Security News

BAE Systems sold cyber-surveillance tools to autocratic regimes (Help Net Security)
2017-06-16 19:15

British multinational BAE Systems has sold sophisticated surveillance technology to many repressive governments in the Middle East and Africa, an investigation by BBC Arabic and Danish newspaper...

Surveillance Intermediaries (Schneier on Security)
2017-06-07 11:19

Interesting law-journal article: "Surveillance Intermediaries," by Alan Z. Rozenshtein. Abstract:Apple's 2016 fight against a court order commanding it to help the FBI unlock the iPhone of one of...

UK Reignites Crypto Wars With Jaw-Dropping Surveillance Demands (Forbes)
2017-05-05 15:33

UK govt wants real-time communication surveillance powers, courtesy of telcos (Help Net Security)
2017-05-05 15:29

A leaked draft of proposed regulations shows that the UK government is after greater communication surveillance powers, and that in order to get them, it will legally require UK communications...

Leaked document reveals UK plans for wider internet surveillance (ZDNet)
2017-05-05 07:18

A VPN will not save you from government surveillance (ZDNet)
2017-04-30 23:18

In Obama's final year, US secret court denied record number of surveillance requests (ZDNet)
2017-04-20 20:33

Surveillance and our Insecure Infrastructure (Schneier on Security)
2017-04-17 11:21

Since Edward Snowden revealed to the world the extent of the NSA's global surveillance network, there has been a vigorous debate in the technological community about what its limits should be....

This 'Killer' American Surveillance Tech Helped Russians Spy On iPhones (Forbes)
2017-03-22 14:48

Facebook Bans Developers From Using Data for Surveillance (SecurityWeek)
2017-03-14 15:09