Security News

Swedish Police Arrest Russia Spy Suspect
2019-02-27 16:11

A technology worker suspected of spying for Russia has been arrested in Stockholm, the Swedish authorities said Wednesday. The person was believed to have been "recruited as an agent by a Russian...

China's tech giants are a security threat to the UK, says Brit spy bigwig
2019-02-25 19:08

Times are strange when spies talk about infosec and economics colliding The world must "understand the opportunities and threats from China's technological offer", GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming...

New Unpatched macOS Flaw Lets Apps Spy On Your Safari Browsing History
2019-02-12 18:48

A new security vulnerability has been discovered in the latest version of Apple's macOS Mojave that could allow a malicious application to access data stored in restricted folders which are...

Undercover Spy Exposed in NYC Was 1 of Many
2019-02-11 05:11

LONDON (AP) — When mysterious operatives lured two cybersecurity researchers to meetings at luxury hotels over the past two months, it was an apparent bid to discredit their research about an...

Merkel Opens Spy Agency's Massive New Berlin HQ
2019-02-08 17:30

Chancellor Angela Merkel on Friday inaugurated the new, fortress-like Berlin headquarters of Germany's scandal-plagued BND foreign intelligence service. Located where the Berlin Wall once...

EE customer: Creepy ex used employee access to change my mobile number, spy on me
2019-02-08 11:35

Chap slapped with harassment warning, sacked from UK mobile network A staffer at BT Group's EE has been accused of using his employee access to peek at his ex's account details and change her...

Chinese Hackers Spy on U.S. Law Firm, Major Norwegian MSP
2019-02-06 18:41

China-linked cyber-espionage group APT10 has targeted companies in the United States and Europe to steal intellectual property or gain commercial advantage, Recorded Future security researchers...

Spy Campaign Spams Pro-Tibet Group With ExileRAT
2019-02-04 20:45

Referencing the Dalai Lama, the spam campaign is targeting recipients of a mailing list run by the Central Tibetan Administration.

UK spy overseer: Snooper's Charter spying cockups are still getting innocents arrested
2019-02-01 12:47

IPCO report also lets us recognise Britain's Creepiest Council 2017 Police employees who make typos in warrants to use Snooper’s Charter spy powers are still getting innocent people arrested, the...

French diplomat: Spies gonna spy – there aren't any magical cyberspace laws that can prevent it
2019-01-22 17:30

Pragmatic chap looks at reality of international relations FIC2019 A French diplomat has suggested that future global regulation of cyberspace could exempt spying from regulation "as long as some...