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The NSA is to blame for the ransomware that spread worldwide in recent days and hit Britain’s hospitals and even FedEx, Microsoft is alleging. “The WannaCrypt exploits used in the attack were drawn from the exploits stolen from the National ...

The possibility of a cyberattack on critical infrastructure such as America’s electric power worries National Security Agency (NSA) Director Admiral Michael Rogers, who told a cyber security conference that it’s a “matter of when, not if” hackers successfully attack America’s ...

Simply using certain encryption services or investigating alternatives to Microsoft Windows could get you placed under surveillance by the National Security Agency (NSA) and other intelligence organizations, according to a new report. Utilizing encryption solutions such as TOR could result ...

The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is pressuring a small town library to stop using a popular secure Internet browser. DHS asked local police and city officials to tell the Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, New Hampshire, to stop ...

The US Department of Homeland Security is preparing for a potentially catastrophic attack on the nation’s electric power gird and is setting up up a “cybersecurity committee” to coordinate efforts to protect power plants and the grid from a digital ...

These days, not only is technology getting confusing, but it’s also getting downright intimidating. When you consider the fact that these massive tech giants, such as Google, Comcast and Verizon, are collecting massive amounts of data on we, the average-Joes ...

Legislators in eight states have introduced laws designed to literally pull the plug from the National Security Agency by choking off the resources the organization needs to organize within a state’s borders. The bills are part of an effort to ...

China and probably “one or two” other countries have the capacity to use a cyber attack and shut down the entire United States power grid, a catastrophe that could lead to significant loss of life, NSA Director Michael Rogers told ...

It is not just federal agencies that may be violating your constitutional rights. Some local police and sheriff’s departments have surveillance operations as sophisticated as those at the NSA. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) is deploying an array of ...

With today’s reality of NSA spying and corporate snooping, a new smartphone seeks to shield users’ data from prying eyes. Mike Janke, a former Navy SEAL sniper, founded an Android-based smartphone called Blackphone, which guards privacy – credit card information, ...