Security News

NSA Could Use Internet-Connected Medical Devices for Surveillance (June 10 and 13, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-06-14 18:41

Meaningful Surveillance Reform Risks Defeat (Threatpost)
2016-06-14 14:20

Meaningful surveillance reform risks defeat if the reintroduction of the Massie-Lofgren amendment to a DoD spending bill is derailed because new US House rule changes.

Smartphone surveillance on the rise for SMBs (ZDNet)
2016-06-10 06:11

Surveillance forestalls more 'draconian' police powers William Hague (The Register)
2016-06-08 16:11

Despite hacking and snooping fears, web surveillance legislation sails forward (ZDNet)
2016-06-08 12:11

Ukraine Separatists, Politicians Targeted in Surveillance Operation (SecurityWeek)
2016-05-19 10:24

US FISC approved all surveillance requests in 2015 (Help Net Security)
2016-05-02 19:51

The US Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court (FISC) has approved every electronic surveillance request for foreign intelligence purposes it has received in 2015. As it turns out, such an...

US spy court didn't reject a single government surveillance request in 2015 (ZDNet)
2016-04-30 15:18

Documenting the Chilling Effects of NSA Surveillance (Schneier on Security)
2016-04-29 11:28

In Data and Golliath, I talk about the self-censorship that comes along with broad surveillance. This interesting research documents this phenomenon in Wikipedia: "Chilling Effects: Online...

UK Surveillance Bill Would Require Government Vetting of New Communications Technology (April 19, 2016) (SANS Newsbites)
2016-04-22 19:32