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If you have installed Windows 10 and agreed to its terms and conditions during installation then you are being spied on and this is not a conspiracy theory but a fact. Here’s what’s going on and how you can prevent yourself from being spied on. Microsoft’s new service agreement consists of about 12,000 words, which clearly states […]
Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has ordered the local cellular operators to completely shut down Canadian smartphone maker’s BlackBerry Enterprise Services (BES) by the end of November due to security concerns by the security agency. Earlier we reported that Pakistan’s security agency i.e. Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), has been planning to improve their surveillance and eavesdropping capabilities which […]
Microsoft, just like all other software companies, constantly asks its customers to update their applications on their computers to remain fully secure from hackers who could exploit old vulnerabilities. However, in the rush to convince its customers for doing so, Microsoft forgot to update its own servers. Reportedly, the website that was developed for helping […]
We have always heard about negative use of drones or most of the times drones for surveillance purposes. But now two testing centers in Luoyang city of China will use surveillance drones to monitor college entrance exams to prevent students from cheating and smuggling electronic devices inside the center. The entrance test results will determine future of the students and which university […]
The South African Right2Know campaign has released its “Big Brother Exposed” report. The report revealed details about the way activists and community leaders are being “monitored, spied and harassed” by South African intelligence agencies. In Right2Know’s latest issue of “Big Brother” it was revealed that National Union of Metal workers (Numsa), has announced to lodge a […]
Facebook can Track Non-Users through ‘a bug’ — Working to fix it as fast as possible. Researchers at Facebook identified a “bug” that allowed them to track people who haven’t ever visited the website. The discovery was made public by Richard Allen, the European policy vice president of the social networking giant, in a blogpost […]
The Internet was lit up by John Oliver’s interview with Edward Snowden since the host actually managed to make his chat subject talk about dick pics, laugh and give high five. The information revealed during dick pics discussion has encouraged the launch of a website that informs about the U.S government/NSA‘s capabilities to access utterly […]
Prison Security Breached by Drone to Transfer Knife, drugs and phones into the jail. This can easily pass as a very daring night-time action in which a drone was used to smuggle weapons, cell phones and drugs at the high profile Bedford Prison. The wicked maneuver only got identified when the remote control device got […]
NYPD cops have started testing a system, which allows them to immediately track the location within 82feet from where a gun was fired. This system is already implemented and used by cops in various other U.S states. It is called the ““ShotSpotter” technology and uses strategically placed auditory sensors that transmit gunshot location info to […]
Travelers’ phone tracking strategy minimize Cincinnati airport’s Security line by one-third. We all know how miserable airport security processes are for the travelers but the good news is that airports have also figured out this aspect. Now airports are trying to devise ways through which security line wait duration can be reduced. Blip Systems has […]
The ex-NSA spy and now a Whistleblower Mr. Edward Snowden said that terrorism cannot be stopped through mass surveillance tactics. He slammed the government of Australia UK and USA for spying on people in the name of national security. Governments like the UK, USA and Australia have been slammed by Edward Snowden as he urged […]
The number of annual security incidents caused by insider threats is increasing. InThe CERT Guide to Insider Threats, Capelli et al write, “Insider threats are an intriguing and complex problem. Some assert that they are the most significant threat faced by organizations today.” Disgruntled system administrators damage data and systems, skilled professionals steal intellectual property, […]
A number of states already have laws preventing the police from prying on your phone’s location history without a warrant, but they just got another big boost from a court ruling. Even if it is a vague information like the whereabouts of cell towers you’ve used, a California-based federal judge has determined that cops need […]
To Monitor The Arctic DARPA willing to give $4million for an Unmanned Surveillance System. Ice melting in the Arctic has been the leading issue in strategic plans of almost all government leaders in Northern Hemisphere states. However, the remoteness of this area makes it a difficult entity to be explored or spied on. Thus, the […]
Women Stalked by Security Guards via CCTV – “Sleaze File” contains images of pretty women Five security guards of a high-profile shopping complex in Australia followed attractive women roaming around in the mall using surveillance cameras. Guards zoomed-in on them and also captured invasive images of the female customers. These images were later stored in a […]
Samsung decision to process voice commands in its latest Smart TV through cloud server has sparked a new debate on data retention, according to the daily The Register. According to the term and conditions of the new Smart TV, it is clear that everything said in the presence of the TV range gets transmitted to […]
It has been found by researchers that a hacking operation has been conducted targeting military intelligence so as to collect it for Pro-Assad parties in the Syrian conflict. FireEye, a security firm, released on Monday a report (PDF) telling in detail about the threat group which finally stole a cache of sensitive data which contained […]
Home monitoring devices are the hot topic recently no matter it is crowd funding website, geeky technology website, or technology news website you are watching. Among all the recently popped out cool things, SpotCam caught our attention for its unique offer – continuous cloud full time recording for free. This may seem to be normal […]
Security cameras with default passwords are a threat to your privacy — A site has indexed 73,011 unsecured cameras in 256 countries around the world. The unsecured cameras refer to cameras secured with default passwords. The site with a Russian IP address has indexed the details of the cameras such as manufacturers, locations, IP addresses and […]
Street crimes? not a problem now! With the newly designed jackets one can easily track down thieves and alert the respective authorities. During recent times, authorities in New York and London were researching a system through which they can eliminate street crimes and track down the criminals. Reacting to this a South Korean designer “Jehee […]
Windows 10 Technical Preview (TP), a trial version released last week, collects and transmits lots of user data to Microsoft, according to a report published in the Forbes. The daily�referred it as �jaw dropping level of invasion.� Microsoft announces in its privacy policy the kind of information it will be collecting from the users who […]