"Our Government Has Weaponized the Internet. Here’s How They Did It"
November 13, 2013 | Nicholas Weaver, Wired.com
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The internet backbone — the infrastructure of networks upon which internet traffic travels — went from being a passive infrastructure for communication to an active weapon for attacks. According to revelations about the QUANTUM program, the NSA can “shoot” (their words) an exploit at any target it desires as his or her traffic passes across the backbone.
"Mr. Bitcoin Goes to Washington"
November 12, 2013 | Jamila Trindle, Foreign Policy
Bitcoin is going to have to grow up fast. The digital currency's skyrocketing value and habit of winding up in criminals' hands are attracting the attention of Congress and D.C. regulators. And that's forcing supporters of the four-year-old Bitcoin to suddenly start acting like an old-school financial firm in Washington. They're ramping up lobbying efforts to shape regulations that are likely to come, prepping for Senate testimony, and even forming their own trade association.
"Scan and Diagnose Internet Issues on Android With Netalyzr by ICSI"
November 6, 2013 | Waqas Ahmed, AddictiveTips.com
There’s no secret that most of us have to deal with various internet and network-related issues every now and then, and they can be a huge hassle at times, especially if your entire organization depends on it. Usually, we blame our ISP during outages or interruption in service, but there can be several other reasons why you might be getting slower than usual internet speeds. In any case, pinpointing the problem can be quite tedious, and that’s what services like Netalyzr aim to help you with as quickly as possible.
"App Maps Social Media Postings, Creates 'Blueprint' of Person's Movement"
November 5, 2013 | CBS SF Bay Area
The next time your mobile phone prompts you to turn on its ‘location services’ function; you may want to think twice about whether or not you click that ‘on’ button.
"Netalyzr for Android Released"
October 24, 2013 | Karl Bode, DSLReports
Broadband Reports readers are already familiar with ICSI Netalyzr, a free network measurement and diagnostic tool developed at the International Computer Science Institute at Berkeley. Netalyzr's a "two-mouse click" network tester that runs in your web browser as a Java applet. It performs a long series of network probes and tests to identify potential problems in your network connectivity, and summarizes its findings in a detailed report.
"How FBI Brought Down Cyber-Underworld Site Silk Road"
October 22, 2013 | Donna Leinwand Leger, USA Today
Criminals who prowl the cyber-underworld's "darknet" thought law enforcement couldn't crack their anonymous trade in illegal drugs, guns and porn. But a series of arrests this month, including the bust of the black market site Silk Road, shows the G-men have infiltrated the Internet's back alley.
"Silk Road drug busts: 8 more arrested"
October 8, 2013 | Gene Johnson and Karl Ritter, AP
Authorities in Britain, Sweden, and the United States have arrested eight more people following last week's closure of Silk Road, a notorious black market website which helped dealers to sell drugs under the cloak of anonymity, officials and media said Tuesday.
"Silk Road: suspicions grow that server was hacked ahead of arrests"
October 8, 2013 | Charles Arthur, The Guardian
How do you find a site that's hosted on the Tor system? In theory, you can't - which is why there are questions over how the FBI could image it and take it down last week.
"Feds Arrest Alleged Top Silk Road Drug Seller"
October 7, 2013 | Brian Krebs, Krebs on Security
Federal authorities last week arrested a Washington state man accused of being one of the most active and sought-after drug dealers on the online black market known as the “Silk Road.”
"Silk Road's Downfall Killed the Dream of the Dark Net"
October 4, 2013 | Adrian Chen, Gawker
It's a dark time on the Dark Net. This Tuesday the FBI shuttered Silk Road, a drug market that operated for more than two years with impunity.