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Pentagon Unveils Rogue Spy Sat Shootdown Plan

2008-02-14 19:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
In the next week or so, the U.S. military is going to try to take out a malfunctioning spy satellite before it crashes to Earth -- and maybe releases a toxic gas in the process
 
Tags: spy satellite, toxic gas, military, week, process, earth, releases, crashes
 
 
 
 
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Spy Sat Shootdown Shown on Navy Tape

2008-02-21 14:00:00 by Danger Room in Wired Security
 
A Navy missile blasts a dying -- and potentially poisonous -- spy satellite just above the atmosphere. Watch the footage
 
Tags: navy missile blasts, spy satellite, footage, atmosphere, poisonous
 
 
 
 
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Parliament, Spy Agency Contracts Exempted From Ombudsmans Gaze

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2008-05-20 02:54:26 by Dave Lewis in Liquidmatrix Security Digest
...spy agency from oversight by a new ombudsmans post that was central to the 2006 Conservative election campaign The government slipped the exemptions through last week in regulations that empower the contract procurement ombudsman under the Accountability Act - flagship legislation the government introduced as its first bill soon after taking...
 
Tags: contracts, review contracts, ombudsman, parliament, contract procurement ombudsman, opposition mps, ombudsmans statutory duty, canadas spy agency, insert heavy sarcasm
 
 
 
 
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Report Warns U.S. Could Lose Space-Spy Dominance

2008-10-07 22:42:00 by Noah Shachtman in Wired Security
 
America is becoming so lousy at building spy satellites that "the United States is losing its preeminence in space," a Congressional intelligence report declares. What's worse, the decline comes as "emerging space powers such as Russia, India and China" are getting better and better at snooping from above
 
Tags: space, space powers, spy satellites, russia, india, america, decline, lousy, preeminence
 
 
 
 
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PC Webcams Might Be Abused Through Clickjacking To Silently Spy On Users

2008-10-07 23:32:08 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
An Israeli security researcher has released a demo of a clickjacking attack, using a JavaScript game to turn every browser into a surveillance zombie. The proof-of-concept game uses a PCs video cam and microphone to secretly spy on the player. The release of the demo follows last months partial disclosure of the cross-platform attack/threat,...
 
Tags: israeli security researcher, javascript game, pcs video cam, months partial disclosure, game, demo, secretly spy, cross-platform attackthreat, surveillance zombie
 
 
 
 
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To Remove the Worse You Need the Best

2007-08-01 19:25:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...spyware in it Spyware are computer programs that attach themselves in whatever things you download online. They are designed to track you wherever you go online. Spyware is a little different from adware. Adware are also referred to as freeware and are basically ads that pop-up when you open a website or webpage or open a program Spyware...
 
Tags: spyware programs, decent anti-spyware programs, anti-spyware programs, spyware, free, popular free anti-spyware, anti-spyware scanners, remove spyware, spyware doctor
 
 
 
 
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Adware and Spyware Such a Pain

2007-08-01 19:17:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...Spyware Such a Pain Spywares and adwares are not only annoying but more often than not tend to damage your computer software and sometimes can even cause some damage to your hardware too. These annoying bugs have become a bane for internet browsers worldwide. They have become a normal occurrence that we sometimes tend to ignore but God...
 
Tags: spyware programs, decent anti-spyware programs, anti-spyware programs regularly, anti-spyware programs, spyware, free, popular free anti-spyware, spyware program, spyware program offer
 
 
 
 
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NSA's Domestic Spying

2008-03-26 06:02:18 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...spy agency now monitors huge volumes of records of domestic emails and Internet searches as well as bank transfers, credit-card transactions, travel and telephone records. The NSA receives this so-called "transactional" data from other agencies or private companies, and its sophisticated software programs analyze the various transactions for...
 
Tags: nsa, data haul, haul, information, transactional information, data, nsa receives, mass data, terrorism information awareness
 
 
 
 
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Effective Spyware and Adware Utilities

2007-08-01 19:28:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...Spyware and Adware Utilities If you are looking for effective spyware and adware protection, you can always look online to check out some of the most effective anti-spyware and adware tools available for you. There are a number of software companies who have dedicated their resources to develop more effective and more sophisticated programs...
 
Tags: effective spyware, effective, spyware, adware, adware utilities, potential spyware, spyware doctor, adware tools, potential adware
 
 
 
 
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A Localized Bankers Malware Campaign

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2008-03-25 14:59:06 by HASH0x8b6136c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge