Collaborate Disseminate
A US senator has announced a bill that would force the President to punish overseas hackers found targeting the US, or explain why he hadn’t. Continue reading Proposed US law would require President to act against overseas hackers
Another mobile stalking app has been hacked, endangering both its customers and the victims that they spy on. Continue reading Hacked stalking app reveals victims’ photos, texts and location info
Listening Watch, a project based on earlier work by researchers Prakash Shrestha and Nitesh Saxena, uses the power of sound to log you into your favourite websites. Continue reading Listening Watch sounds out security idea with websites that listen
Reality Leigh Winner, the NSA contractor who leaked sensitive information to the Intercept last year, was sentenced to 63 months in prison last week along with three years of supervised release. Continue reading NSA leaker Reality Winner gets 63 months in jail
The DoJ announced arrests, charges and guilty pleas as part of Operation Darkness Falls, which involved several government agencies. Continue reading Top dark web drug vendors nabbed by ‘Operation Darkness Falls’
US cities using smart meters narrowly escaped a legal problem this month when a court decided that the benefits of these IoT devices outweighed the privacy issues created by collecting detailed home energy data. Continue reading Using smart meter data constitutes a search, but court allows them anyway
Mozilla has wiped 23 extensions from its directory of Firefox browser add-ons after finding what it says were inappropriate functions in the code. Continue reading Firefox axes add-ons, developer pushes back
The Trump administration has rolled back Obama-era rules that outlined how to launch cyberattacks on other nations. Continue reading US rolls back cyberwarfare rules
The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse to unlock their phones. Continue reading Australians who won’t unlock their phones could face 10 years in jail
A security researcher has revealed that police body cameras could put evidence – and even police officers themselves – at risk. Continue reading Police body cameras open to attack