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Former CIA Officer Charged with Revealing Identity of Undercover Officer

January 24, 2012

A former CIA officer who worked for the agency for 14 years has been charged with revealing the identity of an undercover officer and providing classified information to unauthorized individuals. According to federal prosecutors, John Kiriakou served as a source for a variety of news organizations whose reporters were writing stories in 2008 and 2009 [...]

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Recommendations for improving secure conference calls

January 23, 2012

Advanced digital videoconferencing equipment has vastly improved meeting opportunities for coworkers and clients across the globe, but the new systems can also be hacked to spy on those meetings, potentially jeopardizing confidential client data or corporate secrets. In a recent demonstration, HD Moore, a chief security officer at Boston-based IT security company Rapid7, showed that [...]

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New permutation of the Sykipot Trojan access DOD and Windows smart cards

January 18, 2012

A newly discovered permutation of the Sykipot Trojan, which has been used for years in attacks stemming from servers in China, can be used to compromise the U.S. Defense Department’s Common Access Cards, according to Alienvault Labs. The variant comes rolled into phishing attacks and uses a keylogger to “effectively hijack DOD and Windows smart [...]

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Feds Bust $1.5 Million ATM Skimming Scheme

January 11, 2012

Romanian man failed to disguise his identity as he allegedly installed card skimmers to steal data at 40 ATMs around New York. Federal officials Friday announced the arrest of Laurentiu Iulian Bulat, a Romanian citizen who allegedly installed card skimmers on more than 40 ATMs in the New York City metropolitan area. Prosecutors have accused [...]

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FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force: People who engage in legal advocacy efforts could be prosecuted as terrorists

January 5, 2012

For many years, the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force has said that animal rights activists who conduct undercover investigations on farms could be prosecuted as domestic terrorists. The FBI has taken this position in the case of animal rights activist Ryan Shapiro, who obtained new documents through a Freedom of Information Act request that showed [...]

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