surveillance

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

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

UK Police Make Two Communications Data Requests Per Minute

A report based on Freedom of Information requests has found British police forces approved 93 percent of requests

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

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

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

Pro-Privacy Lib Dem Manifesto Details Digital Bill Of Rights And Green Economy

Lib Dems say they would protect privacy of UK citizens, hold a complete review of state surveillance and promote green…

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

Wikimedia Foundation Sues NSA Over Internet Surveillance

The operator of Wikipedia said it hopes to rein in the NSA's mass Internet surveillance operations

10 years ago

China Hits Back At Obama Over Software Backdoors

The war of words escalates between America and China over its demand for a backdoor in foreign software

10 years ago

Google: FBI Wants To Hack Every Device On The Planet

Google warns US government it will fight proposals to allow “remote access” to every computer and device

10 years ago

GCHQ And NSA ‘Hacked’ SIM Card Firm To Spy On Calls And Texts

GCHQ and NSA accused of hacking Gemalto in documents allegedly leaked by Edward Snowden

10 years ago

Secretive UK Court Declares GCHQ Mass Surveillance Program Unlawful

GCHQ was operating illegally for at least seven years between 2007 and 2014

10 years ago

BlackBerry Gains Secusmart To Foil Snoopers

BlackBerry closes up acquisition of German specialist that secured Angela Merkel’s BlackBerry against the NSA

10 years ago

UN Resolution Warns of ‘Intrusive’ Digital Spying

Privacy concerns highlighted by UN Committee in wake of mass surveillance and data interception revelations

10 years ago

Home Office Set To Introduce New Data Surveillance Plan

Measures to be introduced this week will require ISPs to retain IP address data and make it available to police…

10 years ago

Cable & Wireless Aided GCHQ Spying Efforts – Snowden

Leaked documents suggest Cable & Wireless network was used as part of GCHQ's surveillance programmes

10 years ago

Amnesty International Launches Anti-Spying Tool To Combat State Snooping

Want to know if a government has been spying on your computer? Amnesty offers a detection tool

10 years ago

Has NASA Developed The Ultimate Spy Drone?

The perfect spy drone? NASA invents a drone that simply disappears or decomposes away if it crashes

10 years ago

FBI Seeks New Powers To Hack And Spy

The FBI proposes "rules of engagement" change to allow it to hack into any computer in the world

10 years ago

Oracle To Open Two German Data Centres Following Spying Scandal

The facilities, based in Frankfurt and Munich, are partly in response to questions around security, Oracle said

11 years ago

NSA, GCHQ Accused Of Breaking Into Networks Run By Deutche Telecom

A system called TREASUREMAP was reportedly used to spy on German network operators

11 years ago

Google: Government Data Requests Grew 150 Percent Since 2009

Amid concern over government Internet surveillance, user data requests have continued to rise

11 years ago

Tech Firms Call For Broad Government Reforms

The IT industry's trade body is urging the government to bring in sweeping measures to safeguard the country's digital economy

11 years ago