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Half of Internet traffic is protected by HTTPS – EFF – MyBroadband

Half of Internet traffic is protected by HTTPS – EFF
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The movement to encrypt the web has reached a milestone. As of earlier this month, approximately half of Internet traffic is now protected by HTTPS. In other words, we are halfway to a web safer from the eavesdropping, content hijacking, cookie

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Mangaung website hacked, serving malware from Jamaica – MyBroadband


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Mangaung website hacked, serving malware from Jamaica
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Add to this that Citizen Lab reported that it had discovered command & control servers for the spyware suite on the Telkom network in South Africa, and a logical first reaction is to suspect that a version of the FinSpy trojan was being hosted on the

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Government spyware servers in South Africa: Telkom, Govt mum – MyBroadband


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Government spyware servers in South Africa: Telkom, Govt mum
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In this case the spyware program is referred to as FinSpy, and it has drawn the ire of Mozilla for keeping itself hidden by masquerading as Firefox. It's important to note that the Citizen Lab report doesn't say anything about FinSpy infecting Firefox
Mozilla warns spyware maker: Stop spoofing us!GMA News
Spyware found on SA serversITWeb
Mozilla blasts spurious disguise of online surveillance toolsComputerWeekly.com (blog)
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How America wages cyber war in the shadows – MyBroadband


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How America wages cyber war in the shadows
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After a decade of costly conflict in Iraq and Afghanistan, the American way of war is evolving toward less brawn, more guile.
Drones, computers new weapons of US shadow wars3News NZ

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