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Turns out that it was Kaspersky Labs cyber security researchers who helped the FBI catch alleged NSA data leaker
The U.S. has accused Kaspersky Lab of working with Russian spies. But sources say the company exposed a massive breach that U.S. authorities missed.
In our two-part series, Ars looks at what Snowden's disclosures have wrought politically and institutionally.
New documents obtained by BuzzFeed News reveal the most detailed picture yet of how the Orlando Police Department is using Amazon Rekognition, the tech giant’s facial recognition technology.
Law review article, so probably a reference rather than an assigned reading in 351.
The European Parliament has been making its presence felt today. As well as reopening democratic debate around a controversial digital copyright reform proposal by voting against it being fast-tracked, MEPs have adopted a resolution calling for the suspension of the EU-US Privacy Shield. The parliamentarians’ view is that the data transfer mechanism does not provide […]
Surveillance memes are everywhere because it feels like surveillance is everywhere.
In this guest post David Haynes explores the ethics of metadata gathering and use by security services and social media giants.
Oral arguments this week might help the law catch up to technology.
In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, “I’m from Sarasota,” and they say, “Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,” and they tell you where they live and their name, and you may or may not recognize them.
This animation showcases the "Inside Hacking Team" investigation by the SHARE Foundation. The project analysed the metadata of the leaked emails of Hacking Team, a surveillance vendor. This resource illustrates the power of metadata.
This animation was produced by Tactical Technology Collective and Klaas Diersmann.
More information can be found:
https://labs.rs/en/metadata/
https://myshadow.org/resources/inside-hacking-team?locale=en
This animation was produced by Tactical Technology Collective and Klaas Diersmann.
More information can be found:
https://labs.rs/en/metadata/
https://myshadow.org/resources/inside-hacking-team?locale=en
What's stopping the American government from recording your phone calls, reading your emails and monitoring your location? Very little, says surveillance and cybersecurity counsel Jennifer Granick. The government collects all kinds of information about you easily, cheaply and without a warrant -- and if you've ever participated in a protest or attended a gun show, you're likely a person of interest. Learn more about your rights, your risks and how to protect yourself in the golden age of surveillance.
It’s thought that the case might stem from the arrests made during the protests at Trump’s inauguration when the profiles of some of the more than 200 people arrested were mined for inf…
Recent cyberattacks show what happens when America’s secret-keepers can’t keep their secrets.
Wcry uses weapons-grade exploit published by the NSA-leaking Shadow Brokers.
The FBI has a new view into what’s happening on Twitter. Last week, the bureau hired Dataminr, a Twitter-linked analytics firm, to provide an "advanced alerting tool" to over 200 users. Twitter...
Yahoo let the NSA root them, apparently?!
Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom software program to search all of its customers' incoming emails for specific information provided by U.S. intelligence officials, according to people familiar with the matter.