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Jan 02
NSA project working towards encryption-breaking quantum computer, reveals Snowden doc
Posted in: Today's ChiliAccording to documents leaked by Edward Snowden, the NSA dreams of a quantum computer that can break nearly every type of encryption — one it is working towards (in part, … Continue reading
Jan 02
In a complaint filed late last month, two Facebook users filed a lawsuit against the social network, claiming it scans the contents of private messages and performs activities branching off … Continue reading
Jan 02
Snapchat has finally responded to the ongoing hack controversy that saw usernames and matching phone numbers of over four million users leaked in recent days, promising an updated version of … Continue reading
Jan 02
We expect that the NSA has high level hackers working for them, helping them gain access to a variety of secured networks, but we have also heard reports of how the NSA has allegedly paid off security companies to make their encryption less powerful, ultimately giving the NSA easier access to them.
Well it seems that the NSA might no longer have to resort to paying off security companies because according to the latest documents leaked by former NSA contractor, Edward Snowden, it seems as though the NSA has been hard at work trying to build a “cryptologically useful quantum computer” that is capable of breaking nearly every kind of encryption used by banks, businesses, and governments around the world. (more…)
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Jan 01
For most people, one’s laptop is a like a trusted friend, packed full of data that one would not give out part and parcel to just anyone, particularly not strangers. … Continue reading
Jan 01
Oh dear. In an inauspicious start to 2014 for both Snapchat and its users, a website appears to have published user name and phone number information for 4.6 million accounts.
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Dec 31
Apple has denied collaborating with the NSA to add a snooping backdoor to the iPhone, insisting that despite allegations that the DROPOUTJEEP program could access large swathes of iPhone content … Continue reading
Dec 31
European cybercriminals have been using USB drives to steal money from cash machines owned by an unnamed bank. Details on the attacks were revealed at the Chaos Computing Congress in … Continue reading
Dec 31
Security researchers Andrew “bunnie” Huang and Sean “xobs” Cross have recently described a new way that nefarious hackers could steal data from users by infecting memory cards with new software. … Continue reading
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