In brief
- A US intelligence boss has asked Congress to reauthorize a controversial set of powers that give snoops warrantless authorization to surveil electronic communications in the name of fighting terrorism
- NSA director General Paul Nakasone told the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board yesterday that the loss of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) would mean American spies would "lose critical insights into the most significant threats to our nation" if allowed to lapse on December 31
Avoid this Pokémon
- South Korean security firm Ahnlab has discovered a malware-spreading campaign that tries to trick netizens into downloading a remote access trojan
- The trojan is disguised as a beta version of a new Pokémon card game
- Once installed, the attacker can make use of any of the features the remote control software includes, giving them potential total control over an infected system
Federal parks agency fails password security audit badly
- The US Department of the Interior's mission is to protect America's natural resources, but it might have a hard time doing so if its systems remain as unsecured as a recent Office of the Inspector General report uncovered
- Inspectors were able to crack 21 percent of the agency's passwords
- Of the accounts it managed to break into, 288 had elevated privileges, and 362 belonged to senior US Government employees
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