25/11/2015
Hacktivists smash ISIS website with Prozac and Vi**ra ads
https://www.rt.com/uk/323462-hacktivists-isis-viagra-prozac/
Hacktivists smash ISIS website with Prozac and Vi**ra ads
Hackers affiliated with online activist group Anonymous have taken down an Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) website on the dark web and replaced it with ads for anti-depressant Prozac and erectile dysfunction treatment drug Vi**ra, with a message urging extremists to calm down.
25/11/2015
Running an older Android OS version? Google can access your data
https://www.rt.com/news/323471-google-remote-phone-lock/
Running an older Android OS version? Google can access your data
Google can remotely reset phones running versions older than Android 5.0, a report by the New York District Attorney's office says, highlighting how investigators could easily obtain data. Seventy-four percent of all Android gadgets appear to be vulnerable.
28/10/2015
Dark web: 600k customer identities stolen in 2014, thousands now on sale
https://www.rt.com/uk/319978-dark-web-identity-theft/
Dark web: 600k customer identities stolen in 2014, thousands now on sale
Hundreds of thousands of UK consumer’s identities were stolen in 2014, with tens of thousands of them now on sale on the Dark Web for an average of £19, security officials have warned.
23/10/2015
Snowden leaks reveal harmfulness of US monopoly on internet – Russian minister
https://www.rt.com/news/319522-snowden-leaks-us-monopoly/
Snowden leaks reveal harmfulness of US monopoly on internet – Russian minister
The NSA’s mass surveillance would not be possible if the internet wasn’t controlled by just a few major US companies, Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s communications minister, told RT after the first BRICS ministerial meeting on the de-monopolization of IT.
21/10/2015
WikiLeaks obtains CIA chief's hacked emails, says will publish them 'shortly'
https://www.rt.com/usa/319307-wikileaks-cia-chief-email/
WikiLeaks obtains CIA chief's hacked emails, says will publish them 'shortly'
WikiLeaks has come into possession of the contents of CIA chief John Brennan's email account, the whistle-blowing organization said Wednesday, saying that they will be releasing them "shortly."
19/10/2015
Facebook wants your phone number, cites threat from government hackers
https://www.rt.com/usa/319109-facebook-state-hack-warning/
Facebook wants your phone number, cites threat from government hackers
Facebook is urging users to add security to their accounts, citing possible attacks by nation-state hackers. The company did not say whether it would send text alerts in case of US government snooping, or if the phone numbers provided will be kept safe.
19/10/2015
GCHQ spies will guard Britain’s Chinese-built nuclear plants
https://www.rt.com/uk/319066-gchq-china-nuclear-plant/
GCHQ spies will guard Britain’s Chinese-built nuclear plants
Spy agency GCHQ will monitor computer systems at nuclear power plants built by Chinese companies on British soil amid fears Beijing could gain control of a facility and use it to threaten the UK.
14/10/2015
GCHQ given green light to spy on MPs, court rules
https://www.rt.com/uk/318647-gchq-snooping-ministers-lords/
GCHQ given green light to spy on MPs, court rules
GCHQ is legally allowed to collect and read the private communications of MPs and Lords, a court has ruled, overruling a decades old rule which forbade snooping on Westminster politicians.
14/10/2015
Eavesdropping virus ‘stealing millions’ from UK bank accounts – NCA
https://www.rt.com/uk/318686-virus-malware-online-banking/
Eavesdropping virus ‘stealing millions’ from UK bank accounts – NCA
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has warned internet users to protect themselves from cyber-attacks which have seen hackers harvest online banking details and steal millions from UK bank accounts.
09/10/2015
https://www.rt.com/news/259309-snowden-work-russia-nsa/
‘I have to work a lot harder’ in Russia than at NSA – Edward Snowden
Whistleblower Edward Snowden says he has been working harder and doing more significant things while in exile in Russia than he did while being a contractor for the National Security Agency (NSA).
09/10/2015
IP address from DHS edited Wikipedia to allege that Rep. Kevin McCarthy is having an affair
https://www.rt.com/usa/318156-DHS-edited-mccarthy-wikipedia/
IP address from DHS edited Wikipedia to allege that Rep. Kevin McCarthy is having an affair
Republican Representatives Kevin McCarthy and Renee Ellmers have been a having an affair, if you believe the Wikipedia pages on them. The detail has been added by an IP address originating from the Department of Homeland Security offices.