Saturday, 16. August 2014

BND überwacht seit Jahren die Türkei


Der Bundesnachrichtendienst führt den Nato-Partner Türkei als offizielles Aufklärungsziel. Neben Hillary Clinton hörte der Dienst auch John Kerry mindestens einmal ab.

zeit.de

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Watch a Cat Video, Get Hacked: the Death of Clear-Text


Citizen Lab released new research today on a targeted exploitation technique used by state actors involving "network injection appliances" installed at ISPs. These devices can target and intercept unencrypted YouTube traffic and replace it with malicious code that gives the operator control over the system or installs a surveillance backdoor. One of the researchers writes, "many otherwise well-informed people think they have to do something wrong, or stupid, or insecure to get hacked—like clicking on the wrong attachments, or browsing malicious websites...many of these commonly held beliefs are not necessarily true." This technique is largely designed for targeted attacks, so it's likely most of us will be safe for now — but just one more reminder to use https.

slashdot.org

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