Topic: SECURITY - on November 8, 2013 at 3:55:00 PM CET
Heise-Zeitleiste zum NSA-Überwachungsskandal
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 6, 2013 at 2:47:00 PM CET
Researcher skepticism grows over badBIOS malware claims
Five days after Ars chronicled a security researcher's three-year odyssey investigating a mysterious piece of malware he dubbed badBIOS, some of his peers say they are still unable to reproduce his findings.
"I am getting increasingly skeptical due to the lack of evidence," fellow researcher Arrigo Triulzi told Ars after examining forensic data that Ruiu has turned over. "So either I am not as good as people say or there is really nothing."
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 5, 2013 at 4:31:00 PM CET
NSA files – Germans call in British ambassador – live
Welcome to our hub for all Edward Snowden, NSA and GCHQ-related developments around the world, as controversy over revelations leaked by the whistleblower continue to make headlines. As arguments rage over how much of our day to day life should be monitored in the name of security, we'll be tracking the growing global debate about privacy in the digital age. We'd like to know what you think about the whole NSA story, what you're worried about – and any new areas you'd like to read more about.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 5, 2013 at 2:16:00 PM CET
Überraschung? Auch Briten haben Spionagetechnik in Berlin
In der letzten Woche haben wir erfahren, dass es in der amerikanischen Botschaft in Berlin offenbar ein “Spionagenest” gibt. Wärmebildkameras hatten das Vorhandensein von Abhör-Equipment auf dem Dach nahegelegt. Kein Wunder, erleichtert zumindest das Abhören von Kanzlerin Merkel und ihrer Regierungsriege.
Hingegen verwunderlich ist, dass die britische Botschaft, die direkt neben der US-Botschaft liegt, bisher noch keine Beachtung gefunden hat. Und dass, obwohl hier baulich nichts versteckt wurde. Frank Rieger hatte bereits nach Bekanntwerden der Botschaftsausstattung auf das Dach der Briten hingewiesen (lässt sich auch via Google Maps recht gut erkennen).
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 5, 2013 at 2:14:00 PM CET
How we know the NSA had access to internal Google and Yahoo cloud data
The Washington Post reported last Wednesday that the National Security Agency has been tapping into the private links that connect Google and Yahoo data centers around the world. Today we offer additional background, with new evidence from the source documents and interviews with confidential sources, demonstrating that the NSA accessed data traveling between those centers.
The background also helps explain the response of U.S. officials following the publication of the story.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 4, 2013 at 3:58:00 PM CET
NSA-Affäre: "Guardian" beklagt Einschüchterung durch Regierung
Chefredakteur: Rusbridger: "Billige Attacke" von Premier Cameron - Bürgerrechtler an Cameron: Freiheitsrechte wahren
London - Der Chefredakteur des britischen "Guardian", Alan Rusbridger, hat erneut schwere Vorwürfe gegen die Regierung von Premierminister David Cameron erhoben. Neue Einschüchterungsversuche der Regierung, mit dem Versuch, die Zeitung von der Veröffentlichung von Geheimdienstinformationen abzuhalten, bezeichnete er in einem Interview des Nachrichtenmagazins "Der Spiegel" als "billige Attacke".
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 4, 2013 at 3:57:00 PM CET
Enge Bundesheerkooperation mit der NSA
Österreich rangiert als NSA-Partner gleichauf mit Deutschland und 14 anderen NATO-Staaten. Das Bundesheer hatte auf Anfrage von ORF.at keine Erklärung für diesen Status.
Aus den in der vergangenen Woche veröffentlichten NSA-Dokumenten geht hervor, dass die Zusammenarbeit der österreichischen Militärgeheimdienste mit der NSA weit umfangreicher sein muss, als bisher bekannt war.
In einer Liste von Staaten, die mit der NSA am engsten zusammenarbeiten, findet sich das neutrale Österreich in einer überraschend prominenten Position. Als "Tier B"-Partner steht Österreich da in einer Reihe mit Deutschland und 14 weiteren NATO-Staaten, die "fokussierte Kooperation" mit der NSA betreiben. Dabei handelt es sich um "Kooperation bei Operationen in Computernetzen" und deren Auswertung ("Exploitation").
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 4, 2013 at 3:56:00 PM CET
Snowden Publishes "A Manifesto For the Truth"
In the turbulent wake of the international uproar spurred by his leaked documents, Mr. Snowden published a letter over the weekend in Der Spiegel titled, "A Manifesto for the Truth". In the letter, Mr. Snowden reflects on the consequences of the information released so far, and their effect on exposing the extent and obscenity of international and domestic surveillance, while continuing to call out the NSA and GCHQ as the worst offenders.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 2, 2013 at 4:28:00 PM CET
How NSA targeted chancellor Merkel's mobile phone
Last week, the German weekly Der Spiegel revealed that NSA intercepted the mobile phone of the German chancellor Angela Merkel. Although most details were not known yet, the fact itself caused a severe crisis in the relationship between the United States and Germany.
Meanwhile, the original NSA targeting record containing chancellor Merkel's phone number has been published. One of the entries refers to a document about the NSA's SYNAPSE data model, which was disclosed earlier and provides us with a context for the targeting record. Finally, an impression of how the interception could have been conducted is given by a picture of the SCS interception equipment, which is presumably located in the US embassy in Berlin.
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 2, 2013 at 4:26:00 PM CET
NSA Spied 125 Billion Phone Calls in a Month
It seems that Greenwald already listed the US DNR total, and since he is looking at better images than I am (I am reading the Hindu's images), I'm inclined to take his total. (though not the interpretation of it, I've gone into the reasons enough times)
"There are no precise figures, but last January Brazil was just behind the United States, which had 2.3 billion phone calls and messages spied."
I have a US aggregate figure from Le Monde (3,095,533,478), Greenwald's rounded DNR figure from O Globo (2,300,000,000), which leaves the approximate US DNI total to be (795,533,478)
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 2, 2013 at 4:22:00 PM CET
NSA-Affäre: Flächendeckende Abhörung in Österreich
Laut dem Nachrichtenmagazin "profil", das einen ehemaligen US-Agenten interviewt hat, betreibt die NSA in Österreich eine Abhörstation.
In Österreich dürfte die NSA in Österreich genauso flächendeckend Telefonate erfassen und überwachen, wie es zuletzt aus anderen Ländern bekannt geworden ist: "Gehen Sie davon aus, dass das geschieht. Die Überwachung von internationalen Kommunikationsverbindungen ist gängige Praxis der NSA und eine Doktrin zur Unterstützung nationaler amerikanischer Interessen," wird ein "ehemaliger US-Agent" in einem Interview des Nachrichtenmagazins "profil" vorab zitiert (Montag-Ausgabe).
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Topic: SECURITY - on November 2, 2013 at 4:20:00 PM CET
NSA files decoded: Edward Snowden's surveillance revelations explained
When Edward Snowden met journalists in his cramped room in Hong Kong's Mira hotel in June, his mission was ambitious. Amid the clutter of laundry, meal trays and his four laptops, he wanted to start a debate about mass surveillance.
He succeeded beyond anything the journalists or Snowden himself ever imagined. His disclosures about the NSA resonated with Americans from day one. But they also exploded round the world.
For some, like Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren, it is a vitally important issue, one of the biggest of our time: nothing less than the defence of democracy in the digital age.
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