The NSA just confirmed to have signed a contract with VuPEN to receive data on IT system vulnerabilities. One might think that the NSA, as VuPEN does as well as many companies specialized in computer security, operated forums, newsletters and private spaces dedicated to cracks to be informed about the latest developments in vulnerabilities. The
Read More...
To understand the Chinese censorship system, Gary King, a professor of political science at Harvard University was tricky to intrude inside. According to the Technology Review website, this professor and two colleagues created a fake Chinese social networking site in order to understand how censorship really operates in this country. We thus discover that the
Read More...
This is a big paradox: the Iranian government recommends the ministers to be on Facebook, while the site remains blocked for the rest of the Iranian people. The initiative comes from the new president Hassan Rouhani who has decided to enable and even encourage his ministers to create their own Facebook page through the Facebook
Read More...
If you are keen on being fit, you may be using a health or fitness-tracking app to keep track of your health improvements or check on your jogging or fitness progress. These specific apps are now under scrutiny for privacy issues in a burgeoning health apps market, with a report claiming that 20 of the
Read More...
Minimum prison sentences shall be required against cybercriminals perpetrating attacks on information systems within the European Union. The European countries have until September 4th, 2015 to transpose into their national law the provisions of the European Directive No. 2013/40/UE of August 12th 2013, which strengthens the preventive measures related to information systems attacks. This law
Read More...
A French user who was consulting his Facebook page was suggested to read the infamous ” Mein Kampf ” among other books. How is this possible? Advertising on the Internet via the famous algorithms rage. Here are a few explanation of this news that finally led Facebook to take off this word from its algorithms. The
Read More...
In France, the center of the High Authority for the dissemination of works and protection of rights on the Internet (Hadopi) still creates much controversy. According to two newspapers Les Echos and Liberation, the Superior Audiovisual Council (CSA) could take over the responsibilities of the Hadopi, ahead even of a large audiovisual law which should
Read More...
Yahoo China which was operated by Alibaba Group, a Chinese e-commerce and Internet services, has just closed its Web portal. The good-bye message displayed on the website redirects indeed visitors to now.taobao.com and explains that the decision to shut down Yahoo China’s portal complies with the 2012 agreement made between Alibaba Group and Yahoo!. The closing
Read More...
In New Zealand, the Prime Minister just managed to pass a new law that legalizes the communications of its citizens to be monitored. At a time where PRISM and the various U.S. Internet monitoring programs keep on raising much controversy, the New Zealand government just adopted a law allowing its intelligence service called Government Communications
Read More...
Jammie Thomas-Rasset was heavily condemned by the U.S. court for downloading illegally a few music tracks on the internet and now lives with a fine of US$ 220,000 dollars on hers shoulders. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has continued its legal actions for years now is again trying to offer this mother
Read More...