the information security arm of British ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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GCHQ Taps and Stores Transatlantic Network Traffic, Totalling Between 60 and 100 Petabytes
Jun 27, 2013British spy agency GCHQ taps and stores all transatlantic network traffic, totalling between 60 and 100 petabytes, for at least three days. That is the claim of investigative journalist Duncan Campbell, speaking at The World Conference of ...
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GCHQ Is Tapping Global Internet Traffic and Phone Calls
Jun 24, 2013British spy agency GCHQ is tapping global internet traffic and phone calls, processing information from around the world which it is sharing with its opposite number in the US, the National Security Agency (NSA). That is the latest ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
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CIA Selected Amazon Over IBM to Build Cloud Computing Service for The Spy Agency
Jun 20, 2013The CIA has selected Amazon over IBM to build a cloud computing service for the spy agency even though IBM's proposal carried a lower price tag, according to a US government report. However the decision is under review after IBM lodged a ...
Tags: Amazon, IBM, CIA, Spying Cloud
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Google Has Asked The Court Overseeing Terrorism-Related Surveillance Programs at The NSA
Jun 18, 2013Google has asked the court overseeing terrorism-related surveillance programs at the U.S. National Security Agency to allow the company to publish information on the number of surveillance requests it receives. The Internet company, in a ...
Tags: Google, Surveillance Programs, NSA
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Edward Snowden Leaked Classified Documents Describing Two Secret Data Collection Programs
Jun 12, 2013A defiant Edward Snowden resurfaced in Hong Kong today vowing to fight any U.S. efforts to extradite him on charges that he leaked classified documents describing two secret government data collection programs. In comments to the South ...
Tags: NSA, Classified Data, Edward Snowden
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Cyberspace Is Contested Every Day, Every Hour, Every Minute, Every Second
May 20, 2013Cyber-crime incidents that are reported by the press are "just a snapshot" of what is actually happening, according to the government spy agency GCHQ's director Sir Iain Lobban. In an article entitled "Countering the cyber threat to ...
Tags: Cyber-Crime, Computer Products
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GCHQ Has Launched a Institute to Investigate New Ways of Automatically Analysing Software
Mar 22, 2013The government's spy agency, GCHQ, has launched an Academic Research Institute to investigate new ways of automatically analysing software to reduce its vulnerability to cyber threats. It is the second institute focused on cyber security ...
Tags: GCHQ, economy, Cyber Research
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The Home Office Has Announced a Plan to Bring Together The Skills of The Police
Mar 18, 2013The Home Office has announced a plan to bring together the skills of the police, industry experts and academics in a Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership (CCRP) to help to stamp out cyber-crime. Security minister James Brokenshire announced ...
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Huawei and ZTE Pose a Security Threat to The US
Dec 28, 2012A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
Tags: US, security, Huawei, ZTE, investigation