Security News

Giga-hurts: Terrorists build Wi-Fi-triggered bombs to dodge cops' cellphone jammers
2019-05-17 20:30

Explosives activated by wireless networking signals discovered amid election Terrorists have been caught strapping Wi-Fi-activated backup triggers to bombs in Indonesia, police revealed this week.…

What was that P word? Ah. Privacy. Yes, we'll think about privacy, says FCC mulling cellphone location data overhaul
2019-03-15 20:57

Commissioners still doing their best to ignore bounty hunter stalking scandal Analysis America's comms regulator has finally pinky-promised to at least consider people's privacy when it looks into...

Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems
2019-01-10 11:52

Good essay on the inherent vulnerabilities in the cell phone standards and the market barriers to fixing them. So far, industry and policymakers have largely dragged their feet when it comes to...

Cell Phone Security and Heads of State
2018-10-30 11:38

Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that the Russians and the Chinese were eavesdropping on President Donald Trump's personal cell phone and using the information gleaned to better...

US authorities now need warrant for your cellphone location data
2018-06-27 12:16

Privacy activists scored a legal victory this week after the Supreme Court ruled it unlawful for law enforcement and federal agencies to access cellphone location records without a warrant.

Real-time cellphone location data leaked for all major US carriers
2018-05-21 11:43

From the carriers to LocationSmart to 3Cinteractive to Securus: there appears to be a chain pockmarked with lack of authentication and data lost to hackers.

Accessing Cell Phone Location Information
2018-05-16 11:16

The New York Times is reporting about a company called Securus Technologies that gives police the ability to track cell phone locations without a warrant: The service can find the whereabouts of...

Police vs Privacy: US Supreme Court Looks at Cell Phone Tracking
2017-11-30 20:27

Where do we go? Who do we talk to? What do we read about? Our mobile phones are troves of personal, private information, and the US Supreme Court weighed Wednesday how easily police should be able...

Privacy Rights in Balance as Supreme Court Hears Cellphone Tracking Case
2017-11-29 04:22

Privacy rights in the digital age face a crucial test Wednesday when the Supreme Court hears a case over police use of a person's location data from cellphone towers. read more

White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's Cell Phone was Tapped
2017-10-09 11:10

Politico reports that White House Chief of Staff John Kelly's cell phone was compromised back in December. I know this is news because of who he is, but I hope every major government official of...