Security Boulevard

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. The research also shows that reCAPTCHA relies on fingerprinting (collecting "user agent data and other identifying information") and shares this data with advertisers. Tips for finding old accounts.

Surveillance

We Live Security

AUGUST 8, 2025

Spyware designed to turn your phone into a secret surveillance device. In this context, adware, which displays unwanted advertisements, might seem pretty innocuous. This means that the fraudulent ad impressions generated by the “evil” version are judged by advertisers to be legitimate.

Adware

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In late May 2024, Kiberphant0m began advertising the sale of hundreds of gigabytes of data stolen from BSNL. Judische appears to have outsourced the sale of databases from victim companies who refuse to pay, delegating some of that work to a cybercriminal who uses the nickname Kiberphant0m on multiple forums.

Cybercrime

Security Boulevard

MARCH 17, 2025

Surveillance Tech in the News This section covers surveillance technology and methods in the news. The CEO claims that thanks to their "CoreAI" product/service/feature, they can leverage extreme personalized (and prediction) advertising for 91 percent of adults around the world.

Surveillance

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. The attacker may conduct surveillance first, mapping a network to find the most valuable resources or to discover potential pathways to jump into other systems. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use

Passwords

Krebs on Security

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

A surveillance photo of Connor Riley Moucka, a.k.a. Connor Riley Moucka of Kitchener, Ontario, on a provisional arrest warrant from the United States, which has since indicted him on 20 criminal counts connected to the Snowflake breaches. “Judische” and “Waifu,” dated Oct 21, 2024, 9 days before Moucka’s arrest.

DDOS

Zero Day

JUNE 20, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. The attacker may conduct surveillance first, mapping a network to find the most valuable resources or to discover potential pathways to jump into other systems. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use

Passwords

Zero Day

JULY 29, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Also, the country doesn't belong to the 5/9/14 Eyes Alliances, referring to countries that share surveillance data and intelligence on their citizens. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use

VPN

WIRED Threat Level

JULY 3, 2025

Carmakers are embracing physical buttons again Special Edition: You’re not ready for what’s coming next Caroline Haskins is a business reporter at WIRED, covering Silicon Valley, surveillance, and labor. All rights reserved.

Surveillance

Zero Day

JUNE 27, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. The team of developers behind the service say they're advocates of digital autonomy and freedom from surveillance, which may explain why the app offers so many protection features. All rights reserved.

VPN

Centraleyes

AUGUST 11, 2025

That state-first dynamic has only accelerated due to: High-profile data breaches Public concern over algorithmic influence The rise of AI, geolocation tracking, and surveillance advertising Privacy Laws Going Into Effect in 2025 These are the brand-new state privacy laws taking effect for the first time in 2025.

Data privacy

WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 7, 2025

In Tennessee alone, the fusion center memo notes that state officials have received at least 25 suspicious activity reports over the past decade, detailing attempted surveillance and theft. Modern security improvements have done little to deter interest in breaching them. All rights reserved.

Government

Zero Day

AUGUST 5, 2025

Try not to surveil the great blue yonder Maria Diaz/ZDNET This one is subtle, and it's all about angles and shade. But that doesn't mean it's the best place for 24/7 surveillance. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use Dust on the window can also magnify this problem. 

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WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 12, 2025

Telesign, a company that advertises fraud-prevention services for businesses, offers a simple form for “Data Deletion” and “Opt Out / Do Not Sell.” But that form is hidden from search engines and other automated systems and isn’t linked on its homepage. Colin is a reporter for The Markup based in New York. All rights reserved.

Engineering

WIRED Threat Level

JULY 3, 2025

Read More Service Writer Topics Donald Trump Apps immigration First Amendment privacy surveillance Read More What Is Apple One, and Should You Subscribe? Prior to WIRED, Reece covered streaming at Business Insider. Going all-in on Apple’s services bundle could be a smart move, especially for families. All rights reserved.

Accountability

Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2021

The Norwegian Consumer Council just published a fantastic new report: “ Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising. Banning surveillance-based advertising in general will force structural changes to the advertising industry and alleviate a number of significant harms to consumers and to society at large.

Surveillance

WIRED Threat Level

AUGUST 6, 2025

He launched vast anti-corruption campaigns to weed out enemies and saw the creation of a vast surveillance regime to monitor the population. Foreign executives express growing concerns about doing business there, fearing potential exit bans , pervasive government surveillance, risks to sensitive data, even arbitrary detentions.

Surveillance

Schneier on Security

AUGUST 5, 2025

Schneier on Security Menu Blog Newsletter Books Essays News Talks Academic About Me Search Powered by DuckDuckGo Blog Essays Whole site Subscribe Home Blog Surveilling Your Children with AirTags Skechers is making a line of kid’s shoes with a hidden compartment for an AirTag.

Surveillance

Zero Day

JULY 17, 2025

Caveats Monitoring CoT isn't a perfect solution, though; future models could adapt to the surveillance. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use "A model might become aware its reasoning traces are being monitored, or an auxiliary training objective [.] All rights reserved.

Artificial Intelligence

Zero Day

JUNE 26, 2025

Kennedy told the  House of Representatives this week that the health agency is planning "one of the biggest advertising campaigns" in its history to encourage Americans to use the wearables. Collecting such vital data could also lead to the administration further surveilling and monitoring Americans.  Kennedy Jr.

Government

Zero Day

JULY 17, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. You can buy the Aqara Camera Hub G5 Pro to surveil your home and add other Aqara devices without buying a separate hub. This camera is enough to replace both of them -- and  to surveil inside or outside my house.

Software

Zero Day

JUNE 22, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Fortunately, you can disable most of this unnecessary surveillance to reduce background tasks and reclaim some speed. Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use The answer is: a lot. Exit the menu.

Password Management

Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. Here’s the Consumer Reports study. And then the report gives specifics.

Surveillance

Schneier on Security

APRIL 4, 2024

The ProtonMail people are accusing Microsoft’s new Outlook for Windows app of conducting extensive surveillance on its users.

Surveillance

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

Surveillance

Zero Day

AUGUST 12, 2025

Wade world, where menstrual and fertility data can be surveilled, handed over to government bodies to penalize those seeking abortions, digitally tracking a menstrual cycle or pregnancy could pose a major risk, especially to those in states where abortion is illegal.   Privacy Policy | | Cookie Settings | Advertise | Terms of Use

Healthcare

Zero Day

JULY 15, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. The Blink app is feature-rich, with plenty of camera settings to customize for the best surveillance, but you'll need a paid subscription to unlock the best features. All rights reserved.

Artificial Intelligence

Schneier on Security

JANUARY 27, 2020

These efforts are well-intentioned, but facial recognition bans are the wrong way to fight against modern surveillance. Focusing on one particular identification method misconstrues the nature of the surveillance society we're in the process of building. Ubiquitous mass surveillance is increasingly the norm.

Surveillance

Zero Day

AUGUST 13, 2025

Indeed, we follow strict guidelines that ensure our editorial content is never influenced by advertisers. Close Home Home & Office Smart Home Home Security This new Wyze security camera promises to eliminate blind spots for $70 The new Wyze Duo Cam Pan is a motion-tracking, pan-tilt camera that can surveil your home inside and out.

Artificial Intelligence

Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Spying and surveillance are different but related things. If I hired that same private detective to put you under surveillance, I would get a different report: where you went, whom you talked to, what you purchased, what you did. Before the internet, putting someone under surveillance was expensive and time-consuming.

Surveillance

Security Boulevard

JUNE 24, 2021

The Norwegian Consumer Council just published a fantastic new report: “ Time to Ban Surveillance-Based Advertising. From the Introduction: The challenges caused and entrenched by surveillance-based advertising include, but are not limited to: privacy and data protection infringements. opaque business models.

Surveillance

Security Affairs

JULY 12, 2020

Google announced that starting from August it will update its policies to reject ads proposed by organizations offering surveillance software. The move aims at fighting the advertising of any form of surveillance. Advertisers are advised to remove any ads that can result in a violation of the policy, before August 11.

Surveillance

Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 13, 2020

.” These searches are legal when conducted for the purpose of foreign surveillance, but the worry about using them domestically is that they are unconstitutionally broad. The very nature of these searches requires mass surveillance. The FBI does not conduct mass surveillance. The FBI does not conduct mass surveillance.

Surveillance

Security Affairs

OCTOBER 14, 2020

Earlier this month, German authorities have raided the offices of FinFisher, the German surveillance software firm, accused of providing its software to oppressive regimes. Copyright (C) 2014-2015 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

Surveillance

Schneier on Security

MARCH 29, 2018

Harvard Business School professor Shoshana Zuboff calls it " surveillance capitalism." Surveillance capitalism takes this one step further. Google's surveillance isn't in the news, but it's startlingly intimate. That phone is probably the most intimate surveillance device ever invented. We never lie to our search engines.

Surveillance

Malwarebytes

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In a report titled “ How TV Watches Us: Commercial Surveillance in the Streaming Era ,” the Center for Digital Democracy (CDD) spotlighted a massive data-driven surveillance apparatus that ensnares the public through modern television sets. These can be hyper targeted advertisements which are personalized for individual viewers.

Surveillance

Security Affairs

APRIL 8, 2020

In October 2019, WhatsApp sued the Israeli surveillance firm NSO Group accusing it of carrying out malicious attacks against its users. According to the NSO CEO, Facebook was interested in improving surveillance capabilities on iOS devices of the Onavo Protect. Copyright (C) 2014 Media.net Advertising FZ-LLC All Rights Reserved -->.

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