Security News

Mass Surveillance Silences Minority Opinions (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-29 17:58

Research paper: Elizabeth Stoycheff, "Under Surveillance: Examining Facebook's Spiral of Silence Effects in the Wake of NSA Internet Monitoring": Abstract: Since Edward Snowden exposed the...

A 1976 Congressional Report on Surveillance (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-28 18:05

Here's a 1,300-page Congressional report on "surveillance technology" from 1976....

Observations on the Surveillance that Resulted in the Capture of Salah Abdeslam (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-22 11:37

Interesting analysis from The Grugq: Bottom Line Up Front Intelligence agencies must cooperate more rapidly and proactively to counter ISIS' rapid and haphazard operational tempo. Clandestine...

Bug in surveillance app opens Netgear NAS systems to compromise (Help Net Security)
2016-03-14 15:52

A security vulnerability in the ReadyNAS Surveillance Application can be exploited by unauthenticated, remote attackers to gain root access to Netgear NAS systems, Sysdream Labs researcher Nicolas...