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Kaspersky blames NSA hack on infected Microsoft software

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Embattled computer security firm Kaspersky Lab said Thursday that malware-infected Microsoft Office software and not its own was to blame for the hacking theft of top-secret US intelligence materials. Adding tantalizing new details to the cyber-espionage mystery that has rocked the US intelligence community, Kaspersky also said there was a China link to the hack. The Moscow-based anti-virus software maker,Read more

Doubts raised on US-led Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Washington - Muslimchronicle

Thursday saw a photo opportunity and nice statements in Ramallah between the American and Palestinian delegations. In a statement, the US Consulate in Jerusalem said the American delegation had “a productive meeting focused on how to begin substantive Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. Both sides agreed to continue with the US-led conversations as the best way to reach a comprehensive peace deal.”Read more

Hacker documents show NSA tools for breaching global money transfer system

Hong Kong/San Francisco - Arab today

Documents and computer files released by hackers provide a blueprint for how the US National Security Agency (NSA) likely used weaknesses in commercially available software to gain access to the global system for transferring money between banks, a review of the data showed. On Friday, a group calling itself the Shadow Brokers released documents and files indicating NSA had accessedRead more

Bahrain stresses relentless fight against terrorism

Manama- Arab Today

Bahrain Prime Minister Prince Khalifa Bin Salman Al Khalifa has said that security forces operations against terrorists will continue until the incubators for terrorism are destroyed and the phenomenon is eliminated. The interior ministry on Thursday said it foiled an attempt to smuggle the fugitives who had escaped from the Jaw prison in the south of the country on JanuaryRead more

Bahrain NSA’s arresting powers limited to terror crimes

Manama - ArabToday

Bahrain on Thursday said that the law enforcement and arrest powers granted to its National Security Agency (NSA) would be limited to crimes with terror links. Senior Advocate General Ahmad Al Dossari said that with reference to Decree 1/2017 that amended provisions of Decree 14/2002 establishing the NSA and granting the NSA officers judicial control powers, the authority to arrestRead more

US spy worker stole 'astonishing quantity' of data to file espionage charges against a private contractor

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Washington - AFP

US prosecutors said they expected to file espionage charges against a private contractor for the National Security Agency suspected of stealing an "astonishing quantity" of classified information. Harold Martin III was arrested August 27 in Maryland and poses a "grave danger" to the United States, prosecutors wrote in a filing ahead of a detention hearing set for Friday in Baltimore.Read more

Rights groups launch campaign for Snowden pardon

New York - AFP

Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and the American Civil Liberties Union launched a campaign Wednesday to push President Barack Obama to pardon Edward Snowden, the fugitive intelligence whistleblower living in Russia. High-profile lawyers and celebrities including writer Joyce Carol Oates and actor Martin Sheen have already signed the campaign's main prod, a petition at pardonsnowden.org that urges Obama to grantRead more

Snowden film ‘almost killed’ by self-censorship

San Diego - Arab Today

It was the largest data leak in United States history, fueling a firestorm over the issue of mass surveillance that resonated with Americans and ignited around the world. Oliver Stone’s hotly-anticipated “Snowden” tells the story of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in dramatic form for the first time — but the movie almost never made it theaters. “Frankly, it was turnedRead more

Daesh repels US-backed Syria rebel offensive on Iraq route

Beirut - Arab Today

The Daesh group pushed back an offensive by US-trained Syrian rebels on a key route linking jihadist territory in eastern Syria to Iraq, a monitor said Wednesday. The New Syrian Army, backed by US-led coalition strikes, had advanced overnight on IS territory near the Albu Kamal border crossing and adjacent town. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the NSARead more