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ISPs kept in dark about UK's plans to intercept Twitter

...ISPA). "It is important that proposals to update government's capabilities to intercept and retain communications data in the new communications environment are proportionate, respect... Read more

20 February, 2012 by Tom Espiner

US government to seek intercept powers on internet

...force providers to unlock encrypted data. "We're talking about lawfully authorised intercepts," Caproni said. "We're not talking expanding authority. We're talking about... Read more

27 September, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

US body probes RIM, Nokia, Apple backdoor claims

...cached Pastebin document on Wednesday, allege that an Indian military intelligence data intercept team called 'Cycada' intercepted USCC emails with the aid of back doors... Read more

10 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Vodafone femtocell hack lets intruders listen to calls

...femtocells can be adapted to listen to mobile phone calls and to intercept text messages made by the operator's customers, according to a group... Read more

14 July, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Google prosecution pursued by privacy group

...audit] establishes that Google did, beyond reasonable doubt, have intent to systematically intercept and record the content of communications and thus places the company at... Read more

11 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google gets OK to delete Street View Wi-Fi data

The ICO has said that the web giant can erase data its map-service cars collected from Wi-Fi networks, in return for an undertaking to apply greater privacy controls to future UK projects Read more

22 November, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Google's Wi-Fi net caught passwords, says France

Street View cars recorded mailbox passwords and parts of emails as part of their logging of households' Wi-Fi networks, according to the French privacy authority CNIL Read more

21 June, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Report: Met Police uses fake network to intercept calls

...is using covert surveillance technology that can shut off mobile phones and intercept communications, according to a newspaper report. The Guardian article, published on Sunday... Read more

1 November, 2011 by Marguerite Reardon

Canada rules Google Street View intercepts broke law

...UK-selected story, see Canada slaps Google for Street View Wi-Fi intercepts on CNET News Read more

20 October, 2010 by Declan McCullagh

Chrome tool aims to intercept malware delivery

Google has released the DOM Snitch experimental extension for Chrome, which calls developers' attention to code that could lead to cross-site scripting and other malware-bearing attacks Read more

22 June, 2011 by Stephen Shankland

Tougher interception laws to reach Twitter

...such as Twitter and Facebook. The government will introduce a bill to intercept a wider range of internet communications, including those on social networks, it... Read more

9 May, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Email and web snooping plans draw back-bench fire

The government's plans to intercept everyone in the UK's phone, text, email and web-surfing records... Read more

2 April, 2012

Apple fixes Snow Leopard and Safari vulnerabilities

...Snow Leopard operating system, fixing vulnerabilities that potentially allowed an attacker to intercept sensitive user information. The Snow Leopard OS update — Security Update 2011-002... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Ben Woods

MP calls for review of UK web-snoop plans

Government plans to intercept web communications need to be scrutinised, according to Labour MP Tom Watson... Read more

14 January, 2011
A Dynamic Security Mechanism for Web Services Based on NDIS Intermediate Drivers

A Dynamic Security Mechanism for Web Services Based on NDIS Intermediate Drivers

Based on the analysis of several kinds of methods generally used to intercept network packets in different layers, a dynamic mechanism using NDIS intermediate drivers... Read more

1 October, 2011

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