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YouTube Faces Criminal Complaint for 'Spying' on Users While Detecting Ad Blockers: Report
YouTube could face criminal charges in Europe for allegedly violating Ireland's computer abuse law by detecting ad blockers on users' computers, according to a report. A privacy consultant has claimed that YouTube is spying on users after it recently introduced restrictions on ad blockers, preventing users who used specific browser extensions from ...
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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N. Korea "Tried To Hack" Pfizer For Vaccine Info, Alleges Seoul: Reports
North Korean hackers tried to break into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in a search for information on a coronavirus vaccine and treatment technology, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday, according to reports.
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Google Accused of Creating Spy Tool to Squelch Worker Dissent
Google employees are accusing the company’s leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool that they believe will be used to monitor workers’ attempts to organize protests and discuss labour rights.
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Super Micro to Review Chips in Light of Media Report on Hacking
Super Micro Computer said on Monday it will review its hardware for any proof of malicious chips as alleged in a recent media report.
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China 'Spy Chips' Report Adds Pressure on Pentagon Cloud Security
Tech providers vying for a $10 billion Defense Department cloud-computing contract may come under added pressure to prove their systems are secure.
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Top US Spy Says Sceptical About US-China Cyber Agreement
The top US intelligence official on Tuesday said he was sceptical that a new cyber US-China cyber agreement would slow a growing torrent of cyber-attacks on US computer networks, and said his approach will be to "trust but verify."
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Germany Says Grappling With Hacker Threat
Separately, newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported that malware had been found on a computer from Merkel's parliamentary office.
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Alleged UK Hacking of Belgian Telecoms Firm Was Far-Reaching-Reports
Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday.
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CIA Spied on US Senate, Internal Review Finds
The CIA's insistence that it did not spy on its US Senate overseers collapsed Thursday with the release of a stark report by the agency's internal watchdog documenting improper computer surveillance and obstructionist behavior by CIA officers.
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Back to Basics for Afghan Soldiers as NATO Allies Exit
A computer without a power cable, a spy camera with English instructions that no one can read, and water-logged accommodation -- life on the frontline can be a long series of setbacks and challenges for Afghan soldiers.
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U-2 Spy Plane Linked to United States Air Traffic Meltdown
A U-2 spy plane may have triggered a computer problem at an air traffic control center that disrupted flights last week across the southwestern United States, US media reported on Monday.
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U-2 Spy Plane Caused Widespread Shutdown of US Flights: Report
A U-2 spy plane caused a computer glitch at a California air traffic control centre that led officials to halt take-offs on Wednesday at several airports in the Southwestern United States and ground planes bound for the region from other parts of the country, NBC reported on Saturday.
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US National Security Agency taps offline computers with secret bug: report
The US National Security Agency has developed a secret technology to spy on computers via radio signals, gathering information even when the devices are offline.
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US spy agency developing computer to crack privacy codes: report
The U.S. National Security Agency is trying to develop a computer that could ultimately break most encryption programs, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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YouTube Faces Criminal Complaint for 'Spying' on Users While Detecting Ad Blockers: Report
YouTube could face criminal charges in Europe for allegedly violating Ireland's computer abuse law by detecting ad blockers on users' computers, according to a report. A privacy consultant has claimed that YouTube is spying on users after it recently introduced restrictions on ad blockers, preventing users who used specific browser extensions from ...
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Malicious Software Used by Russian Spies Sabotaged by FBI
The FBI has sabotaged a suite of malicious software used by elite Russian spies, US authorities said on Tuesday, providing a glimpse of the digital tug-of-war between two cyber superpowers. Senior law enforcement officials said FBI technical experts had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia's FSB security service against an undisclosed ...
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N. Korea "Tried To Hack" Pfizer For Vaccine Info, Alleges Seoul: Reports
North Korean hackers tried to break into the computer systems of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer in a search for information on a coronavirus vaccine and treatment technology, South Korea's spy agency said Tuesday, according to reports.
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Google Accused of Creating Spy Tool to Squelch Worker Dissent
Google employees are accusing the company’s leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool that they believe will be used to monitor workers’ attempts to organize protests and discuss labour rights.
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Super Micro to Review Chips in Light of Media Report on Hacking
Super Micro Computer said on Monday it will review its hardware for any proof of malicious chips as alleged in a recent media report.
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China 'Spy Chips' Report Adds Pressure on Pentagon Cloud Security
Tech providers vying for a $10 billion Defense Department cloud-computing contract may come under added pressure to prove their systems are secure.
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Top US Spy Says Sceptical About US-China Cyber Agreement
The top US intelligence official on Tuesday said he was sceptical that a new cyber US-China cyber agreement would slow a growing torrent of cyber-attacks on US computer networks, and said his approach will be to "trust but verify."
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Germany Says Grappling With Hacker Threat
Separately, newspaper Bild am Sonntag reported that malware had been found on a computer from Merkel's parliamentary office.
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Alleged UK Hacking of Belgian Telecoms Firm Was Far-Reaching-Reports
Hacking of computers at Belgian telecoms firm Belgacom, alleged to have been carried out by a British spy agency, was more far-reaching than previously thought and went undetected for more than two years, according to reports published on Saturday.
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CIA Spied on US Senate, Internal Review Finds
The CIA's insistence that it did not spy on its US Senate overseers collapsed Thursday with the release of a stark report by the agency's internal watchdog documenting improper computer surveillance and obstructionist behavior by CIA officers.
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Back to Basics for Afghan Soldiers as NATO Allies Exit
A computer without a power cable, a spy camera with English instructions that no one can read, and water-logged accommodation -- life on the frontline can be a long series of setbacks and challenges for Afghan soldiers.
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U-2 Spy Plane Linked to United States Air Traffic Meltdown
A U-2 spy plane may have triggered a computer problem at an air traffic control center that disrupted flights last week across the southwestern United States, US media reported on Monday.
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U-2 Spy Plane Caused Widespread Shutdown of US Flights: Report
A U-2 spy plane caused a computer glitch at a California air traffic control centre that led officials to halt take-offs on Wednesday at several airports in the Southwestern United States and ground planes bound for the region from other parts of the country, NBC reported on Saturday.
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US National Security Agency taps offline computers with secret bug: report
The US National Security Agency has developed a secret technology to spy on computers via radio signals, gathering information even when the devices are offline.
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US spy agency developing computer to crack privacy codes: report
The U.S. National Security Agency is trying to develop a computer that could ultimately break most encryption programs, The Washington Post reported on Thursday.
