Source: Door Ot van Daalen, Bits of Freedom
On 15 October, the Dutch ministry of Justice and Security proposed powers for the police to break into computers, install spyware, search computers and destroy data.
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Dutch proposal to search and destroy foreign computers
May 13, 2013 – 5:42 pm
Russian authorities search Human Rights Watch offices
March 27, 2013 – 1:20 pm
Source: Alissa de Carbonnel, Reuters
Russian authorities searched the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch and three other prominent advocacy groups on Wednesday, part of a wave of hundreds of inspections that activists say is a campaign to silence criticism of President Vladimir Putin.
Russia steps up crackdown on rights groups, Internet
March 27, 2013 – 1:17 pm
Source: CPJ
Recent statements by Vladimir Putin and Russian Member of Parliament (MP) Aleksey Mitrofanov, as well as raids on human rights organizations, signal that the threat hanging over civil society and freedom of expression in Russia has become reality.
In wake of cyberattacks, China seeks new rules
March 10, 2013 – 11:13 pm
Source: The New York Times
China has issued a new call for international “rules and cooperation” on Internet espionage issues, while insisting that accusations of Chinese government involvement in recent hacking attacks were part of an international smear campaign.
Why the U.S. is not in a cyber war
March 10, 2013 – 5:08 pm
Source: Ian Wallace, The Daily Beast
For several weeks, it has been difficult to open a newspaper or watch a Sunday talk show without hearing about the advent of “cyber war.”
Iranian government blocks use of tool to get around Internet filter
March 10, 2013 – 4:55 pm
Source: Reuters
Iranian authorities have blocked the use of most “virtual private networks”, a tool that many Iranians use to get around an extensive government Internet filter, Iranian media quoted an official as saying on Sunday.
Second-by-second track of ongoing cyberattacks and their origins
March 10, 2013 – 11:58 am
Source: Deutsche Telekom
The Portal shows statistics of the early warning system of Deutsche Telekom. The corresponding sensors are operated from Deutsche Telekom and Partners.
Here come the encryption apps
March 9, 2013 – 5:11 pm
Source: Matthew Green
It seems like these days I can’t eat breakfast without reading about some new encryption app that will (supposedly) revolutionize our communications — while making tyrannical regimes fall like cheap confetti.
Obama’s cyberwarfare strategy will backfire
March 8, 2013 – 11:13 pm
Source: Jason Healey, US News
America’s generals and spymasters have decided they can secure a better future in cyberspace through, what else, covert warfare, preemptive attacks, and clandestine intelligence.
DDoS Prevention Guide
March 8, 2013 – 4:48 pm
Source: The Evil Anon
A denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or distributed denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an attempt to make a computer or network resource unavailable to its intended users.
