• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-09-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on WikiLeaks looks at helping tech vendors disarm CIA hacking tools

WikiLeaks has attracted plenty of haters over its controversial disclosures. But the site may be in a unique position to help tech vendors better secure their products.That’s because WikiLeaks has published secret hacking tools allegedly taken from the CIA, which […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-09-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on WikiLeaks looks at helping tech vendors disarm CIA hacking tools

WikiLeaks has attracted plenty of haters over its controversial disclosures. But the site may be in a unique position to help tech vendors better secure their products.That’s because WikiLeaks has published secret hacking tools allegedly taken from the CIA, which […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-08-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Leaked docs suggest NSA and CIA behind Equation cyberespionage group

Purported CIA documents leaked Tuesday appear to confirm that the U.S. National Security Agency and one of CIA's own divisions were responsible for the malware tools and operations attributed to a group that security researchers have dubbed the Equ... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Mar-08-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Security holes in Confide messaging app exposed user details

Confide, a messaging app reportedly used by U.S. White House staff, apparently had several security holes that made it easier to hack.Security consultancy IOActive found the vulnerabilities in Confide, which promotes itself as an app that offers “military-grade” end-to-end encryption.But […]

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