Security News

Hacking Team pitches encryption-cracking tools to US law enforcement (Help Net Security)
2015-11-02 13:52

Hacking Team, the Italian company that provides offensive intrusion and surveillance software to governments, intelligence and law enforcement agencies, is back in the saddle, knocking on the doors of...

Week in review: WhatsApp data collection, roadblocks to implementing CISA, and how US law enforcement uses Stingrays (Help Net Security)
2015-11-02 07:00

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news and articles: European Parliament members want member states to protect Edward Snowden Too little has been done to safeguard citiz...

US DOJ admits that Stingrays can be used to intercept call and SMS content (Help Net Security)
2015-10-30 10:23

After a battling the US Department of Justice in a court for two and a half years, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California has emerged victorious and has been given access to documen...

US Library of Congress makes tinkering with your car software legal (Help Net Security)
2015-10-28 14:45

The US Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) makes it illegal to circumvent technological measures used to prevent unauthorized access to copyrighted works. But, there are exceptions to the rule, an...