Security News
So far this year, the use of facial recognition by law enforcement has been successfully challenged by courts and legislatures on both sides of the Atlantic. Unconstrained use of facial recognition services by state and local government agencies poses broad social ramifications that should be considered and addressed.
Hundreds of thousands of files belonging to more than 200 law enforcement organizations across the United States have been leaked online after they were stolen by hackers from a web development company. The leak, dubbed BlueLeaks, includes information collected and generated by over 200 police departments, fusion centers, the FBI and other law enforcement organizations in various U.S. states.
Zoom's chief executive revealed on Tuesday that free users will not be offered end-to-end encryption as the company wants to assist the FBI and local law enforcement in their investigations. Zoom has promised to take action and it has already started implementing measures that would help it address security and privacy concerns.
SS8 Networks, a leader in Lawful Intercept and Monitoring Center platforms, announces the first Evolved Packet Core integration of their Lawful Intelligence platform on Amazon Web Services for Communication Service Providers and Law Enforcement Agencies. This SS8 Lawful Intelligence solution supported on AWS provides carrier-grade network integration with EPCs that can support millions of mobile subscribers while meeting high availability and scalability requirements.
Facebook Forced to Label Government Criticism as 'False'Singapore's recent order requiring Facebook to label a blog critical of the ruling government as "false" has drawn harsh criticism. And the...
A worldwide law enforcement operation has resulted in the Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan (IM-RAT) being taken down completely, Europol has announced. Designed to provide its users with full...
The United States and the United Kingdom have signed an agreement designed to help law enforcement agencies gain faster access to data related to serious crimes. This is the first such agreement...
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Princeton University's Center for Information Technology Policy convened an Encryption Working Group to attempt progress on the "going dark"...
Federal authorities announced a significant coordinated effort to disrupt Business Email Compromise (BEC) schemes that are designed to intercept and hijack wire transfers from businesses and...
Motherboard got its hands on Palantir's Gotham user's manual, which is used by the police to get information on people: The Palantir user guide shows that police can start with almost no...