NSA Began Phasing Eavesdroppers

The US National Security Agency began to phase out the eavesdropping program that collected the phone records of US citizens and stored, now the Senate no agreement has been reached on an extension of the program, reports the Associated Press .

On June 1 expires section 215 of the Patriot Act, which allows intelligence services may collect phone records of Americans.Investigation FBI also uses this section, only to collect financial and other information in national security cases. As a solution was devised a new proposal, the USA Freedom Act.

This proposal would end the massive storage of telephone data, but would allow the NSA to the data store by searching telecom providers by case. However, the proposal fell short of three votes, since the Republicans voted against it. Because the outcome is the NSA now started to reduce the search of domestic telephone data. On May 31, the Senate comes back together for one last rescue attempt.

Edward Snowden would like to return to the US

Whistleblower Edward Snowden would return to the United States wants when he gets a fair trial. That his Russian lawyer Anatoly Kucherena leave during a news conference today know as reports AFP. Snowden has since the summer of 2013 political asylum in Russia.

"With a group of lawyers from other countries, we are concerned with the question of his return to America," said Kucherena."Snowden is ready to return to the United States, provided that he gets a fair trial." According to the lawyer Snowden could so far only received the guarantee that he will not get the death penalty. Kucherena also reported that the whistleblower with his Russian residence permit may travel abroad. "But I suspect that if he left Russia, he will be taken to the US Embassy."

"More openness required --> Antivirus companies on government spyware"

Regin Malware

Anti-virus companies have to be more open about the government spyware that they find, says security expert Bruce Schneier . Schneier reigns on the discovery of the highly advanced Regin malware , which would be by the US and British intelligence developed .

Anti-virus companies have known for some time of the malware, but made ​​the existence of Regin until the end of November to the public. It was the first that Symantec came out with a publication because it knew that another party would reveal the malware. This party was news The Intercept. After the report, Symantec also followed F-Secure and Kaspersky Lab with their own findings. All three follow the anti-virus companies said Regin years, where she copies of years ago found.

"Why were all these companies Regin long secret and why they showed us all this time vulnerable?" Schneider asked. Self thinks the expert that the anti-virus companies no incomplete picture wanted to express. Unlike malware cybercriminals is the effect of government spyware much more complex. In addition, Regin was only used against specific targets, which makes it difficult to obtain copies.

"If you're big in the press comes with a newly discovered malware copy you want to have the whole story. Apparently no one thought they had it with Regin," said Schneier. The expert, however, find this no excuse. "Now government malware more often will come we will often not have the whole story." As long as nations will fight each other over the internet, according to the expert, some individuals or organizations are the target and the residual risk to be hit inadvertently by this type of malware.

Even more

Schneier believes that anti-virus companies are at the moment even more incomplete stories on all government malware. "But they should not do. We want and need that our anti-virus companies us all about these threats tell as soon as they can, and not wait for the appearance of a political story so they can no longer remain silent."

US Parking Malware

The payment of various car parks in the United States are infected by malware, where possible, data from credit and debit cards from an unknown number of customers have been stolen. Before warns SP Plus an American company that parking services offered to owners of real estate, such as shopping malls and offices.

SP Plus received a message from the provider that manages the payment systems in the parking garages. An attacker could access the remote access tool received from the supplier and so could log on to the payment. There installed the malware attacker could intercept the data of payment cards which was settled in the car parks. It would be the cardholder's details (cardholder's name, card number, expiration date and verification code).

In all, 17 parks have been affected. Whether there actually map data can be stolen SP Plus does not say, but the company decided to issue a warning. Meanwhile, the malware would be disabled on all affected systems. In addition, the company's supplier obliged henceforth to use two-factor authentication when logging on to the payment.

17 SP+ Affected Parking Location's