NSA

Image via EFF / Flickr (CC 2.0) Ingenious Cold War keylogger the Russians used to bug Selectric typewriters in the US embassy In the 1970s, the Soviets managed to intercept top secret communications in the US embassy in Moscow and nobody could figure out how. While an antenna was eventually…

Today, Xiaomi announced the launch of its Redmi K30 Pro. The handset comes with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 5G chipset paired with up to 12GB RAM and 256GB ROM on the Zoom Edition. It features a unique design. Further, it is expected to be made globally available soon. However, here’s…

SHENZHEN, China, March 24, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- ZTE Corporation (0763.HK / 000063.SZ), a major international provider of telecommunications, enterprise and consumer technology solutions for the mobile Internet, today announced that it will unveil the new product series ZTE a1 in Japan, in cooperation with the leading local operator KDDI in 2020. The new 5G smartphone…

Samsung unveiled its premium mid-range smartphone, the Galaxy A71, three months ago. Although the device lacks 5G connectivity, we had reported that the South Korean firm has plans to launch a 5G version of the device in China and in the US. Now, specifications of the Galaxy A71 5G have appeared on…

With COVID-19 coverage dominating the news cycle, it’s easy to forget that it was only on Monday of this week that the Senate–after a rancorous debate (in private and public) passed a 77‐​day extension of three Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorities. One of those authorities–the so‐​called “lone wolf” provision–has never even…

The novel coronavirus has impacted the global economy, daily life, and human health around the world, changing how people work and interact everyday. But in addition to the pressing threat the virus poses to human health, these rapid changes have also created an environment in which hackers, scammers, and spammers…

The city police have slapped provisions of National Security Act (NSA) on three persons who were arrested for printing fake currencies in February, this year. S. Kithar Mohammed (66) of Vadavalli, T. Mahendran (39) of Kavundampalayam and E. Suriyakumar (30) of Thiruvalluar Nagar on Thadagam Road were detained under provisions…

Ready for more speculative execution news? Hope so, because both Intel and AMD are in the news this week. The first story is Load Value Injection, a different approach to reading arbitrary memory. Rather than try to read protected memory, LVI turns that on its head by injecting data into…

Chelsea Manning’s decision to sit in jail rather than cooperate with the US government’s prosecution of WikiLeaks is a testament to her character and unwavering principles, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden has said. Commenting on Manning’s newly-won freedom, Snowden noted that the former Army analyst-turned-whistleblower had been “cast into a dungeon”…

NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, who knows a thing or three about keeping away from unwanted social contact, has weighed in on the latest technique suggested as a way to slow or stop the spread of coronavirus. “Social distancing is underrated,” Snowden tweeted on Wednesday, as the practice made its way…