Wednesday 14 May 2014

AusCERT 2014: Security in a world of surveillance - Computerworld

"The leaks by whistleblower Edward Snowden about the United States National Security Agency (NSA)’s spying activities has highlighted that consumers need to take a more serious approach to online security, according to Princeton University's professor of computer science and public affairs, Edward Felten"



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Federal Budget 2014: More than $7.5 billion cut from foreign aid | Business News | Business and Finance News | | Herald Sun

"While the Australian Federal Police and overseas spooks in the Australian Secret Intelligence Service suffered some minor cuts, the big talking point will be the massive reversal in fortune for the world’s most needy."



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Guardian discloses more Western spy secrets

"Promoting a book by its former ­columnist, Glenn Greenwald, on more than 100,000 secret documents stolen by Edward Snowden from America’s National Security Agency, The ­Guar­dian has disclosed more classified material on how Western spies ­co-­operate in counter-terrorism ­operations."



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