Security News

AT&T Facilitated NSA Surveillance Efforts, Reports (Threatpost)
2015-08-17 16:30

Published reports say that AT&T was the National Security Agency's primary telecommunications partner and facilitated much of its surveillance efforts around telephone and Internet traffic collection.

UK High Court declares emergency surveillance bill unlawful (Help Net Security)
2015-07-20 11:27

On Friday, the UK High Court has declared Data Retention and Investigatory Powers Act (DRIPA) unlawful. DRIPA is an emergency legislation signed into law in July 2014, and its main goal was to allo...

Hacking Team Promises to Rebuild Controversial Surveillance Software (Threatpost)
2015-07-13 16:43

Hacking Team promised to rebuild its controversial surveillance software while two more Adobe Flash Player zero day vulnerabilities were uncovered.