What Happens At 'Black Hat,' The World's Biggest Conference For Hackers In...
Every year in the ballrooms at Caesar's Palace hotel in Las Vegas, thousands of security experts gather to discuss information security and expose vulnerabilities at the Black Hat conference. It's...
View ArticleExcerpt From Marine's Speech Proves Little Has Changed In 80 Years
Marine Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler would be 132 years old today, were he still alive.He was twice awarded the Medal of Honor, for his heroism during several combat tours in Central America. He took part...
View ArticleOfficials Cite 'Due Process' In Refusal To Stop Paying Contractors Who...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has refused to bar 43 individuals or companies from getting U.S. contracts in Afghanistan despite information that they support the Taliban or other enemies of U.S....
View ArticleCongressman Says Guantanamo Detainees Request 'Fifty Shades Of Grey' More...
Terror masterminds and other high-value detainees at Guantanamo Bay may just be the biggest fans of Fifty Shades of Grey, the erotic novel that counts bored housewives as its main fan base (among...
View ArticleJULIAN ASSANGE: Bradley Manning Verdict Is 'National Security Extremism'
LONDON (Reuters) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange accused President Barack Obama of "national security extremism" on Tuesday after an American military judge convicted Bradley Manning over the...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s Illegally Supplied Helicopters Emerge After 30 Years In The Dark
On Jul. 27, North Korea staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.Among the hardware that took part in the traditional flying parade, there...
View ArticleAn Iraq War Veteran Became An Arizona Cardinals Cheerleader
In some ways, Megan Welter has the background of the typical NFL cheerleader.She started dancing at age three, she told ABC15, competed throughout her childhood and eventually joined her college dance...
View ArticleDocument Reveals How The Obama Administration Collects Millions Of Americans'...
The Obama administration has declassified the secret "primary order" it has used to direct Verizon to for over large quantities of Americans' phone metadata. Ahead of a Senate hearing Wednesday morning...
View ArticleNew NSA Leaks Show How Easily The Government Can See Almost Everything You Do...
National Security Agency documents provided to The Guardian by Edward Snowden reveal a system that, as of 2008, allowed analysts to search "nearly everything a typical user does on the internet,"...
View ArticleThe Second-Largest Panoramic Picture Ever Is Somewhat Terrifying
360 Cities sent us this stunning, 600,000 pixel-wide, 360° panorama photograph shot from the 1,093 ft Tokyo Tower, and it's certainly a sight to behold.The image is the second biggest panoramic...
View ArticleNSA Analysts Can Start Spying On You Without Any Court Or Senior Approval
National Security Agency Analysts don't need a court order to listen in on your communications.Previously, we reported that the authority is granted to NSA analysts when a FISA court judges signs a...
View ArticleNSA's 'Widest-Reaching' System Could Read Facebook Chats And Private Messages
Glenn Greenwald of The Guardian has published a massive report detailing a NSA program called XKeyscore that is the spy agency's "widest-reaching" system for developing intelligence from the Internet,...
View ArticleHow Italy's 'Operation Skhodka' Nailed The Georgian Mafia
I am indebted to Antonio de Bonis, a senior analyst at the Italian Carabinieri’s ROS Special Operational Detachment, for this short and authoritative summary of Operation Skhodka, the recent and...
View ArticleThe NSA's Own Leaked Slide Shows How Absurd Its Surveillance Is
To understand the absurdity of the NSA surveillance system, just look at this slide from the today's Guardian report about the agency's supposed comprehensive internet surveillance apparatus:Do you see...
View ArticleA 30 Year-Old Hacker Just Cursed At The Most Powerful Man In Global Surveillance
While Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, was barred from this year's DefCon hacker conference, Black Hat hacker conference welcomed him with open arms.Well, not...
View ArticleEven Tony Stark Would Be Impressed With Raytheon's Slow Motion Missile Video
Okay, it's not technically a missile, but the munition— an artillery projectile — certainly looks like a missile.Raytheon's assertion that"Analyses have shown that on average it takes at least 10...
View ArticleAl-Qaida: 'Gitmo Is Next On The Jailbreak List'
BAGHDAD (AP) — Al-Qaida's leader said in remarks posted Wednesday that a prisoners' hunger strike in Guantanamo Bay has revealed the "odious" face of America and claims that the terror network will...
View ArticleDespite 'Coup', Joint US-Egypt Military Exercise Will Go Forward
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States still plans to hold a major military exercise called Bright Star in Egypt in mid-September, U.S. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Wednesday, even after the...
View ArticleSmall-Town Police Departments Are Getting Billions In Big Military Hardware
In Iraq and Afghanistan, you'll find U.S. troops with M16 rifles, Humvee trucks, and high-tech surveillance equipment, but that military hardware is increasingly showing up in small-town police...
View ArticleHere's The Video Of Hackers Calling 'Bulls---' On The NSA Chief
On Wednesday Army Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the National Security Agency, was heckled while giving the day one keynote address at the Black Hat hacker conference.Alexander, the most powerful...
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