Steve Jobs’ Pentagon File: Blackmail Fears, Youthful Arrest and LSD Cubes
Steve Jobs thought someone might kidnap his daughter in order to blackmail him, according to a newly released Department of Defense document that was filled out in the 1980s when Jobs underwent a background check for a Top Secret security clearance. That revelation, along with some new details on Jobs’ drug use and a previously…
Flame Hijacks Microsoft Update to Spread Malware Disguised As Legit Code
It’s a scenario security researchers have long worried about, a man-in-the-middle attack that allows someone to impersonate Microsoft Update to deliver malware – disguised as legitimate Microsoft code – to unsuspecting users. And that’s exactly what turns out to have occurred with the recent Flame cyberespionage tool that has been infecting machines primarily in the…
The Nine Most Secure Phones on Earth
Before you could just install your own NSA-level security suite on your smartphone, securing lines demanded hardware. From cabinet-sized cipher machines to the eavesdrop-evading combat radios, our friends at Oobject have assembled nine of the coolest secured handsets in American history. https://gizmodo.com/how-to-secure-your-android-phone-like-the-nsa-5877014 Be sure to also check out these vintage spy radios, these brick-phones, and…
Meet ‘Flame’, The Massive Spy Malware Infiltrating Iranian Computers
A massive, highly sophisticated piece of malware has been newly found infecting systems in Iran and elsewhere and is believed to be part of a well-coordinated, ongoing, state-run cyberespionage operation. The malware, discovered by Russia-based anti-virus firm Kaspersky Lab, is an espionage toolkit that has been infecting targeted systems in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Sudan, the…
