Report: U.K. Used Fake LinkedIn, Slashdot Pages To Spy On Telecom Firm

According to reports, to have an access on the computers on which Belgian telecom firm Belgacom works, UK Government Communications Headquarters Teams have used fake, malware-laden LinkedIn and Slashdot pages. It normally looked like a normal Web page but were actually malware-laden clones, which infected workers’ PCs and gave GCHQ far-reaching access into their files, Der Spiegel said. It was …

Report: A Civilian To Head NSA

According to the reports, the White House is considering to appoint a civilian leader to run the NSA, as Keith Alexander, current director stepped down in spring and had led this agency since 2005. This step smells like a new view of whole agency and is seen by some as a promising if small first step toward greater transparency. Naming …

Facebook Ahead Of Seven Other SNS In Sending Traffic To Publishers

The recent study by Statista suggests that Facebook is way ahead in driving the traffic to publishers and currently Facebook is holding first place with 10.4% of online publishers website traffic. The SNS I am talking about: ; Pinterest, Twitter, Stumble Upon, reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn and Google+. Comparing with Facebook, Pinterest comes on second at 3.7%, followed by Twitter at …

Bing And Twitter, Together With A Partenership

In the partnership between Microsoft and Twitter, Bing search engine will display index tweets as search results. The official announce came on Friday, but it comes at no surprise since Bing has been in on this practice for some time now, featuring tweets in Bing for the past few years. Microsoft explained its all scheming behind this partnership through the …

Rockstar Suing Google, Samsung And Others

It’s a popular news nowadays, that the company owned by Apple, Microsoft, Blackberry, Ericsson and Sony: Rockstar, the consortium that bought Nortel’s portfolio of patents for $4.5 billion is suing Google, Samsung Electronics, HTC, Huawei and others for patent infringement, reports Reuters’ Dan Levine. Google tried its level best in capturing Rockstar by offering firstly $900 million then raising the …