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NSA Docs Reveal Spy-Proof Encryption Tools

2014-12-30 04:02:39| PC Magazine Security Product Guide

New Snowden material shows which Internet security protocols the NSA had beaten as of 2012 and which were still stymying cyber spies.

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How The Supreme Court Could Decide The Fate Of NSA Surveillance

2014-12-10 22:13:20| IT Services - Topix.net

An Idaho nurse is leading the latest charge against the Obama administration for the U.S. National Security Agency's dragnet phone data surveillance program. With legal help from the American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, neonatal intensive care nurse Anna Smith contested the government's spy programs Monday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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'Elegant' Regin Malware Linked to Brits, NSA

2014-11-25 20:01:46| TechNewsWorld

A sophisticated malware program called "Regin" has been used in systematic spying campaigns against a range of international targets since at least 2008, Symantec reported. Regin is a backdoor-type Trojan with a structure that displays a degree of technical competence rarely seen in malware. "It's a beautiful piece of architecture," said Scott Borg, CEO of the U.S. Cyber Consequences Unit.

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Judges Skeptical NSA Spying Violates Privacy Rights

2014-11-05 00:37:57| IT Services - Topix.net

A federal appeals court appears largely unconvinced that the government's once-secret practice of collecting virtually all Americans' phone records violates the Constitution. A panel of three Republican-nominated judges on the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals challenged arguments made Tuesday by a conservative activist and civil-liberties groups that the National Security Agency's mass-surveillance program represents a breach of the Fourth Amendment, which guards against unreasonable searches.

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