Security News

Critical Vulnerability Found in Cisco Video Surveillance Manager
2018-09-21 22:01

Cisco has patched vulnerability in its video surveillance manager software that could give an unauthenticated, remote attacker the ability to execute arbitrary commands on targeted systems.

Zero-Day Bug Allows Hackers to Access CCTV Surveillance Cameras
2018-09-17 21:13

Firmware used in up to 800,000 CCTV cameras open to attack thanks to buffer overflow zero-day bug.

Five-Eyes Intelligence Services Choose Surveillance Over Security
2018-09-06 11:41

The Five Eyes -- the intelligence consortium of the rich English-speaking countries (the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand) -- have issued a "Statement of Principles on Access to...

Triout Malware Carries Out Extensive, Targeted Android Surveillance
2018-08-22 14:58

The spyware’s surveillance capabilities are extensive, logging every call, text, photo, video and more, and sending the data to the attackers.

Battle lines drawn over US mass surveillance as senators probe NSA's bonfire of phone records
2018-08-06 22:34

Ding! Ding! Round three in blanket spying bout Analysis A fight has begun over another of the US government's mass surveillance systems – with two Senators raising questions about an unusual data...

Who watches Sony's watcher? Boffins poke holes in surveillance kit
2018-07-23 15:23

Command injection and stack buffer overflow flaws bedevil cam range Security researchers at Cisco Talos have found two serious flaws with Sony's network-facing surveillance kit, the IPELA E Series...

Facebook Suspends Analytics Firm Over Surveillance Concerns
2018-07-23 15:18

Facebook is launching an investigation into whether Crimson Hexagon’s collection of public user data was a violation of its data policies.

Pivot3 announces surveillance solution to support video deployments
2018-07-19 13:56

Pivot3 announced the release of its surveillance solution. Designed to support video surveillance and security deployments of 500TB or more, the platform provides the performance, resiliency,...

World powers equip, train other countries for surveillance
2018-07-17 17:55

Privacy International has released a report that looks at how powerful governments are financing, training and equipping countries with surveillance capabilities. Countries with powerful security...

The NSA's Domestic Surveillance Centers
2018-07-06 14:16

The Intercept has a long story about the NSA's domestic interception points. Includes some new Snowden documents....