March 11, 2020

Trial for accused CIA leaker ends in hung jury

The US is expected to press for a retrial in the high-stakes trial of Joshua Schulte, suspected of raiding the CIA's cyber arsenal.

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September 19, 2019

US files suit against Snowden to keep book profits out of his hands

The government, alleging that Snowden violated NDAs with the CIA and NSA, isn't looking to stop the book's publication or distribution.

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March 20, 2019

Ep. 024 – Sextortion, malicious adverts and randomness [PODCAST]

Here's the latest Naked Security podcast - listen now!

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March 19, 2019

New scam accuses you of child abuse, offers to remove evidence

This scam is both intimidating and disturbing - the crooks are presenting themselves as corrupt CIA officials who will take a bribe.

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November 06, 2018

CIA’s secret online network unravelled with a Google search

The US government is reeling from a catastrophic, years-long intelligence failure that compromised its internet-based covert communications.

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June 20, 2018

Alleged Vault 7 leaker was busted because of basic security blunders

The FBI says that Schulte's poor opsec was his undoing.

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May 17, 2018

CIA’s “Vault 7” mega-leak was an inside job, claims FBI

The suspect worked for a CIA group that designed hacking tools at the time the cyber-spying arsenal was given to WikiLeaks.

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January 23, 2018

How a teen used social engineering to take on the FBI and CIA

Of all the adversaries facing the US in cyberspace, there is one that the FBI and CIA often seem to struggle to contain: teenagers.

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November 21, 2017

US Senate takes aim at “warrantless surveillance”

The proposal would put curbs on Section 702, but will it pass?

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