Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 5:28:00 PM CEST
NSA shares raw intelligence including Americans' data with Israel
The National Security Agency routinely shares raw intelligence data with Israel without first sifting it to remove information about US citizens, a top-secret document provided to the Guardian by whistleblower Edward Snowden reveals.
Details of the intelligence-sharing agreement are laid out in a memorandum of understanding between the NSA and its Israeli counterpart that shows the US government handed over intercepted communications likely to contain phone calls and emails of American citizens. The agreement places no legally binding limits on the use of the data by the Israelis.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on September 11, 2013 at 4:41:00 PM CEST
Complete scheme to “teleport” quantum information by photons
The principles of quantum mechanics allow us to realize ultra-high-capacity communication and ultra-high-speed quantum computation beyond the limits of current technology. One of the most important steps toward this goal is the transfer of quantum bits (superposition of 0 and 1) carried by particles of light by what is termed “quantum teleportation”.
The research group of Prof. Akira Furusawa and graduate student Shuntaro Takeda at the Graduate School of Engineering of the University of Tokyo have realized, for the first time, the complete quantum teleportation of photonic quantum bits using an innovative scheme of combining photonic quantum bits with optical wave teleportation.
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Topic: POLITIK - on September 11, 2013 at 4:35:00 PM CEST
Russian lawyers say Harry Potter character Dobby is based on Putin
A group of Russian lawyers is reportedly planning a law suit against Harry Potter producers Warner Bros over apparent similarities between Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, and CGI-tastic Chamber of Secrets star Dobby the elf.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 4:32:00 PM CEST
Brazilian TV show accuses NSA of spying on oil firm based on leaked docs
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has said that if leaked NSA documents showing the US spied on her country's state-run oil firm Petrobras are "confirmed", then it must have done so for “economic and strategic” reasons rather than for "national security".
The leaked "intelligence documents" appear to run counter to US claims it isn't involved in industrial espionage.
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Topic: TV - on September 11, 2013 at 3:41:00 PM CEST
Weird Japanese commercial compialtion
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 3:16:00 PM CEST
NSA violations led judge to consider viability of surveillance program
A judge on the secret surveillance court was so disturbed by the National Security Agency's repeated violations of privacy restrictions that he questioned the viability of its bulk collection of Americans' phone records, according to newly declassified surveillance documents.
Judge Reggie Walton, now the presiding judge on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (Fisa) court, imposed a significant and previously undisclosed restriction on the NSA's ability to access its bulk databases of phone records after finding that the agency repeatedly violated privacy protections.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 3:15:00 PM CEST
Offengelegte Dokumente: NSA verletzte massiv Privatsphäre von Bürgern
Die NSA hat nach einer Klage von Bürgerrechtlern Dokumente freigeben müssen. Die belegen, dass der Geheimdienst massiv die Privatsphäre von US-Bürgern verletzte. Von 17.800 überwachten Telefonanschlüssen war offenbar nur eine geringe Anzahl von Interesse im Kampf gegen den Terror.
Washington - Der US-Geheimdienst NSA hat nach jetzt freigegebenen Dokumenten massiv die Privatsphäre von US-Bürgern verletzt. Eine Bürgerrechtsgruppe hatte auf die Offenlegung der Informationen geklagt. Die am Dienstagabend (Ortszeit) veröffentlichten Dokumente beziehen sich auf das Sammeln der Metadaten von Telefonaten in den USA zwischen 2006 und 2009, für das es oftmals keine juristische Grundlage gab. Sie zeigen, dass die NSA fast 17.800 US-Telefonanschlüsse überwachte - nur etwa 1800 seien aber im Anti-Terror-Kampf möglicherweise von Interesse gewesen, sagte ein ranghoher Geheimdienstvertreter.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 3:14:00 PM CEST
FLYING PIG: The NSA Is Running Man In The Middle Attacks Imitating Google's Servers
Glyn mentioned this in his post yesterday about the NSA leaks showing direct economic espionage, but with so many other important points in that story, it got a little buried. One of the key revelations was about a program called "FLYING PIG" which is the first time I can recall it being clearly stated that the NSA has been running man-in-the-middle attacks on internet services like Google. This slide makes it quite clear that the NSA impersonates Google servers: There have been rumors of the NSA and others using those kinds of MITM attacks, but to have it confirmed that they're doing them against the likes of Google, Yahoo and Microsoft is a big deal -- and something I would imagine does not make any of those three companies particularly happy.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 3:12:00 PM CEST
Manipulierter Sicherheitsstandard: US-Behörde sucht Spuren der NSA-Saboteure
Die US-Behörde Nist beschließt Standards, unter anderem Grundlagen für Verschlüsselung. Nun warnt sie vor dem Einsatz eines seit Jahren etablierten Verfahrens: Es gibt Hinweise auf eine schwere Sicherheitslücke, eingebaut von der NSA.
Das US-Normungsinstitut Nist (National Institute of Standards and Technology) warnt vor einem eigenen Standard. In einer öffentlichen Erklärung raten die Experten dringen davon ab, ein 2006 genormtes Verfahren für einen Zufallszahlengenerator zu nutzen. Die Methode wird vor allem bei Verschlüsselungsverfahren genutzt.
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Topic: SECURITY - on September 11, 2013 at 3:11:00 PM CEST
Government Announces Steps to Restore Confidence on Encryption Standards
The federal agency charged with recommending cybersecurity standards said Tuesday that it would reopen the public vetting process for an encryption standard, after reports that the National Security Agency had written the standard and could break it.
“We want to assure the I.T. cybersecurity community that the transparent, public process used to rigorously vet our standards is still in place,” The National Institute of Standards and Technology said in a public statement. “N.I.S.T. would not deliberately weaken a cryptographic standard.”
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on September 11, 2013 at 3:09:00 PM CEST
Man allegedly punches police dog, gets bitten on penis
A MAN who was bitten on the penis after allegedly punching a police dog in the face is in police custody.
Zane Thomas Smith had been on the run for several days after an alleged robbery at Mooloolaba, where he allegedly bashed a woman and stole a motorcycle.
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Topic: POLITIK - on September 11, 2013 at 3:07:00 PM CEST
Italian lawmakers delay showdown over Berlusconi
Italian lawmakers on Tuesday pulled back from a showdown over the political future of Silvio Berlusconi after allies of the billionaire media tycoon threatened to bring down Prime Minister Enrico Letta's unstable ruling coalition.
A meeting of a cross-party Senate committee charged with deciding whether Berlusconi should be barred from the Senate following a conviction for tax fraud ended without holding a vote, easing political tensions at least for the time being.
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