British Spies Transferred Because Snowden Documents

The British government has spies transferred after their method through documents whistleblower Edward Snowden in Russia and China has become known. That report the BBC and Sunday Times today.According to sources, Moscow and Beijing managed to decrypt the encrypted documents Snowden.

Therefore, the method of British spies would now be known and that has led to Britain's "vital information" no longer able to collect, an anonymous government source told the BBC. In addition to Britain were also other Western intelligence personnel have been transferred after Moscow had managed to crack more than a million confidential files Snowden. The whistleblower spent some time in Hong Kong before he eventually received asylum in Russia.

He has always said that nobody has gotten his hands on files, but the Sunday Times says it has learned that Russia and China do have the information by government officials and intelligence agencies. However, there would be no British spies because something happened to them. However, the British government will not comment on the matter, reports the Guardian .

Frisian USB Stick For Anonymous Surfing Costs 999 Euros

A Frisian company has launched a USB flash drive 999 which users can go online anonymously and encrypted communication. The Crypto Boss, as the stick is called, comes with a browser, photo editing suite, accounting, email client and an office suite. Also, there PGP encryption software included to be able to e-mail. It therefore seems to privacy operating system Tails.

By default, the operating system of the Crypto Boss using the Tor network, which users can go online anonymously. Data is stored on the USB drive, so there are no traces on the hard drive of the computer. Furthermore, all data is encrypted by default. To use the Crypto Boss, users must also specify a password.

"The big advantage of Crypto Boss versus others is that we provide a combination of hardware and software that is immediately ready for use. Other privacy-centric operating systems must be downloaded by the user and installed in a very roundabout way to a USB stick. The Crypto Boss is much more user friendly and actually used by everyone from the box, "said the Frisian company behind the stick located in Drachten.

The Crypto Boss comes in three versions. The 32GB version costs $ 999, while versions of 64GB and 128GB respectively cost 1199 euro and 1399 euro. If USB drive seems to be using the Corsair Flash Survivor Stealth. For users who are looking for a similar, cheaper solution is the aforementioned Tails . This is also an operating system to the Internet with anonymous and encrypted communication which also contains various tools like LibreOffice, GIMP and Audacity. It is also free to download and use.

Tens Of Thousands Of Frequent Flyer Accounts Hacked British Airways

Attackers have managed to gain access to thousands of frequent flyer accounts of British Airways and steal all kinds of bonus because users had used their password for the service also for one or more other websites, according to the British airline.

In an email to customers affected British Airways announces that the "unauthorized activities" has discovered regarding the "Executive Club account" of the user. It is an automated attack that happened to other places stolen credentials was tried to login. The Guardian reports that for tens of thousands of users are affected. To protect users, it was decided to close all accounts and change the password. Before users can log in again they must first create a new password.

On Reddit and Twitter are all kinds of angry messages from customers who reported that their Avois points are all stolen, formerly known as Air miles. It is a reward program where consumers when shopping sorts can earn bonus points which can then be used for travel. According to British Airways, there would be no personal information captured and is working to resolve the situation.

Privacy OS Tails adds to bitcoinportemonnee

This week there's a new version of it appeared on privacy-oriented operating system Tails, including a bitcoinportemonnee as addition. Tails stands for The Amnesic Incognito Live System and is designed to leave minimal traces on the Internet. With the advent of Tails 1.3 several vulnerabilities have been resolved, but also added several new features.

The first feature that in the eye is the presence of sprint Electrum , a user for the digital wallet currency bitcoin. Another new feature is keyringer , a program that can be managed in encrypted fashion secrets and exchanged. For this, the software uses GnuPG and Git. Tails is a complete operating system that can be used from a DVD or USB stick. Despite all the attention to the privacy Tails developers recently showed that a daily basis but 10,000 of the privacy OS use.

SEANux OS - A Linux Distribution OS Coming Soon By SEA (Syrian Electronic Army)

Hacktivists of the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) on Twitter own Linux distribution called SEANux announced. One reason for the launch of its own distribution is not given, but the hacktivists announced that the source code will be, so users can check the operating system. Possible backdoors opensource When SEANux exactly will appear is still unknown, but according to the announcement it will "soon" be.

Previously advised the SEA already to use for security reasons. No American or Russian web services The hacktivists came last year in the news regularly because they managed to hijack. Twitter accounts and web services of all major media organizations

Thus, among other Skype , Microsoft , CNN , recommendation service Outbrain , hosting provider Melbourne IT , chat service Viber , the British newspaper The Guardian , media company Thomson Reuters , satirical website The Onion , business magazine Forbes , Wall Street Journal , advertisements on Reuters.com and Israeli army successfully attacked.

Top 5 of imaginary viruses that would make the world more fun

Why bugs should always be evil? What if they would like you to reconcile with your ex fun and useful things, or that awful Tumblr account before you delete?

Stuart Heritage describes in The Guardian five imaginary viruses that would make the world. enjoyable. He calls virus creators to show another side of himself, and actively improve to helping people instead of harassing. Positive viruses the world

1. Facebook privacy virus

The privacy settings on Facebook are all an eyesore. Every few months, Facebook decision or something which leads to a sudden anyone 5 years old photo, where you say the least not too flattering on state, can be seen. Then you have to login again and again confirm what you want to share and what not. What if a virus would be that would ensure that all of your pictures remain private forever? Would not that be nice?

2. Spotify playlist virus

No one will just have to play Spotify playlists at a party. Sane Indeed, there is a high probability that a track is played where you actually die ashamed of you and so you end up with your tail between your legs to leave the party. But think of a virus scan on playlists of songs you could possibly embarrass and removes them for you before anyone else can hear? That way you'll never laughed!

3. Tumblr itself destroyer

The world is full of teenagers who cram their Tumblr account with hand-drawn Justin Bieber fan art or other bad things. There will come a day when these teens will apply. Their potential employer will google their name and find the Tumblr account, with all its consequences. Rising unemployment is the result. Why does no one a virus that all traces of your Tumblr account automatically deleted on the day of your 18th birthday? That would be the best for everyone!

4. Reconcile virus

Gmail still read all all emails. Why is there no peaceful virus maker who does something here? What if somehow the phrase "How could you cheat on me" pops up. Reconcile the virus would see this and immediately, of course with a stolen credit card, buy a huge bouquet and have it delivered. Indignant at the partner Bingo! Everyone is happy again because everyone loves flowers, regardless of the sender.

5. Reminder Flickr

Just a virus that sends emails to you to remind that the Flickr account that you created in 2004 still exists ...