Topic: SECURITY - on December 6, 2013 at 4:39:00 PM CET
Unbekannte zweigten monatelang Teile des Internetverkehrs ab
Offenbar grundlegendes Problem im Routing-System für Spionage genutzt - Regierungs- und Finanzorganisationen als Ziel
Intensiv wurde in den vergangenen Monaten über die Überwachung des Internets diskutiert, hat sich doch anhand der Enthüllungen von Edward Snowden gezeigt, welch massive Spionage die NSA oder der britische GCHQ betreiben. Nicht zuletzt über das Abzweigen von Glasfaserkabeln ist es den Geheimdiensten gelungen eine beinahe flächendeckende Überwachung zu etablieren.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 5, 2013 at 3:53:00 PM CET
Schweigen österreichischer Minister zu NSA "gerechtfertigt"
Verfassungsrechtler Funk: "Minister ist verpflichtet, sich auf die Verschwiegenheitspflicht zu berufen"
Das Schweigen von SPÖ-Verteidigungsminister Gerald Klug im zuständigen vertraulichen Unterausschuss in Bezug auf Kooperationen mit dem US-Nachrichtendienst NSA ist aus Gründen der nationalen Sicherheit gerechtfertigt. Das sagt der Verfassungsrechtler Bernd-Christian Funk am Mittwoch im Gespräch mit der APA.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 5, 2013 at 3:51:00 PM CET
Snowden and Greenwald: The Men Who Leaked the Secrets
Early one morning last December, Glenn Greenwald opened his laptop, scanned through his e-mail, and made a decision that almost cost him the story of his life. A columnist and blogger with a large and devoted following, Greenwald receives hundreds of e-mails every day, many from readers who claim to have "great stuff." Occasionally these claims turn out to be credible; most of the time they're cranks. There are some that seem promising but also require serious vetting. This takes time, and Greenwald, who starts each morning deluged with messages, has almost none. "My inbox is the enemy," he told me recently.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 5, 2013 at 3:50:00 PM CET
NSA überwacht Standort von Handys weltweit
Wer ist wann an welchem Ort? Die NSA sammelt laut einem Zeitungsbericht in riesigem Umfang Handy-Standortdaten. Täglich soll sie fünf Milliarden Datensätze speichern.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 5, 2013 at 3:48:00 PM CET
NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowden documents show
The National Security Agency is gathering nearly 5 billion records a day on the whereabouts of cellphones around the world, according to top-secret documents and interviews with U.S. intelligence officials, enabling the agency to track the movements of individuals — and map their relationships — in ways that would have been previously unimaginable.
The records feed a vast database that stores information about the locations of at least hundreds of millions of devices, according to the officials and the documents, which were provided by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden. New projects created to analyze that data have provided the intelligence community with what amounts to a mass surveillance tool.
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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: 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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Topic: SECURITY - on December 3, 2013 at 5:48:00 PM CET
Only 1% of Snowden files published - Guardian editor
Only 1% of files leaked by former US intelligence analyst Edward Snowden have been published by the Guardian newspaper, its editor has told MPs.
But Alan Rusbridger told the Home Affairs Select Committee that the Guardian was not a "rogue newspaper".
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 3, 2013 at 3:44:00 PM CET
It's outrageous to accuse the Guardian of aiding terrorism by publishing Snowden's revelations
The Guardian's editor, Alan Rusbridger, is due to appear before the House of Commons home affairs select committee on Tuesday to answer questions about his newspaper's publication of intelligence files leaked by Edward Snowden. Unlike the directors of MI5, MI6 and GCHQ, who gave evidence recently before the intelligence and security committee, Rusbridger will not be provided with a list of questions in advance.
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Topic: SECURITY - on December 3, 2013 at 3:43:00 PM CET
Edward Snowden revelations prompt UN investigation into surveillance
The UN's senior counter-terrorism official is to launch an investigation into the surveillance powers of American and British intelligence agencies following Edward Snowden's revelations that they are using secret programmes to store and analyse billions of emails, phone calls and text messages.
The UN special rapporteur Ben Emmerson QC said his inquiry would also seek to establish whether the British parliament had been misled about the capabilities of Britain's eavesdropping headquarters, GCHQ, and whether the current system of oversight and scrutiny was strong enough to meet United Nations standards.
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