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Researchers unearth Xsser mRAT, Chinese iOS spyware
Researchers looking into the mobile malware attack directed against Hong Kong protesters using Android devices have discovered that the attackers can also target iOS device …
Seagate Surveillance HDD features recovery services
Seagate released a dedicated surveillance HDD featuring Seagate Rescue services. Engineered specifically for surveillance and video analytics applications, the Surveillance …
Apple drops the “warrant canary” from transparency report
In the wake of the change of Apple’s Privacy Policy, and the encryption technology used in iOS 8 that makes it “not technically feasible” for Apple to …
With iOS 8, Apple won’t be able to unlock phones for the police
With the release of iOS 8, Apple has also updated its Privacy Policy. “The changes were made predominantly to cover new features in iOS 8, or to provide additional …
Video: Reactions of engineers under GCHQ surveillance
Filmmakers Katy Scoggin and Laura Poitras follow reporter Marcel Rosenbach as he informs the staff of a German communications firm that they have been targeted for …
Yahoo’s fight against US govt secret surveillance revealed
Unsealed documents from Yahoo’s challenge to the expansion of US surveillance laws in 2007 and 2008 have shown how the company was ultimately made to comply to the US …
Cellphone surveillance systems can track almost anybody
The surveillance tech industry is booming, and we should be worried about it. Poorly regulated and exceedingly secretive, the companies that create surveillance solutions for …
NSA’s metadata search engine used by US, foreign agencies
The NSA has secretly built a “Google-like” search engine to be used by various US government agencies and intelligence agencies of the Five Eyes countries to sift …
Competition to crack a virtual terrorist HDD, break into CCTV systems
Sophos is calling amateur security talent to turn sleuth and to investigate confiscated crime scene computer systems belonging to a cyber terrorist group as part of the latest …
Russian government offers money for Tor-cracking tech
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs (MVD) has published a tender offering $111,000 to any Russian company or organization that can provide technology that can …
What influences corporate security strategies?
Sixty eight percent of businesses stated that the NSA breach by Edward Snowden and the number of PoS system breaches in the past year were the most impactful in terms of …
Metadata-hiding Dark Mail protocol soon to be reality
At the Hackers on Planet Earth X (HOPE X) conference held this weekend in New York, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden called for hackers, coders and developers to “help …
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