Report on NSA 'secret' payments to RSA fuels encryption controversy
The U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) paid $10 million to vendor RSA in a "secret" deal to incorporate a deliberately flawed encryption algorithm into widely used security software, according to a...
View ArticleThe NSA blame game: Singling out RSA diverts attention from others
The security vendor is almost certainly not only one to have helped NSA. read more
View ArticleFull text of President Obama's intelligence directive
'The United States will therefore impose new limits on its use of signals intelligence collected in bulk.'read more
View ArticlePresident Obama praises NSA, offers little in mass surveillance reform
President skirts most reform recommendations made by his appointed panel in December .read more
View Article7 more things NSA could be watching, according to security experts
We know the National Security Agency monitors emails and social networks. What else could the NSA be monitoring? Security experts offer their (scary) thoughts.read more
View ArticleNSA gets its first civil liberties and privacy officer
The National Security Agency has reportedly appointed Rebecca Richards, a former deputy privacy official at the Department of Homeland Security, as its first privacy officer.read more
View ArticleObama selects cryptologist to head NSA
President Obama has nominated an expert cryptologist to head the National Security Agency at a time when the agency is under pressure to reform its surveillance.read more
View ArticleUS seeks information on industry ability to hold bulk phone data
The U.S. government has asked industry for information on whether commercially available services can provide a viable alternative to the government holding bulk phone records for a program of the...
View ArticleRSA chief: NSA exploited 'position of trust'; should spin-out security tech...
Before thousands, RSA's exec. chairman Art Coviello says U.S. government needs to 're-build trust'.read more
View ArticleCloud service providers fight back, challenge NSA
Facing a real business threat from the fallout from the NSA's intelligence gathering, tech sector luminaries are expanding their presence in Washington as they lobby for surveillance reforms.read more
View ArticleSurvey: IT pros not concerned about NSA spying
Despite all of the attention it has received in the media, government hacking ranks low as a concern for security professionals.read more
View ArticleMeet the coder who's running for Congress
Software developers are a rare breed in the halls of government, but why is that and should there be more of them? One who’s running for Congress shares his thoughtsread more
View ArticleNSA's plans reportedly involve infecting millions of computers with...
The U.S. National Security Agency has reportedly been working for the past several years on expanding its ability to infect computers with surveillance malware and creating a command-and-control...
View ArticleNSA phone metadata collection program renewed for 90 days
Reauthorization was needed to ensure continuity while changes are made, feds say. read more
View ArticleEmails shed light on Google's work with NSA
Exchanges between NSA director and Google execs suggest cooperation on data security. read more
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