Inside DCSNet, the FBI's Nationwide Eavesdropping Network
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Take a peek inside DCSNet, the FBI's nationwide eavesdropping network. It's far more intricately woven into the nation's telecom infrastructure than observers suspected. And it's growing.
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What's the typical U.S. spook reading up on? From encryption to extraterrestrials, recently divulged documents offer a glimpse between the covers of the National Security Agency's classified internal magazines. By Ryan Singel.
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This paper discusses the use of NetFlow, a traffic profile monitoring technology available on many routers, for use in the early detection of worms, spammers, and other abnormal network activity in large enterprise networks and service providers.
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Crime-fighting "tinkerers" are figuring out how to get all the inside dope about you from your supposedly trusted gadget
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Simple, cheap encryption method uses natural thermal noise to foil eavesdroppers.
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Hobbyists uncover some of the deepest of the governmentâs secrets and share them on the Internet.
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As networks increase in size and complexity, security products are growing in sophistication and security threats are becoming more ingenious.
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By Vaisman, Fima  Fiber cabling is best for IP security networks, but connectivity may not always be possible. Digital video surveillance is becoming a distributed IP network application.
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Fed up with technical excuses, FBI wants carriers to support eavesdropping capabilities for push-to-talk technology now.
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Arbor Networks' Jose Nazario takes stock of the denial-of-service attack against the Baltic nation--and the wider implications.
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This third and final article in the Metasploit series covers the msfcli scripting interface as well as the intuitive web interface to the Framework. The article also discusses what's new with version 2.2, and then introduces the exploit development process through an example.
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Two researchers demonstrate how unprotected, public VoIP phones could expose the internal network of a company or organization.
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Techniques designed to make suspects incriminate themselves through calls or texts
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Some years ago, I got a job doing network support for the District Attorneyâs office in a large city that shall remain nameless. When I arrived, the network was a mess! Malware was rampant, Internet and WAN connections were saturated, and users were constantly complaining about slow computers and network performance. Even so, my attempts to enforce a mindful security policy were met with fierce resistance. The attitude among the legal staff was, âThis is my computer and my network; youâre just a computer janitor.â
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Computer security pros descend on Washington, D.C., confab to talk risks, hacks and digital self-defense.
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The FBI wants to compile a massive computer database and analyze it for clues to unmask terrorist sleeper cells. Two congressmen are worried about whether the bureau will protect the privacy of U.S. citizens.
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As spy gear goes, a social-networking Web site doesn't quite have the same cachet as some of James Bond's high-tech gadgets.