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Five ways to protect yourself from government surveillance
Last week, press leaks revealed that the National Security Administration has been gathering and storing metadata from Verizon and nine Internet communication companies: Microsoft, Yahoo, Google, Facebook, PalTalk, AOL, Skype, YouTube, and Apple. Regardless of how you feel about the government collecting data on its citizens, take a few minutes to click through and consider these five tips for protecting yourself from government surveillance.
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Opinion 4 ways Obama should work with US business to combat China’s cyberspying
If the US wishes to stop this Chinese economic cyber-espionage, a true public-private partnership is needed. Here are four ways President Obama should work with US business to combat Chinese cyberspying.
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Briefing China's growing military might: top 4 concerns for the Pentagon
The US Department of Defense is carefully monitoring the growth of China’s military. These four items are currently at the top of their list.
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Opinion 4 ways US can boost cyber security
The US needs a proactive cyber foreign policy that goes beyond naming and shaming. Here are four steps the US can take to bolster its diplomatic efforts to address cybersecurity threats.
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Top 3 threats to the United States: the good and bad news
The annual Worldwide Threat Assessment of the US Intelligence Community is out this week, a widely-anticipated report compiled by the nation’s intelligence agencies. Here is the good and bad news about the top three threats facing the United States, according to an unclassified version of the report.
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The world in 2011: Trends and events to watch in every region
Monitor staff writers and correspondents in each of the world's regions share what they expect to be top headlines in 2011.
12/28/2010 02:17 pm -
Top 5 overlooked stories of 2010
History, it seems, will remember 2010 in the United States as the year of health-care reform, the Gulf oil spill, and the tea party movement. But the most widely covered stories are clearly not the only events that could shape the future of the nation. Here we note five overlooked stories of 2010 – developments that might have received some press coverage but perhaps not as much as they should have, given the impact they could have on various aspects of American life in the years ahead.
12/24/2010 01:25 pm -
Did WikiLeaks bring on cyberwar? Maybe a cyber sit-in.
After Visa, MasterCard, and others cut services to WikiLeaks, a group launched ‘distributed denial of service’ attacks against these businesses. But a new analysis shows that the attacks lacked punch.
12/23/2010 01:49 pm -
WikiLeaks army 'Anonymous' eyes Bank of America with 'Operation BOA Constrictor'
Anonymous, the loosely knit association of WikiLeaks supporters, is seeking to rally the online faithful to attack Bank of America with 'Operation BOA Constrictor.'
12/22/2010 12:30 pm -
Terrorism & Security WikiLeaks' Julian Assange bail granted by British court
WikiLeaks' Julian Assange was granted bail today in Britain. Confusion about who had appealed his bail led to 'Anonymous' hacker attacks on the wrong website.
12/16/2010 09:13 am -
Stuxnet 'virus' could be altered to attack US facilities, report warns
Stuxnet 'virus,' a cyberweapon aimed at Iran's nuclear facilities, could be redirected to launch a broad attack on US basic services, such as water and power supplies, says a report to Congress.
12/15/2010 01:54 pm -
Julian Assange granted bail, but is it enough to quiet 'Anonymous' hactivists?
Hackers that gather online under the banner 'Anonymous' were watching closely to decide their next move in defense of WikiLeaks.
12/14/2010 02:07 pm -
WikiLeaks cyberattacks Q&A: MasterCard and Visa 'have egg on their faces.'
'MasterCard died quick,' Gregg Housh, an unofficial spokesman for the hactivists known as Anonymous, says in an interview with the Monitor. 'Visa went down in 30 seconds.'
12/10/2010 02:40 pm -
Terrorism & Security British government could be next target for hackers defending WikiLeaks
The loose collection of hackers known as Anonymous has threatened to attack government websites if the British police extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
12/10/2010 08:36 am -
How pro-WikiLeaks hackers wage cyberwar without hijacking your computer
Some 'hacktivists' use malicious software to capture and control unwitting computer 'zombies,' but WikiLeaks avenger 'Anonymous' is using social media to mobilize hordes of volunteers.
12/09/2010 06:58 pm -
'Anonymous': How dangerous is hacker network defending WikiLeaks?
The borderless digital militia 'Anonymous' has taken down corporate websites to defend WikiLeaks. In so doing, say Internet security experts, it has become a new force to be reckoned with.
12/09/2010 04:29 pm -
Hackers wage global 'cyberwar' in defense of WikiLeaks
Anonymous hackers are rallying behind Julian Assange, declaring 'cyberwar' on governments and companies that have stopped doing business with WikiLeaks.
12/09/2010 03:11 pm -
The Monitor's View WikiLeaks and its hacker backers need a lesson in transparency
WikiLeaks itself, and the secretive hackers who disrupted websites in support, can't claim pure transparency for government but not for themselves. Julian Assange must practice what he preaches.
12/09/2010 01:10 pm -
The New Economy WikiLeaks cyberattacks now involve Visa, Facebook, Twitter, MasterCard
Visa website taken down, MasterCard website barely up, Operation Payback's Facebook and Twitter pages down. Who will be the next casualty in the WikiLeaks cyberwars?
12/08/2010 07:23 pm -
Cyberattacks persist as MasterCard slogs through WikiLeaks protest
Cyberattacks sent MasterCard's website into a tailspin. The page has been up-again, down-again as hackers stage a cyberattack protest in support of WikiLeaks.
12/08/2010 03:41 pm -
The New Economy MasterCard website goes down. Payback from WikiLeaks supporters?
MasterCard website down for hours Wednesday. Anonymous Internet group called Operation Payback claims responsibility in support of WikiLeaks.
12/08/2010 12:44 pm -
Opinion Chief obstacle to Iran's nuclear effort: its own bad technology
Continuing technical challenges mean Iran is still probably 3 to 5 years away from acquiring a nuclear bomb. Diplomats should exploit that leverage.
12/08/2010 10:48 am -
WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: Stateless, penniless pariahs?
In the latest blow, online payment service PayPal has cut off WikiLeaks. Meanwhile, WikiLeaks has been forced to move from website to website, and Julian Assange has gone to ground.
12/04/2010 01:56 pm -
Could WikiLeaks survive without Julian Assange?
Its founder is a wanted man, and its systems are under attack. But the website dedicated to releasing classified information has opened a Pandora’s Box that will be difficult to close.
12/04/2010 09:31 am -
E-mail spam: Will it abate with arrest of alleged master spammer?
Russian Oleg Nikolaenko is in US custody on charges of mail fraud and violating a law governing online marketing. His network is believed to account for one-third of global e-mail spam.
12/03/2010 05:03 pm -
US State Department tells employees not to read WikiLeaks
The US State Department has pushed employees toward "digital diplomacy" with Twitter and iPhone apps, but the department has banned all employees from using WikiLeaks.
12/01/2010 04:16 pm -
WikiLeaks 101: Five questions about who did what and when
The WikiLeaks controversy pits one hallowed purpose of US government – preventing security threats from abroad – against another, that of protecting constitutional rights of expression by the media and individuals. Striking that balance has become difficult in an age of the Internet hackers, bloggers, self-appointed public policy watchdogs, and thousands of online “publications” marked by ideology and attitude. So far, WikiLeaks has released more than 700,000 sensitive or classified documents about US military and diplomatic activity – 92,000 on the war in Afghanistan, 392,000 on the Iraq war, and now nearly 250,000 diplomatic cables that US officials say are damaging to foreign relations and intelligence operations. Within weeks, WikiLeaks says, it’ll release inside information on business interests – starting with a major American bank. WikiLeaks 101 is your guide to understanding what happened. Here are answers to five key questions.
12/01/2010 11:42 am -
Horizons WikiLeaks hit again by DDOS cyber attack
WikiLeaks is under digital siege.
11/30/2010 03:15 pm -
Stuxnet: Ahmadinejad admits cyberweapon hit Iran nuclear program
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says that a computer worm incapacitated some centrifuges of the Iran nuclear program. The worm was surely Stuxnet, experts say.
11/30/2010 01:21 pm -
Iran says nuclear sites affected by Stuxnet virus
The Stuxnet virus that attacked Iranian nuclear sites has affected some of the nuclear centrifuges, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Monday.
11/29/2010 11:14 pm
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