Apple’s iMessage encryption trips up feds’ surveillanceInternal document from the Drug Enforcement Administration complains that messages sent with Apple’s encrypted chat service are “impossible to intercept,” even with a warrant. Encryption used in Apple’s iMessage chat service has stymied attempts by federal drug enforcement agents to eavesdrop on suspects’ conversations, an internal government document reveals.  Anonymous hacks North Korea’s social media in net freedom bidHacking collective Anonymous has apparently selected its next high-profile target, in the shape of any sites or social network accounts related to North Korea, seizing control of Flickr and Twitter pages in the process. The activists cracked the Uriminzokkiri accounts and uploaded images of their own, which still remain online at time of writing, in addition to claiming to have extracted 15,000 usernames and passwords from the site, the BBC reports. Anonymous’ goal appears to be loosening the restrictions on internet access North Koreans face from their government. Microsoft details global police data requests
The figures were revealed in Microsoft’s first transparency report which detailed how often police forces sought data to aid investigations. Google wants to ditch the password – sounds lovely
CCTV hack takes casino for $33 MILLION in poker lossesA sophisticated scheme to use a casino’s own security systems against it has netted scammers $33m in a high-stakes poker game after they were able to gain a crucial advantage by seeing the opposition’s cards.
Evernote says security has been breached by hackers
The California-based company, that allows people to store and organise personal data on an external server, is thought to have about 50 million users. LulzSec’s ‘Sabu’ has sentencing postponed – but could face 124 years
US prosecutors have postponed the sentencing of “Sabu” – real name Hector Xavier Monsegur – who led the LulzSec hacking crew during the summer of 2011 while working as a double agent for the FBI. Police hold 11 over ransomware scam ‘affecting thousands’
Spanish authorities, working with the European Union’s law enforcement agency, Europol, arrested 11 people, from Russia, Georgia and Ukraine. Software planted on targeted machines accused the user of having viewed illegal content, such as images showing child sex abuse, Europol said. St. Valentine’s Day Promotion: Double each Cubacel mobile recharge
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