Security News

Top Euro court tells cops, spies that yelling 'national security' isn’t enough to force ISPs to hand over massive piles of people's private data
2020-01-16 06:03

In a massive win for privacy rights, the advocate general advising the European Court of Justice has said that national security concerns should not override citizens' data privacy. In essence, the issue was whether national governments can oblige private parties - in this case, mostly ISPs - to hand over personal details by simply saying there were national security issues at hand.

Feds Allege Saudi Spies Infiltrated Twitter
2019-11-07 13:48

US Charges Two Ex-Employees and Saudi National With Spying on Twitter UsersThe U.S. Department of Justice has charged three men with perpetrating a campaign to infiltrate Twitter and spy on...

Feds Allege Twitter Infiltrated by Saudi Spies
2019-11-07 11:48

US Charges Two Ex-Employees and Saudi National With Spying on Twitter UsersThe U.S. Department of Justice has charged three men with perpetrating a campaign to infiltrate Twitter and spy on...

Haxis of evil: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea are 'continuous threat' to UK, say spies
2019-10-23 11:28

National Cyber Security Centre handled 658 incidents last year The UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) has said in its annual review (here) that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea...

Iran? More like Ivan: Brit and US spies say they can see through Turla hacking group's facade
2019-10-21 10:06

Russian-backed cell's Middle East campaign pretended to be of a Persian persuasion British and US spies have blamed Russian hacker group Turla for masquerading as Iranian hackers to launch recent...

Chinese Cyber-Spies Target US-Based Research University
2019-08-20 18:45

A recently analyzed Chinese cyber-espionage and financially-focused threat actor was observed targeting a web server at a U.S.-based research university, FireEye’s security researchers report. read more

EvilGnome: A New Backdoor Implant Spies On Linux Desktop Users
2019-07-17 14:19

Security researchers have discovered a rare piece of Linux spyware that's currently fully undetected across all major antivirus security software products, and includes rarely seen functionalities...

Amadeus! Amadeus! Pwn me Amadeus! Airline check-in bug may have exposed all y'all boarding passes to spies
2019-07-16 10:00

Patched IDOR hole would have been child's play to exploit A now-patched vulnerability in the Amadeus flight reservation system – used by airlines around the planet – could, or may, have been...

Spanish Soccer League App Spies on Fans
2019-06-27 11:41

The Spanish Soccer League's smartphone app spies on fans in order to find bars that are illegally streaming its games. The app listens with the microphone for the broadcasts, and then uses...

Decoding America's spies: What does the NSA's cryptic memo really mean? Citizens illegally spied on again
2019-06-26 21:22

Too much data slurped in October, months after snoops vowed not to do that Analysis The NSA illegally gathered a trove of Americans' phone and text message records just four months after it...