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Russian criminals accused of hacking this top email service

By Anthony Spadafora last updated 30 May 20

NSA advisory warns that Russian agents has been exploiting a critical vulnerability in Exim.

NSA issues cybersecurity guidelines for remote desktop users

By Christian Rigg published 13 May 20

NSA guidelines look to help businesses and individuals protect against cyber attacks when working remotely.

Windows users must patch PCs against BlueKeep, NSA warns

By Darren Allan published 6 June 19

If you haven’t already patched against the BlueKeep vulnerability, then get your skates on.

Windows XP gets patched to avoid further WannaCry chaos

By Darren Allan published 14 June 17

Microsoft has reversed an earlier decision and issued patches against more NSA-leaked vulnerabilities.

Follow-up to WannaCry malware shaping up to be a real tear-jerker

By Darren Allan published 22 May 17

Think WannaCry was bad? The next chaos-causing worm could be so much worse.

Microsoft denounces government agencies in wake of WannaCry attack

By Harry Domanski published 15 May 17

The tech sector, customers, and governments need to unite against the growing threat of cyberattacks

10 biggest leaks of the past 10 years

By Christian de Looper published 18 March 17

In Depth From Edward Snowden to Scientology to Sony, here are some of the most important leaks of the last 10 years.

NSA says its new phone surveillance program meets privacy standards

By Farrha Khan published 15 January 16

The NSA's first transparency report says it is meeting privacy requirements of the new US Freedom Act.

The NSA's phone collection program has been shut down

The NSA is now prohibited from collecting phone data in bulk

By Parker Wilhelm published 30 November 15

The US agency has finally shut down its mass collection of data from citizens phone records.

The NSA stopped email collection because it found new ways to get your data

By Farrha Khan published 20 November 15

A new report reveals the reason why the NSA ended up shutting down it's own web surveillance program.

UK spies reportedly saw everything you did on the internet

By Farrha Khan published 25 September 15

Leaked documents show a program to build a web-profile of every person that uses the web.

NSA and GCHQ repeatedly targeted Kaspersky and others

By Jamie Hinks published 23 June 15

Intelligence agencies specifically targeted Kaspersky as well as its peers.

The latest NSA project swipes right for your identity

By Kevin Oliver published 26 May 15

The NSA has begun testing a system that identifies phone users based on the way they swipe on their phones.

NSA planned to infect phones with malware via Google Play store

By Kevin Oliver published 22 May 15

A document that Edward Snowden leaked shows the NSA's intention to infect phones with spyware.

NSA spying reform bill makes its way through the House

By Michelle Fitzsimmons published 14 May 15

The USA Freedom Act aims to put an end to the bulk collection of citizens' records from telecoms.

There wasn't a 'massive' theft of SIM data, but 2G users may have been affected

By Hugh Langley published 25 February 15

Gemalto says it was probably the victim of an attack, but we shouldn't fear a mass data leak.

World's largest SIM maker doesn't think your calls were spied on

By Hugh Langley published 23 February 15

Updated SIM card maker Gemalto wants to get to the bottom of claims that the NSA and GCHQ intercepted calls.

NSA copycat spyware could be snooping on your hard drive

By Jamie Hinks published 18 February 15

Kaspersky has exposed a new NSA spying program that lives deep inside hard drives to collect information on various targets.

Twitter follows through on its threat to sue the US for more transparency

By Michael Rougeau published 7 October 14

Twitter is finally taking the fight to court.

Lawsuit over Facebook's over EU privacy policy gains 25,000 likes

Lawsuit over Facebook's EU privacy policy gains 25,000 likes

By Chris Smith published 6 August 14

Facebook's methods of monitoring its users is in breach of EU law, according to one privacy campaigner who's gaining support