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NSA used Microsoft shortcuts seen as security risk

14

Jun

2016

Recently released National Security Agency (NSA) emails show that the top digital spying group uses Word macros, widely considered a security risk. Word macros, programmable shortcuts in Microsoft Word, have been used in recent years to distribute ransomware, to launch attacks on credit card systems and even to black out the power grid of the […]

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Court swats down final roadblock to wind down NSA program

17

Nov

2015

A federal appeals court on Monday denied a long-shot attempt to halt the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ phone records.
The Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit did not offer any explanation in its widely expected order, which delays a lower court ruling ordering the program to shut down immediately.

Category Privacy protection Tracking Written by Thehill 0 Comments

Senate to battle Tuesday on controversial CISA cybersecurity bill

27

Oct

2015

The U.S. Senate is scheduled to consider early Tuesday the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015, a controversial bill that is intended to encourage businesses to share information about cyberthreats with the government by providing them immunity from customer lawsuits. The CISA bill has been criticized by civil rights groups and some companies in the […]

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