Internet

26.05.2012 20:52 39 comments Target on your cyber back: DHS has a list of words deemed ‘suspicious’ The Department of Homeland Security has flagged hundreds of words as "suspect" – and while many make sense, like "Al Qaeda," some are just plain odd. For example, the DHS may dig through your cyber life if you write something about snow. Or pork.		25.05.2012 22:41 37 comments FBI secretly creates Internet police The FBI was rather public with its recent demands for backdoor access to websites and Internet services across the board, but as the agency awaits those secret surveillance powers, they're working on their own end to have those e-spy capabilities.
25.05.2012 22:04 11 comments Army propagandist admits to smear campaign against journalists The co-owner of an information operations firm hired by the US government to flood foreign nations with pro-American propaganda has admitted to orchestrating a smear campaign aimed at journalists critical of the company.		24.05.2012 07:41 13 comments US unveils new tactics to tackle Al Qaeda propaganda Hacking is a vital tool to fight extremist propaganda, US State Secretary Hillary Clinton has revealed. Washington has replaced Al Qaeda material on Yemeni tribal websites with information on damage the terror group has done to Yemeni civilians.
23.05.2012 21:09 51 comments New York wants to ban anonymous speech online Lawmakers in New York State are proposing a new legislation that involves the Web, and no, it’s not SOPA-esque or another CISPA-like spy-bill. Politicians in the Empire State want to outlaw anonymous speech on the Internet.		23.05.2012 01:31 2 comments Schools become cyber-ops centers for the NSA One of America’s most prolific spy agencies wants to make sure the country’s war on cybercrimes continues with the next generation, and they are bringing their agenda into classrooms to see it through.
22.05.2012 22:29 6 comments Senator: CISPA creates a Cyber Industrial Complex A senior US lawmaker with 30 years experience in Congress came out hard against CISPA this week, attacking the legislation’s creators for drafting a bill that erodes Internet privacy for Americans. CISPA		22.05.2012 05:42 14 comments Monday Mail Mayhem: Anonymous leaks 1.7 GB of Justice Dept data The Anonymous hacker group posted 1.7 gigabytes of data on The Pirate Bay. The group says it obtained by hacking into the Justice Department Statistics website. The department also acknowledged that its web server had been breached.
20.05.2012 22:27 13 comments City of Chicago under attack… by hackers A group linked to the hacktivist collective Anonymous claims to have taken down the Chicago police department website as authorities are looking into whether the City of Chicago website was also hit in the cyber strike.		20.05.2012 10:33 36 comments Facebond: Zuckerberg’s surprise post-IPO wedding A day after his company went public, founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg updated his Facebook status to “married.” Zuckerberg wed 27-year-old Priscilla Chan, his girlfriend of nearly a decade, in a surprise ceremony in Palo Alto.
19.05.2012 11:47 18 comments China world’s top cyber spies – US report The Pentagon has accused China of being the world’s number one cyber aggressor, carrying out attacks on US systems. A released military report says “China’s persistent cyber intrusions” are a significant threat to US economic security.		19.05.2012 06:52 23 comments Facebook faces US $15 billion lawsuit Tracking users after they log out and violating US wiretapping laws – these are the allegations behind a 15-billion-dollar nationwide class-action lawsuit filed against Facebook in California.
19.05.2012 00:59 19 comments Facebook IPO fail: Going the way of 'The Globe'? It was the largest first-day gain of any IPO in the history of the US, let alone just Internet companies. And no, this isn’t another tale of Mark Zuckerberg’s rise from a lowly programmer to a Silicon Valley billionaire.		18.05.2012 00:58 13 comments Major CISPA opponent steps down, jeopardizing White House's veto promise The House-approved legislation that would erode Internet privacy for Americans might have just bypassed a major hurdle. The White House official who publically condemned CISPA has suddenly stepped down as Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator. CISPA
17.05.2012 22:58 4 comments Capital Account now on Hulu in full HD RT is excited to announce that one of our newest program, Capital Account with Lauren Lyster, is now available in high definition for free on Hulu.com.		17.05.2012 20:05 2 comments Hackers set sites on Eurovision The Eurovision song contest became the subject of a hacker attack on Thursday. A group of computer geeks calling themselves “Fedai of Liberty” attacked several official websites of the music fair, currently underway in the Azerbaijan capital, Baku.
16.05.2012 00:01 1 comment House party hijack? Finnish ruling may provide download loophole A key court ruling in Finland says open WiFi providers are not responsible if their connection is used by third parties to pirate copyrighted content. The decision protects innocent parties but will it also give pirates a get-out clause?		14.05.2012 21:29 9 comments Secretive Internet currency’s server hacked; money stolen Upwards of $90,000 worth of Bitcoins have been stolen from an exchange service website this week, marking the second time in nearly two months that the cyber-currency has been compromised due to a security breach.
14.05.2012 20:00 41 comments Anonymous: 'We have access to every classified database in the US' Businesses have suggested it. The government has all but confirmed it. And according to one alleged member, they both might very well be right. A hacker tied to Anonymous says the loose-knit collective may be the most powerful organization on Earth.		14.05.2012 17:42 12 comments Russian whizz-kids and Microsoft join forces against piracy Russian IT developers could have found a solution to Internet piracy problems. The new technology, which has already attracted investment from Microsoft, claims to stop torrent-based file sharing.

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