The Intercept has published a 120-page catalog of spy gear from the British defense company Cobham. This is equipment available to police forces. The catalog was leaked by someone inside the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. Powered by WPeMatico
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The NSA was badly hacked in 2013, and we’re just now learning about it. A group of hackers called “The Shadow Brokers” claim to have hacked the NSA, and are posting data to prove it. The data is source code from “The Equation Group,” which is a sophisticated piece of malware exposed last year and … Read More “Major NSA/Equation Group Leak” »
In a cautionary tale to those who favor government-mandated backdoors to security systems, Microsoft accidentally leaked the key protecting its UEFI Secure boot feature. As we all know, the problems with backdoors are less the cryptography and more the systems surrounding the cryptography. Powered by WPeMatico
I haven’t seen much press mention about the leaked CIA documents that have appeared on WikiLeaks this month. There are three: The CIA review of high-value target assassination programs, classified SECRET, from 2009. The CIA’s advice for agents going through airport security and surviving secondary screening, classified SECRET, from 2011. The CIA’s advice for agents … Read More “Leaked CIA Documents” »