Surveillance-IT

Businesses ‘Becoming Complacent’ Over Danger Of DDoS Attacks

F5 study reveals security concerns over DDoS are falling, despite the number of attacks being on the rise

10 years ago

Fake Mobile Towers Spy On UK Phone Users

British mobile users revealed to be under survelliance from police and other forces using fake mobile phone towers

10 years ago

US Tech Firms Warn Obama To Back Off Encryption

Open letter to President Obama highlights tech opposition to efforts to weaken encryption systems

10 years ago

McAfee: Governments’ Invasion Of Our Privacy Is An Insidious, Creeping Insanity

John McAfee says that governments around the world must change their way of thinking if we're ever to have privacy…

10 years ago

Is The Snooper’s Charter Good For UK Tech?

Snooper's Charter appears to be revived, but with some predicting a tech exodus from the UK, what impact will have?

10 years ago

Apple CEO Tim Cook Slams Tech Rivals Over Privacy

Tim Cook criticised rivals over privacy and warns about government attempts to weaken encryption

10 years ago

USA Freedom Act Reforms NSA Bulk Data Collection

US Senate approves USA Freedom Act and reforms the NSA's bulk data harvesting activities

10 years ago

Queen’s Speech Confirms Return Of Snoopers’ Charter

Government confirms sweeping new powers for the security services in fresh blow to privacy campaigners

10 years ago

LogJam Vulnerability Exposes Encryption Fears

Not again! Another legacy encryption flaw could explain how the NSA and co cracked encrypted communications

10 years ago

Belgian Privacy Watchdog Hits Back After Facebook Criticism

Tit for tat argument continues as Belgian Privacy Watchdog sharply criticises Facebook and its privacy controls

10 years ago

Naikon Hackers Take Aim At Asia-Pacific Nations, Warns Kaspersky

New hacker collective is snooping on government, civil and military targets in a number of Asian countries

10 years ago

NSA Sought German Help To Spy On Siemens – Report

The NSA asked its German equilvant for help to spy on industrial conglomerate Siemens

10 years ago

Conservatives To Revive Snoopers’ Charter Following Election Win

Teresa May suggests Snoopers' Charter is back on the agenda now the Lib Dems are out of the picture

10 years ago

NSA Data Collection Ruled Illegal By US Court

American appeals court rules bulk collection of phone records by NSA is illegal, but program still continues

10 years ago

Airbus Looks To Sue NSA Amidst Spying Allegations

French aerospace giant filing lawsuit after documents emerged in German press implicating the NSA in European industrial spying

10 years ago

What Is The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation?

The Secretary General of the CTO explains its mission to bring connectivity to everyone across the Commonwealth

10 years ago

Senate Bill To Extend NSA Surveillance Authorisation

Here we go again. US Republicans introduce Bill to extend surveillance elements of the US Patriot Act

10 years ago

Phil Zimmermann: Privacy Protection Just As Important As Security For Businesses

PGP creator tells TechWeekEurope companies should take privacy protection seriously and argues law enforcement is living in a "golden age…

10 years ago

Police Chief Warns ‘Terrorist Friendly’ Tech Firms

Britain's top anti-terrorism policeman launches extraordinary attack on unnamed tech firms

10 years ago

Facebook Hits Back At Belgian Privacy Report

Embattled Facebook admits it tracks non-users, but dismisses report findings from Belgian privacy watchdog

10 years ago

Facebook Privacy Lawsuit Starts In Austria

A closely-watched data privacy lawsuit against Facebook has been filed in an Austrian court today

10 years ago

More Than Half Of Brits Worried About Gov Smart Meter Data Scooping

Institute of Directors calls for smart meters scheme to be ‘halted, altered or scrapped’

10 years ago

Australia Passes Mandatory Data Retention Laws

Communications metadata can now be accessed by Australian government without need of a search warrant

10 years ago

Threat-Sharing Cybersecurity Bill Gets Public Airing

Proposed law to allow American companies to share cybersecurity threats with government, without being sued

10 years ago

Top European Court Mulls Over Facebook Data Sharing Case

June will see the decision by the top European court on the data sharing agreement between the US and Europe

10 years ago

Google’s Schmidt Predicts US Government Defeat Over Encryption

The tech industry will win fight against governments over the use of encryption on devices, says Eric Schmidt

10 years ago

GCHQ Licensed To Hack Phones And Computers

Licensed to spy. GCHQ permitted to hack into computers and phones, even with no national security concerns

10 years ago

Facebook Still Being Squeezed By Government Data Requests

Facebook reports global rise in government demands for user data, also updates community standards banning buttocks

10 years ago

EU To Model New Security Force On British Counter-Terrorism Unit

Plans for a Europe-wide counter-terrorism unit are being considered to tackle Jihad John and his pals

10 years ago