Topic: SECURITY - on July 24, 2013 at 4:04:00 PM CEST
Edward Snowden gets his leaving papers
Russia issued whistleblower Edward Snowden documents on Wednesday that will allow him to leave the transit zone of Moscow's Sheremyetovo airport, ending his month-long stay there, according to law enforcement and airport sources.
The Federal Immigration Service has issued documents confirming that Snowden's asylum request is being considered, which will allow him to leave the transit zone, state news agency RIA Novosti quoted a law enforcement source as saying.
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Topic: Phone - on July 24, 2013 at 2:01:00 PM CEST
Hackers use Android 'master key' exploit in China
A security firm says it has identified the first known malicious use of Android's "master key" vulnerability.
The bug - which was first publicised earlier this month - allows attackers to install code on to phones running Google's mobile operating system and then take control of them.
Symantec said its researchers had found two apps distributed in China that had been infected using the exploit.
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Topic: DOPE HEAD - on July 24, 2013 at 12:55:00 PM CEST
Australian police bust man driving car with no steering wheel
Police in South Australia arrested a man who was found driving a car with no steering wheel and using a pair of vise grips to steer.
At about 8:25 a.m. Monday, police saw the driver of a white Holden sedan driving dangerously on two flat tires in the North Eastern suburbs, police say.
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Topic: SECURITY - on July 24, 2013 at 12:38:00 PM CEST
NSA kann eigene E-Mails nicht durchsuchen
Keine Antwort auf heikle Fragen. Der Geheimdienst NSA verweigert US-Journalisten Auskunft zur möglichen Einflussnahme auf Medienberichte. Die Begründung überrascht: Die NSA kann angeblich ihre E-Mails nicht durchsuchen.
Die NSA, das ist der US-Nachrichtendienst, der allein in Deutschland monatlich 500 Millionen Datenverbindungen überwacht. Die NSA sucht weltweit Experten zur Auswertung ihrer Daten mit Hilfe von zig speziellen Analyse-Programmen. Doch an den eigenen E-Mails scheitern die NSA-Experten. Es ist ihnen nicht möglich, die Daten nach bestimmten Kriterien zu durchsuchen. So begründet die NSA-Pressestelle ihr Schweigen auf eine Anfrage von Journalisten der US-Stiftung ProPublica.
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