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Consumer Reports Reviews Wireless Home-Security Cameras

Posted on November 7, 2018 by Bruce Schneier

Consumer Reports is starting to evaluate the security of IoT devices. As part of that, it’s reviewing wireless home-security cameras. It found significant security vulnerabilities in D-Link cameras: In contrast, D-Link doesn’t store video from the DCS-2630L in the cloud. Instead, the camera has its own, onboard web server, which can deliver video to the user in different ways. Users… Continue reading Consumer Reports Reviews Wireless Home-Security Cameras→

Watch This ‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Crawl the Deep Southern Ocean

Posted on October 22, 2018 by Becky Ferreira

This unusually mobile species of sea cucumber has only been captured on film once before, in the Gulf of Mexico. Continue reading Watch This ‘Headless Chicken Monster’ Crawl the Deep Southern Ocean→

Facebook Knows You Don’t Want to Trust Its Portal Camera

Posted on October 8, 2018 by Kaleigh Rogers

After so many privacy issues in the last two years, the social media company is hoping that putting security front and center will lure users to its new product. Continue reading Facebook Knows You Don’t Want to Trust Its Portal Camera→

Hackers can manipulate Police body cam footages

Posted on August 13, 2018 by Waqas

By Waqas
Kiss goodbye to crucial evidence. Body cameras used by the law enforcement nowadays have already remained controversial but no one has, so far, attempted to assess the credibility of the device itself. But, at Defcon 2018, police body cameras … Continue reading Hackers can manipulate Police body cam footages→

7 Vulnerabilities in 400 Axis Camera Models Unearthed (CVE-2018-10658)

Posted on June 21, 2018 by Milena Dimitrova

Several critical vulnerabilities have been uncovered in some 400 Axis camera models. The flaws could allow hackers to take full control over the affected camera or entangle them in botnets. VDOO researchers unearthed the vulnerabilities that could be c… Continue reading 7 Vulnerabilities in 400 Axis Camera Models Unearthed (CVE-2018-10658)→

Republicans Are Trying to Pull America Out of Another Global Treaty

Posted on May 31, 2018 by David Axe

Experts say depriving Air Force funding for four-engine OC-135 surveillance planes is part of a GOP effort to force the US to withdraw from Open Skies, a 1992 arms-verification treaty. Continue reading Republicans Are Trying to Pull America Out of Another Global Treaty→

Lifting a Fingerprint from a Photo

Posted on April 19, 2018 by Bruce Schneier

Police in the UK were able to read a fingerprint from a photo of a hand: Staff from the unit’s specialist imaging team were able to enhance a picture of a hand holding a number of tablets, which was taken from a mobile phone, before fingerprint experts were able to positively identify that the hand was that of Elliott Morris…. Continue reading Lifting a Fingerprint from a Photo→

New Rules Announced for Border Inspection of Electronic Devices

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Tom Spring

The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol announced new restrictions on when agents can copy data from digital devices at border crossing points. Continue reading New Rules Announced for Border Inspection of Electronic Devices→

New Rules Announced for Border Inspection of Electronic Devices

Posted on January 8, 2018 by Tom Spring

Fake Santa Surveillance Camera

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Bruce Schneier

Reka makes a "decorative Santa cam," meaning that it’s not a real camera. Instead, it just gets children used to being under constant surveillance. Our Santa Cam has a cute Father Christmas and mistletoe design, and a red, flashing LED light wh… Continue reading Fake Santa Surveillance Camera→