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Oslo Freedom Forum

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Name: Oslo Freedom Forum

First reported Jun 18 2013 - Updated Jun 18 2013 - 1 reports

Bill Browder on How He Became Russia’s Biggest Enemy: Oslo Freedom Forum 2013

Here is a video presentation by Bill Browder. The topic is his fight with Russia, he notes the first question is how did you end up in this situation.Related Bill Browder: If I get Assassinated You Will Know Who is Behind it [VIDEO]H/T: Santangelsr ... [Published Value Walk - Jun 18 2013]

Entities: Bill Browder, Oslo Freedom Forum, Russia

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Evil and Heroism in Kathmandu

At the Oslo Freedom Forum last year, there was a talk by a young woman named Urmila Chaudhary. She had been a child slave in her country, Nepal. She was now an abolitionist. In my journal , I recorded two small facts: that she had never known her age ... [Published National Review - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Kathmandu, Oslo Freedom Forum, Nepal, Slavery

First reported Jun 05 2013 - Updated Jun 05 2013 - 1 reports

Mac OS X

Operation Hangover: more links to the Oslo Freedom Forum Incident

In our previous post on Operation Hangover, we revealed the existence of an attack group, apparently operating from within India, who were mainly targeting systems in Pakistan. In this post, we will analyze the Mac OS X samples that have been linked ... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jun 05 2013]

Entities: Operation Hangover, Oslo Freedom Forum, Spyware, Mac OS X, KitM.A

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

An Honor Roll

In today’s Impromptus , I report some good news out of Sweden. What, Muslim immigrants assimilating? No, no -- but almost as good: A group of Cuban dissidents and democracy activists met in Stockholm for a “week of hope.” They were sponsored by a Cuban ... [Published National Review - May 29 2013]

Entities: Cuba, Sweden, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Oslo Freedom Forum

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

Video: Chee's speech at Oslo Freedom Forum 2013

Singapore DemocratsDr Chee Soon Juan spoke at the Oslo Freedom Forum in Norway on 15 May 2013 where he talked about the "Economic Sustainability of Authoritarian Systems". Watch video ... [Published Singapore Democrats - May 28 2013]

Entities: Oslo Freedom Forum, Chee Soon Juan, Democrats (NO)

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Researchers find more versions of digitally signed Mac OS X spyware

Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered "KitM" spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting German-speaking users. KitM (Kumar in the Mac), also known as HackBack, is a backdoor-type ... [Published PC World: Techlog - May 23 2013]

Entities: Spyware, Mac OS X, KitM.A, Jacob Appelbaum, Oslo Freedom Forum

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 2 reports

Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Spyware Attacks

OSLO, Norway -- One of the first times hackers tried to infiltrate Danny O'Brien through his email inbox, it was in the guise of a human-rights event invitation from what appeared to be a friend. "It included a PDF, which, when clicked on, would log all ... [Published Nextgov.com - May 23 2013]

Entities: Spyware, Lobsang Sangay, Spear Phishing

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

Industrial espionage: Unusual suspects

BIG firms that lose data to cyber-spies normally know whom to blame. “It’s always the Chinese”, says Snorre Fagerland of Norman Shark, a security firm in Oslo. Yet on May 20th it revealed that a recent attack on Telenor, a Norwegian telecoms firm and ... [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]

Entities: Espionage, Telenor ASA, Operation Hangover, Norman Shark, Computer Hacker

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

New Godfather?

Abdulemam was a speaker at the Oslo Freedom Forum last week making a fumbled and awkward speech, using a poorly manipulated video presentation to draw sympathy and offer a visually biased and prejudiced report. The video shows graphic images that have ... [Published Gulf Daily News - May 22 2013]

Entities: Bahrain, Oslo Freedom Forum, Sunni Islam, Bomb, Terrorists

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Hanging Out with Human Rights Heroes at the Oslo Freedom Forum

Chen Guangcheng (left) and Ali Abdulemam.Down in the breakfast room at the Oslo Freedom Forum, Ali Abdulemam is being introduced to Chen Guangcheng . It hits me that this is about as close to celebrity as the human rights world gets – the equivalent of ... [Published Vice UK - May 21 2013]

Entities: Oslo Freedom Forum, Human Rights, Jacob Appelbaum

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

That’s Incredible

Impromptus today , Part IV of an Oslo Journal, is full of the usual horror and heroism. (The journal is about this year’s Oslo Freedom Forum, the world’s preeminent human-rights conference. Possibly the only genuine one, I’m not sure.) Horror and heroism ... [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 21 2013]

Entities: Alister MacKenzie, Charles Moore, Oslo Freedom Forum, Ann Arbor

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Big Hangover

The Mac spyware discovered at the Oslo Freedom Forum last week is apparently connected to larger espionage efforts — and those efforts look to be connected to India.Yesterday, the folks from Norman released their Hangover Report . HANGOVER REPORT (tot.114pg): ... [Published F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog - May 21 2013]

Entities: Snorre Fagerland, Oslo Freedom Forum, ESET, KitM.A, Spyware

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Bill Browder on How He Became Russia’s Biggest Enemy: Oslo Freedom Forum 2013 [Published Value Walk - Jun 18 2013]

"How can you complain when you didn't get an education" they tell the striking McDonalds worker. "You thought all that education would get you a job?" they sneer at the striking adjunct

In defence of complaining [Published Al Jazeera - Jun 15 2013]

...One sentence in particular stands out: "We, therefore, are notifying you of our intention to object to the consideration of any legislation that fails to meet any"

IRS Abuse, the Guide [Published Lucianne.com - May 23 2013]

..." He called the reporter, who said no email had ever been sent. "The Chinese government tries to monitor me, destroy my computer, make my life difficult" Sangay said...

Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Spyware Attacks [Published Nextgov.com - May 23 2013]

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Bill Browder on How He Became Russia’s Biggest ... [Published Value Walk - Jun 18 2013]
In defence of complaining [Published Al Jazeera - Jun 15 2013]
Google’s new vulnerability disclosure timeline ... [Published Infosecurity Today - Jun 12 2013]
Driving destiny: Manal Al-Sharif at TEDGlobal 2013 [Published TED Blog - Jun 11 2013]
Evil and Heroism in Kathmandu [Published National Review - Jun 05 2013]
Operation Hangover: more links to the Oslo Free... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jun 05 2013]
“Operation Hangover,” or, Indian cyberwar malwa... [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Jun 02 2013]
An Honor Roll [Published National Review - May 29 2013]
Video: Chee's speech at Oslo Freedom Forum 2013 [Published Singapore Democrats - May 28 2013]
Mac OS X Users Face Onslaught of Digitally Sign... [Published Fix My Pc FREE - May 26 2013]
What's it like being black in Norway? \| Afua Hi... [Published Guardian.co.uk - May 26 2013]
Industrial espionage: Unusual suspects [Published The Economist HK - May 24 2013]
IRS Abuse, the Guide [Published Lucianne.com - May 23 2013]
Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Sp... [Published Nextgov.com - May 23 2013]
Researchers find more versions of digitally sig... [Published PC World: Techlog - May 23 2013]
Industrial espionage: Unusual suspects [Published The Economist - International - May 23 2013]
Mac Spyware Bait: Lebenslauf für Praktitkum [Published F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog - May 23 2013]
Dissidents Fight Back as Governments Step Up Sp... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 23 2013]
Another Mac OS X Backdoor Reported [Published threatpost - The First Stop for Security News - May 22 2013]
The effect of laws, or their absence [Published The Economist - May 22 2013]
Undoing the Brainwashing [Published Lucianne.com - May 22 2013]
New Godfather? [Published Gulf Daily News - May 22 2013]
Mac OS X Malware Found on Human Rights Activist... [Published SANS NewsBites - May 21 2013]
Hanging Out with Human Rights Heroes at the Osl... [Published Vice UK - May 21 2013]
That’s Incredible [Published The Corner on National Review Online - May 21 2013]
Sutter: Cartoons scare Syria's leader [Published WDSU New Orleans - May 21 2013]
Big Hangover [Published F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog - May 21 2013]
Mac malware detected by Appelbaum at Oslo Freed... [Published Security Affairs - May 20 2013]
Mac spyware [Published Security Bloggers Network - May 19 2013]
FPA’s Must Reads (May 10-17) [Published Foreign Policy BlogsForeign Policy Blogs \| The ... - May 17 2013]

Blogs

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Driving destiny: Manal Al-Sharif at TEDGlobal 2013 [Published TED Blog - Jun 11 2013] Photo: James Duncan Davidson Two years ago, as she put her 5-year-old son Aboody as she put him to bed, Manal Al-Sharif faced an unexpected question from him: “Mommy, are we bad people?” Earlier in the day, she had noticed bruises on his face. ...
Operation Hangover: more links to the Oslo Free... [Published Security Bloggers Network - Jun 05 2013] In our previous post on Operation Hangover, we revealed the existence of an attack group, apparently operating from within India, who were mainly targeting systems in Pakistan. In this post, we will analyze the Mac OS X samples that have been linked ...
“Operation Hangover,” or, Indian cyberwar malwa... [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Jun 02 2013] Hey, thanks for the hangover there, India. Signed, a hapless Mac-using civilian caught between you and the Chinese http://podcasts.infoworld.com/d/security/researchers-find-more-versions-of-digitally-signed-mac-os-x-spyware-219245 “MAY 23, 2013 ...
Researchers find more versions of digitally sig... [Published PC World: Techlog - May 23 2013] Security researchers have identified multiple samples of the recently discovered "KitM" spyware for Mac OS X, including one dating back to December 2012 and targeting German-speaking users. KitM (Kumar in the Mac), also known as HackBack, is a backdoor-type ...
Mac Spyware Bait: Lebenslauf für Praktitkum [Published F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog - May 23 2013] As a follow up to yesterday's Kumar in the Mac post… have you received e-mail attachments such as this? Attachments: • Christmas_Card.app.zip • Content_for_Article.app.zip • Content_of_article_for_[NAME REMOVED].app.zip • Interview_Venue_and_Questions.zip • Lebenslauf_für_Praktitkum.zipIf ...