Topic: SECURITY - on December 4, 2013 at 3:59:00 PM CET
Greenwald kündigte "schockierende" NSA-Enthüllungen an
Der Journalist versicherte, er habe "sehr wohl vor, diese bis hin zum letzten Dokument zu veröffentlichen."
Der Enthüllungsjournalist Glenn Greenwald hat neue, "schockierende" Veröffentlichungen zur Spionage des US-Geheimdienstes NSA angekündigt. "Ich will nicht sagen, dass das Schlimmste noch kommt", sagte Greenwald der französischen Wochenzeitung "Telerama" vom Mittwoch in einem in Brasilien geführten Interview.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 4, 2013 at 3:56:00 PM CET
NSA verteilt Leitfaden für familiäre Feiertagsgespräche
Auf manchen NSA-Mitarbeiter könnten beim weihnachtlichen Familientreffen unangenehme Fragen warten. Deshalb hat der Geheimdienst offenbar einen Leitfaden verteilen lassen: Wie sind Fragen der Verwandtschaft nach Spähprogrammen und Überwachung zu kontern?
Mit Thanksgiving wurde in den USA die Weihnachtszeit eingeläutet, bis Ende des Jahres wird jetzt gefeiert: Auf das Truthahn-Gelage mit der ganzen Familie folgen Weihnachtsfeiern und Cocktailempfänge, Familientreffen unterm Tannenbaum und Silvesterpartys. Solche Veranstaltungen können recht viele Stolperfallen bieten, vor allem, wenn man bei der NSA arbeitet. Denn zu dieser Jahreszeit trifft man auch die entferntere Verwandtschaft - und die könnten nach dem Spähskandal des Jahres ein paar Fragen haben an den Onkel vom Geheimdienst.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 4, 2013 at 3:48:00 PM CET
Moroccan party holds hearing for legalizing pot
One of Morocco's main political parties has held a hearing about legalizing cannabis growing for medical and industrial uses.
Representatives of the Party for Authenticity and Modernity said such a law would, in part, improve the lives of the one million people in the country who make their living growing marijuana.
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Topic: DRUGS - on December 4, 2013 at 3:46:00 PM CET
Amerikas erster "Marihuana-Redakteur"
Reporter der Denver Post will an "vorderster Front" über Auswirkungen der Legalisierung auf das Alltagsleben berichten
Washington - Der Sketch lag auf der Hand. "Bei der Denver Post suchen sie einen Marihuana-Redakteur", las Cecily Strong, fein lächelnd vor bunter Weltkarte im fiktiven Nachrichtenstudio von Saturday Night Live sitzend, vom Teleprompter. Es folgte eine kurze Kunstpause, dann die Pointe: "Sie haben einen. Sie suchen gerade nach ihm."
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Topic: POLICE REPORT - on December 4, 2013 at 3:21:00 PM CET
Mexiko: Diebe stehlen Lastwagen mit gefährlichem Atommaterial
In Mexiko ist ein Lastwagen mit gefährlichem radioaktivem Kobalt-60 gestohlen worden. Die Internationale Atomenergiebehörde bezeichnet das Material, das aus einem medizinischen Gerät stammt, als "extrem gefährlich". Der Hintergrund des Diebstahls ist noch völlig unklar.
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Topic: NEWS english - on December 4, 2013 at 3:20:00 PM CET
Tracking 96,000 stolen Bitcoin in realtime
Sheep Marketplace -- a Bitcoin-based market that grew sharply after Silk Road shuttered -- was the target of a 96,000 Bitcoin (~£60m) hack last weekend. It turns out that laundering that much Bitcoin is very tricky, and the denizens of r/sheepmarketplace on Reddit have been taking countermeasures against the thieves (or thief) to track and de-anonymize the Bitcoin as it moves through various "tumblers" -- services that obfuscate the origin and destination of Bitcoin fractions. It's an exciting chase across the darknet, full of math, intrigue, and crime.
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Topic: Space - on December 4, 2013 at 3:19:00 PM CET
Signs of Water Found on 5 Alien Planets by Hubble Telescope
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has detected water in the atmospheres of five planets beyond our solar system, two recent studies reveal.
The five exoplanets with hints of water are all scorching-hot, Jupiter-size worlds that are unlikely to host life as we know it. But finding water in their atmospheres still marks a step forward in the search for distant planets that may be capable of supporting alien life, researchers said.
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Topic: SCIENCE - on December 4, 2013 at 3:17:00 PM CET
A Link Between Wormholes and Quantum Entanglement
This advance is so meta. Theoretical physicists have forged a connection between the concept of entanglement—itself a mysterious quantum mechanical connection between two widely separated particles—and that of a wormhole—a hypothetical connection between black holes that serves as a shortcut through space. The insight could help physicists reconcile quantum mechanics and Einstein's general theory of relativity, perhaps the grandest goal in theoretical physics. But some experts argue that the connection is merely a mathematical analogy.
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Topic: Drone - on December 4, 2013 at 3:15:00 PM CET
How To Hijack a Drone For $400 In Less Than an Hour
The skies may soon be full of drones – some run by law enforcement agencies, others run by intelligence agencies and still others delivering novels and cases of diapers from Amazon. But a new project by a well-known hacker Samy Kamkar may give control of those drones to anyone with $400 and an hour of free time.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 4, 2013 at 3:14:00 PM CET
Scientist-developed malware covertly jumps air gaps using inaudible sound
Computer scientists have developed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes and other sensitive data even when infected machines have no network connection.
The proof-of-concept software—or malicious trojans that adopt the same high-frequency communication methods—could prove especially adept in penetrating highly sensitive environments that routinely place an "air gap" between computers and the outside world. Using nothing more than the built-in microphones and speakers of standard computers, the researchers were able to transmit passwords and other small amounts of data from distances of almost 65 feet. The software can transfer data at much greater distances by employing an acoustical mesh network made up of attacker-controlled devices that repeat the audio signals.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 4, 2013 at 3:10:00 PM CET
MPs ask MI5 boss to justify claim that NSA leaks endangered national security
A committee of MPs challenged the existing system of oversight for the security services by asking the head of MI5 to justify his claims that the Guardian has endangered national security by publishing leaks from the former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
In an unprecedented step, Keith Vaz, the chairman of the home affairs select committee, announced that spy chief Andrew Parker had been summoned to give evidence in public to the Commons committee next week.
theguardian.com It's outrageous to accuse the Guardian of aiding terrorism by publishing Snowden's revelations Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger appears before MPs – live coverage Guardian will not be intimidated over NSA leaks, Alan Rusbridger tells MPs
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