North Korea’s internet connections to China and India come under scrutiny

New analysis of recent North Korean internet traffic reveals that the reclusive regime is most likely carrying out its cyber-operations via the networks of other countries across Asia, Oceania and Africa. The report released Tuesday by threat intelligence firm Recorded Future finds fast-growing internet usage in North Korea that in many ways mirrors what people do online elsewhere: North Koreans go on social media, stream video, play video games and shop. But “a near absence of malicious cyber activity” from within North Korea itself supports the longstanding assumption that Pyongyang conducts cyber-operations from outside its own borders, researchers concluded. Another key piece of evidence that Recorded Future found in the data, which was collected by the nonprofit Internet security research group Team Cymru: above-average activity from North Korea’s internet to notable points in a handful of foreign countries, including China and India. The data was gathered from April 1 to July 6 on internet address blocks believed to be used by […]

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New battle in ‘Crypto Wars’ heating up in wake of Manchester attack

Another round of encryption policy debate, spurred on by the investigation into “a network” of terrorists in Monday night’s bombing in Manchester, is underway with European leaders threatening to pass further laws that would allow governments increased access to data regardless of the security that sits on devices. A Tuesday report from The Sun alleges the U.K. government will push through increased backdoor powers immediately after the upcoming June 8 election. The reported new powers, which will impact companies with over 10,000 customers, have been in the making for over a month. “We will do this as soon as we can after the election, as long as we get back in,” one government minister reportedly told The Sun. “The level of threat clearly proves there is no more time to waste now. The social media companies have been laughing in our faces for too long.” The latest European flare up in the encryption debate […]

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Policy Experts Push To Make Vulnerability Equities Process Law

By making the Vulnerability Equities Process law, advocates of the idea argue there would be more reliability, transparency and accountability in the process of government vulnerability disclosure. Continue reading Policy Experts Push To Make Vulnerability Equities Process Law

Dept. of Justice Makes Plea for Mass Surveillance, Hacking

The Department of Justice is countering a growing chorus of privacy advocates who are against a rule change that will greatly expand law enforcement’s ability to hack into computers located around the world. Continue reading Dept. of Justice Makes Plea for Mass Surveillance, Hacking

FBI Is One Step Closer To Getting Legal Authority To Hack Computers Everywhere

Privacy activists are calling for Congress to reject the change. Continue reading FBI Is One Step Closer To Getting Legal Authority To Hack Computers Everywhere