Security News

Detecting Drone Surveillance with Traffic Analysis
2018-01-24 11:28

This is clever: Researchers at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva, Israel have built a proof-of-concept system for counter-surveillance against spy drones that demonstrates a clever, if not...

Big predictions for sensors in the global security and surveillance market
2018-01-22 12:30

The Internet of Things (IoT) is bringing about a new era of connectivity in the digital age, connecting critical business sectors through a network of secure data flow, analytics, and management....

Researchers uncover mobile, PC surveillance platform tied to different nation-state actors
2018-01-19 17:36

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and mobile security company Lookout have uncovered a new malware espionage campaign that has targeted activists, journalists, lawyers, military personnel,...

Fake Santa Surveillance Camera
2018-01-02 12:51

Reka makes a "decorative Santa cam," meaning that it's not a real camera. Instead, it just gets children used to being under constant surveillance. Our Santa Cam has a cute Father Christmas and...

Surveillance inside the Body
2017-12-11 12:37

The FDA has approved a pill with an embedded sensor that can report when it is swallowed. The pill transmits information to a wearable patch, which in turn transmits information to a smartphone....

Seagate launches SkyHawk AI, the first HDD for AI-enabled surveillance
2017-10-30 12:30

Seagate announced its SkyHawk AI hard disk drive, the first drive created specifically for artificial intelligence enabled video surveillance solutions. SkyHawk AI provides bandwidth and...

Germany Drops Probe Into Mass NSA Surveillance
2017-10-05 23:31

Prosecutors in Germany on Thursday closed an investigation into whether US and British intelligence services systematically carried out extensive spying on the country's citizens, citing a lack of...

Internet Providers Possibly Involved in FinFisher Surveillance Operations: Report
2017-09-21 17:09

New campaigns featuring the infamous FinFisher spyware are using a previously unseen infection vector, strongly suggesting that Internet service providers (ISPs) might be involved in the...

European court says workplace surveillance must not violate workers’ privacy (Help Net Security)
2017-09-06 16:04

European companies must strike a fair balance between workplace surveillance and their employees’ right to privacy, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has ruled. Delivery of the decision...

Me on Restaurant Surveillance Technology (Schneier on Security)
2017-07-28 19:20

I attended the National Restaurant Association exposition in Chicago earlier this year, and looked at all the ways modern restaurant IT is spying on people. But there's also a fundamentally creepy...