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A zero-day exploit originating from controversial security firm Hacking Team is being exploited in at least three different exploit kits. The exploit comes from Hacking Team's hack, in which 400 gigabytes of internal files were placed…

A group of prominent scientists takes a public position in a paper against governments that want to see encrypted communication through backdoors. According to the researchers, this jeopardizes the protection of the most confidential…

Hackers allegedly stole the data of up to 14 million former and current officials in a break-in at a data center of the US Department of the Interior. That is considerably more than what the government itself estimated.Sources within the…

The NSA would be allowed to wiretap the Internet to and from the US without needing a warrant, looking for evidence of hacking attempts by foreign powers. This is according to new documents released by whistleblower Snowden.The documents…

Google will stop sending text messages to users who have set reminders in Calendar. According to the internet giant, SMS has become obsolete as smartphones now have better ways to remember.From June 27, no more reminder texts will be…

The German Bundesnachrichtendienst is said to have extensively assisted the NSA for years in spying on European politicians and companies without informing the governments concerned. German politicians demand an immediate end to this…

Microsoft CEO Mark Russinovich certainly calls it a possibility that Microsoft will make the source code of its Windows operating system available as open source in the future. According to the man, the changing software landscape is…

Nissan plans to allow partially autonomous cars to drive on Japan's roads by 2016. By 2020, the cars should also be able to find their way independently in busy urban environments. Carlos Ghosn, the car company's chief executive, said…

SecuSmart, a subsidiary of BlackBerry, has announced that it is releasing a tablet with a range of security features. The so-called SecuTablet is based on the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 and there is also cooperation with IBM.On its website,…

Open Whisper Systems, which offers encrypted communications, has equipped its iOS app with the ability to send encrypted messages. Until now, Signal could only be used to make encrypted VoIP calls.The Open Whisper Systems project already…