Security News

Court’s Ruling a ‘Clear Signal’ About Mass Surveillance Programs, Experts Say (Threatpost)
2015-05-11 15:16

The ruling last week by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals that the NSA’s years-long bulk collection of phone metadata is illegal is a “clear signal” that courts are moving in the direction of...

Week in review: Illegal surveillance, WordPress insecurity, cheap computer kill switch (Help Net Security)
2015-05-11 05:12

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts and articles: Securing the smart grid: European Network of Cyber Security Dr. Klaus Kursawe is the Chief Scientist at th...

An Example of Cell Phone Metadata Forensic Surveillance (Schneier on Security)
2015-05-06 12:09

In this long article on the 2005 assassination of Rafik Hariri in Beirut, there's a detailed section on what the investigators were able to learn from the cell phone metadata: At Eid's request, a...