FBI deputy director claims intelligence programs foiled NYC subway and NYSE bombings, among others (...
# 2013-06-18 05:42:00, Engadget
The United States government's controversial data collection practices reportedly helped thwart plots to bomb the New York City subway system and New York Stock Exchange, Federal Bureau of Investigation deputy director Sean Joyce said during a House Intelligence Committee hearing this morning in...These Stash Coins Are a Fantastic Way to Lose Your SD Card
# 2013-06-17 11:40:00, Gizmodo
The Man has his hand in your inbox, cops are intimidating citizens who film them beating other citizens, it's only logical to want to keep the private contents of your SD card, well, private. The Covert Coin from CCS Spy Gear is a precision-machined piece of retired US currency that are nearly indis...Outlook.com drops linked email accounts in favor of aliases
# 2013-06-17 11:19:00, Engadget
Hotmail and Outlook.com have long supported linked email accounts for organizing messages. However, Microsoft now sees connected accounts as tempting targets for hackers -- so tempting, in fact, that the company is severing those links as a safety measure. Within the next two months, Outlook.com...GEAK Ring puts NFC on your finger, unlocks phones and shares your contact card
# 2013-06-17 10:04:00, Engadget
Some say NFC is dead, but GEAK from Shanghai wants to prove them wrong. Announced alongside the GEAK Watch earlier today was this GEAK Ring, a tiny NFC-enabled wearable device that stores your identity. The ring's pitched as an intuitive way to unlock your phone -- just hold it with the hand tha...Samsung reportedly readying smartphone ‘kill switch’ anti-theft solution for July launch
# 2013-06-17 09:50:15, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Smartphone vendors are under increased pressure to implement anti-theft solutions that will help make smartphones a less appealing target for thieves. According to a recent report from Korean-language MK, Samsung may already be working on a smartphone “kill switch” that it plans to roll out as s...NSA says it can spy on your location if it wants, but it chooses not to
# 2013-06-17 06:35:47, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
The National Security Agency is scrambling to quell controversy surrounding its massive data collection program and on Sunday it disclosed that it doesn’t collect location data on cell phone users even though it’s authorized to do so. The Wall Street Journal reports that the NSA says that it “...U.K. government accused of spying on G20 delegates’ BlackBerry phones
# 2013-06-17 02:35:52, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Spying claims are spreading and escalating across the globe, from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom. The latest big Guardian exposApple Details What the NSA Took--And How Much of It
# 2013-06-17 02:14:00, Gizmodo
The impact of the NSA's secret surveillance through PRISM and other means has sent reverberations through out the tech industry and the world at large. The latest ripple: Apple's full accounting of its interactions with government spies in the past year or so. Here's what went down.Read more...Apple issues statement on customer privacy in wake of PRISM allegations
# 2013-06-17 01:50:32, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Apple on Monday morning issued a public statement regarding customer privacy after having been named as one of several technology giants accused of cooperating with the NSA’s PRISM program. The company was one of the first to issue a flat-out denial when news of PRISM first broke, stating that it ...The NSA Can Afford To Store Data From Years Of Phone Calls
# 2013-06-16 09:57:13, Gizmodo
There's been a lot of talk about the NSA and its data-gathering policies. The news sounds kind of scary. But you might be thinking that the NSA can't have literally every foreign and domestic call made in the U.S.. That would be a crazy amount of data right? Well, yes it would be, and it kind of see...By The Way, The NSA Doesn't Need A Warrant To Listen To Your Calls (Updated)
# 2013-06-16 03:15:00, Gizmodo
Update: CNET has since updated its story to reflect that the government does, in fact, need a warrant to listen to your phone calls.Read more...WSJ: T-Mobile, VZW don't directly share call data to NSA, but that might not matter
# 2013-06-13 17:55:00, Engadget
Providing another wrinkle to the recently exploding privacy debate, a Wall Street Journal report indicates which wireless companies are providing call information to the government. According to the infamous people familiar with the matter, foreign ownership of Verizon and T-Mobile presents seve...FDA, ICS-CERT issue warnings for medical device, hospital network security
# 2013-06-13 17:22:00, Engadget
Reports that medical devices implanted in patients or used for their treatment may have dangerous vulnerabilities are not new, but a new "safety communication" is focusing more attention on the issue. Ars Technica points out that the Industrial Control Systems Cyber Emergency Response Team (ICS-...Smile! Hackers Can Silently Access Your Webcam Right Through The Browser (Again)
# 2013-06-13 13:41:28, TechCrunch
You know those people who put tape over their laptop's webcam to keep digital peeping toms at bay? They're not crazy. A new proof of concept is making the rounds today that demonstrates how a hacker can snap pics off your webcam, right through the browser, with no consent required.Encap Raises $2M For A Mobile ID App As An Alternative Two-Factor Authentication
# 2013-06-13 00:05:00, TechCrunch
As high-profile sites like Twitter, Google, and most recently Evernote and LinkedIn turn to two-factor authentication to help their users protect themselves from malicious hackers and security breaches, Encap, a startup based out of Norway, has created an alternative it says is better and safer, u...Video: Major security flaw found in iOS 7 lock screen
# 2013-06-12 11:40:15, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Every major new software release has its share of bugs and security holes and the developer edition of Apple’s iOS 7 is no different. Forbes points us to a new video showing how to completely bypass the iPhone’s password protection by accessing the calculator available on the lock screen. As For...ACLU sues over NSA's surveillance program, challenging its constitutionality
# 2013-06-11 12:44:00, Engadget
If you're already overwhelmed by the sheer amount of activity surrounding the ongoing NSA fallout, we're guessing that now would be an excellent time to go on vacation. Predictably, lawsuits are already being filed against the National Security Agency, the second of which is coming from the Amer...PlayStation 4 DRM policies clarified by Sony (updated)
# 2013-06-11 08:07:00, Engadget
Not so fast, vaquero. While Sony was cheered in heroic fashion for proclaiming that used games would be free and clear to operate on the PlayStation 4, it appears that the reality is actually a bit more complicated. Sony America CEO Jack Tretton has made clear today that while first-party titles...Google asks US government to let it publish more national security requests for data, including FISA...
# 2013-06-11 08:03:00, Engadget
Google CEO Larry Page and Chief Legal Officer David Drummond made a general call for more transparency in their response to the PRISM revelations last week, and Drummond has gotten quite a bit more specific with that request today. In a post on the company's Public Policy blog, he says that he's...Europeans plan to fight back against PRISM
# 2013-06-11 07:50:54, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
Finnish communications minister Pia Viitanen has stated bluntly that the NSA may be breaking the laws of Finland. According to the Finnish Constitution, capturing and reading emails or text messages without privileges is illegal. Viitanen plans to take up the issue with the European Comission. Sever...iOS 7 to include security feature dubbed 'Activation Lock'
# 2013-06-10 11:00:00, TUAW - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
Apple today unveiled a slew of new iOS 7 features, one of which aims to make the iPhone a less desirable device for thieves. With a new iOS 7 utility Apple calls "Activation Lock", thieves who attempt to turn off "Find my iPhone" will not be able to do so unless they have a user's iCloud credential...PQI demos NFC-encrypted flash drive, offers different access modes via Android app
# 2013-06-09 13:01:00, Engadget
Sure, there are already plenty of cool options when it comes to encrypted flash drives, but what about one that uses NFC on your Android or even Windows 8 device to unlock it? PQI showed us one such implementation at Computex. Essentially, this NFC flash drive requires an NFC-enabled device to t...NSA Whistleblower Reveals Identity: "I Do Not Expect to See Home Again"
# 2013-06-09 08:45:00, Gizmodo
An NSA employee working through outside contractors is the man behind the NSA leak. A former technical assistant for the CIA and current Booz Allen Hamilton employee, 29-year-old Edward Snowden worked with The Guardian to release his identity today.Read more...We Asked For This
# 2013-06-08 18:00:42, TechCrunch
There is a certain jollity in the reactions of the webby class to news that the NSA has been, first, spying on Verizon communications for years, and second has approached multiple information-gathering startups, hat in hand, asking for access to their data stores. It is indeed funny: faceless bureaucrats who, we are certain, can barely cl...The NSA's Boundless Informant: a data mining tool that maps collected intelligence
# 2013-06-08 16:15:00, Engadget
Leaks, denials and declassifications aside, one thing has been clear recently: the National Security Agency takes in a lot of data -- allegedly collecting call logs, internet records and even Facebook photos from folks all over the world. So, how does the outfit handle all this data? With custom...Director of National Intelligence declassifies PRISM info to clear up 'inaccuracies'
# 2013-06-08 11:52:00, Engadget
After details of a government program called PRISM with alleged hooks into the servers of major internet companies became public this week, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper decided it was necessary to reveal even more information. According to his statement, clearing up the "signi...Researchers discover the world’s most sophisticated Android Trojan
# 2013-06-07 17:45:09, BGR: The Three Biggest Letters In Tech
As the prevalence of Android malware grows, its sophistication is naturally growing as well. Kaspersky researcherNYT explains how tech companies allow PRISM, yet deny 'direct server access' happened (update)
# 2013-06-07 16:14:00, Engadget
Yesterday a series of leaked PowerPoint slides in the Washington Post revealed a program codenamed PRISM that allowed government investigators access to data from a number of top internet companies. That leak has been followed up in the last 24 hours by a series of blanket denials as tech compan...President Obama responds to PRISM concerns, clarifies scope of snooping
# 2013-06-07 06:49:00, Engadget
If you've missed the news on PRISM and the hugely disconcerting allegations that the NSA is basically tracking everything you do on the internet and every call you make on your cellphone, we're guessing that's because you're stuck in a cave that has access to neither technology. The allegations ...Report: AT&T and Sprint Are Working With the NSA, Too (Duh)
# 2013-06-07 04:40:00, Gizmodo
The Wall Street Journal reports unnamed sources, which claim that Verizon isn't the only telecom turning over extensive phone records to the NSA. The agency's logging includes "call data" from AT&T and Sprint as well as information from ISPs and credit card records. If you've been following this wee...
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