Source: Wired
The nation’s major mobile-phone providers are keeping a treasure trove of sensitive data on their customers, according to newly-released Justice Department internal memo that for the first time reveals the data retention policies of America’s largest telecoms.
Tag Archives: US
Secret U.S. memo reveals which telecoms store data the longest
September 28, 2011 – 9:59 pm
Microsoft is waging cyber war
September 28, 2011 – 9:52 pm
Source: To Inform is to Influence
Microsoft has launched yet another salvo in the legal war in cyberspace, again against a botnet – the Kelihos botnet.
Dim prospects for U.S. cybersecurity legislation in 2011
September 28, 2011 – 9:42 pm
Source: Melissa E. Hathaway, GovInfoSecurity
As the 112th Congress returned from summer recess, I tallied up all of the pending cybersecurity bills. The number is 32, excluding the intelligence and defense authorization bills.
Code red: the cyber spy threat
September 24, 2011 – 11:04 pm
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
On June 1, 2009, messages with the heading ”China and Climate Change” dropped into the email inboxes of five US State Department officers. The five officers, working in the Office of the Special Envoy for Climate Change, were involved in preparing for delicate bilateral climate change talks in Beijing in several days.
Internet-naming authority needs ethics rules, U.S. senator says
September 21, 2011 – 9:26 am
Source: BusinessWeek
The organization that manages the Internet’s domain-name system under contract with the U.S. Commerce Department should have “revolving door” ethics rules for its leadership, a U.S. lawmaker said today.
U.S. defense firms face relentless cyberattacks
September 7, 2011 – 11:09 am
Source: Reuters
U.S. defense industries are facing relentless, sophisticated foreign attacks on their computer networks, a threat company leaders say poses a risk of significant damage and may require the government to take greater protective action.
The calm before the storm
September 6, 2011 – 11:11 am
Source: Foreign Policy
Revelations of wholesale electronic fraud and massive data heists have become weekly, even daily affairs. A multinational electronics corporation loses personal information on more than 100 million customers. Cyberthieves break into an international bank, counterfeit credit balances, and loot ATMs in four countries, grabbing $9 million in just a few hours.
Secret April 2009 US Cable regarding Tracking Ghostnet report released
September 1, 2011 – 10:30 am
Source: WikiLeaks
¶40. (U) Worldwide – Has “GhostNet” been seen within the USG?
Bluecoat’s role in Syrian censorship and nationwide monitoring system #OpSyria
September 1, 2011 – 10:28 am
Source: Reflets
Today, thanks to our friends from Telecomix and to the support of other hacktivists more or less affiliated with Anonymous, we are able to release new elements on BlueCoat’s implication in the setting up of Syrian censorship and repression. We’ve studied how Syrian censorship works more closely. We suspect they use two different technologies. The first one is rather simple and reasonably efficient (but can also be easily bypassed): a filtering proxy.
US citizen sues web hosting company for identifying him to Thai government
August 29, 2011 – 4:14 pm
Source: World Organization for Human Rights USA
A suit was filed on August 24, 2011 against Netfirms, Inc., a Canadian web hosting company incorporated in the United States, for releasing personal information to the Thai government. Netfirms’ disclosures allowed Thai officials to identify, detain, and interrogate the plaintiff, Mr. Anthony Chai, both in Thailand and on U.S. soil.
