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The U.S. National Security Agency knew for at least two years about a flaw in the way that many websites send sensitive information, now dubbed the Heartbleed bug, and regularly used it to gather critical intelligence, two people familiar with the matter said.

The NSA’s decision to keep the bug secret in pursuit of national security interests threatens to renew the rancorous debate over the role of the government’s top computer experts.

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In a letter to Congress released on Tuesday, the US government confirmed what we all knew (or at least suspected) – the National Security Agency has conducted warrantless searches on Americans' pri...

Former CIA contractor Edward Snowden has alleged that NSAs surveillance is even more widespread than first thought.

The latest documents released by Snowden, first published on Glenn Greenwald's new Interceptwebsite, suggest that the NSA's approach to monitoring targets' computers using eavesdropping malware has been on a near industrial scale, rather than carefully targeted.

Amongst the many tools used to carry out the targeted attacks - via compromised routers or Facebook - is an automated infection application known as ‘TURBINE' that can scale to millions of infection attempts a day.

Spy tools, whether designed by intelligence agencies, cyber crooks or internet creeps, can turn your camera on without illuminating the indicator light. Online tutorials even instruct neophyte hackers on how to hijack your webcam. Fortunately, WIRED is here with a solution.

The U.K. and U.S. government's ability to tap into webcams — and directly into your living rooms and offices — shows the biggest and most blatant lack of respect for people's privacy by Western governments in living memory.

Logic suggests that the NSA is developing its own cyber weapons. It has its own malware, and its own CC servers says Sarb Sembhi, Incoming Thought Analyst.

The U.S. National Security Agency specifically looks for data sent by mobile apps in order to capture personal data on targets, according to a new...

According to the latest Snowden leaks, Britain's GCHQ can remotely control iPhones and Android devices using "targeted" tools. Meanwhile, the NSA can tap "leaky" apps to determine a person's age and location, and in some cases even their sexual orientation and political views.

"Heartbleed" ist eine der größten Sicherheitslücken in der Geschichte des Internets - und der US-Geheimdienst NSA hat diese offenbar ausgenutzt. Laut Nachrichtenagentur Bloomberg soll der US-Geheimdienst schon lange davon gewusst haben.

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The surveillance system is capable of recording “100 percent” of calls in at least one foreign country.

The National Security Agency has built a surveillance system capable of recording “100 percent” of a foreign country’s telephone calls, enabling the agency to rewind and review conversations as long as a month after they take place, according to people with direct knowledge of the effort and documents supplied by former contractor Edward Snowden.

A senior manager for the program compares it to a time machine — one that can replay the voices from any call without requiring that a person be identified in advance for surveillance.

We already knew that the NSA has weaponized the internet, enabling them to "shoot" exploits at anyone they desire. But the Edward Snowden slides and story published yesterday convey a wealth of new detailed information about the NSA's technology and its limitations.

And that’s the bottom line with the NSA’s QUANTUM program. The NSA does not have a monopoly on the technology, and their widespread use acts as implicit permission to others, both nation-state and criminal.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is proposing building up a European communications network to help improve data protection.

It would avoid emails and other data automatically passing through the United States.

In her weekly podcast, she said she would raise the issue on Wednesday with French President Francois Hollande.

Canada’s electronic spy agency has allegedly been using airport Wi-Fi to spy on its citizens. CBC News reports that the Communications Security Establishment Canada (CSEC) collected data over a...

The NSA and its British counterpart are tapping popular smartphone apps such as Angry Birds to peek into the tremendous amounts of very personal data those bits of software collect -- including age, location sex and even sexual preference.