In a video message posted on YouTube, Anonymous said, “This marks the start of a 30-day campaign against [Greece’s] central bank sites across the world.” Activist hacking group, Anonymous has begun attacking Greek’s central bank with an official from the… Read More ›
Geopolitics
It’s probable that oil prices will stabilize within a year
The U.S. Department of Energy expects global oil prices to balance themselves out in a year’s time. Ernest Moniz, the Energy Secretary of the United States has disclosed that he expects the global supply and demand of oil to rebalance… Read More ›
U.S. Justice Department requests Daimler to check the emissions of its diesel vehicles
Daimler has hired Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu for this purpose. Yet another car manufacturing company has come under the lens for its diesel engine emission claims. Audit firm, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has been hired by Daimler to assist its internal investigation… Read More ›
Issue of Influence of Sponsor BP being Investigated against British Museum
There have been allegations that some of Britain’s most revered cultural institutions have broken its code of ethics in the way they dealt with one of their commercial sponsors, BP and the allegations are being investigated by the Museums Association, reported… Read More ›
France’s smart maneuvering landed it a lucrative defense contract
The contract would have originally gone to Japan, but France with her smart quick made the contract her own. In 2014 when the Japanese Prime Minister met his Australian counterpart to make a $40 billion deal for the manufacturing of… Read More ›
Germany in talks with Panama in the wake of the Panama Papers
After the leak, Panama has come increasingly under international scrutiny with countries wanting increased cooperation and transparency. In the wake of the leak of the Panama Papers, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel has spoken at length with Juan Carlos, Panama’s President… Read More ›
BAE System’s security researcher shed light on Bangladesh’s central bank cyber heist
Login credentials were used as an intermediary step to compromise the very foundation of the global banking system banks and financial institutions depend on to transfer funds to one another. Security researchers from BAE have pointed to a far deeper,… Read More ›
Russia’s military moves in Syria Leaves White House Concerned
With a truce in tatters and peace talks in meltdown , reports that Russia is moving more military equipment into Syria to bolster President Bashar al-Assad has got the United States concerned. As a part of a move that may… Read More ›
What should be the extent on cooperation between tech companies and law enforcement agencies?
House Energy and Commerce subcommittee try to find common ground between U.S. tech companies and U.S. law enforcement agencies, thus re-igniting a decade old debate on the extent tech companies cooperate with law enforcement agencies during an investigation. With the… Read More ›
U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court issues first order
The order has been posted on the website of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. It remains to be seen whether this is related to the Electronic Frontier Foundation suing the government for forcing U.S. companies to decrypt… Read More ›