How Japan's Privacy Visor fools face-recognition cameras
If you're worried about Big Brother monitoring you from security cameras, Japan has developed eyewear that can keep you anonymous.
Tim Hornyak | 12 Aug | Read more
If you're worried about Big Brother monitoring you from security cameras, Japan has developed eyewear that can keep you anonymous.
Tim Hornyak | 12 Aug | Read more
A teenager who is apparently a member of the Lizard Squad hacker group has received a two-year suspended sentence in Finland in connection with various cybercrimes including attacks against U.S. university servers.
Tim Hornyak | 08 Jul | Read more
If you think drones are more than slightly creepy, wait until you meet one that will autonomously follow you and record video.
Tim Hornyak | 22 May | Read more
Apple and Google are appealing to U.S. President Barack Obama to reject proposals to allow encryption "back doors" in mobile devices.
Tim Hornyak | 19 May | Read more
Burglar alarms could soon incorporate drone-detection technology if a new service from a Japanese security company is anything to judge by.
Tim Hornyak | 14 May | Read more
Major sponsors of cyberwarfare forces are reaching a state of deterrence resembling the mutually assured destruction in nuclear weapons standoffs, former U.S. national intelligence director Dennis Blair said Tuesday.
Tim Hornyak | 14 Apr | Read more
Fujitsu has developed image-processing technology that can be used to track people in security camera footage, even when the images are heavily blurred to protect their privacy.
Tim Hornyak | 06 Mar | Read more
Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo has developed an app that can wirelessly send authentication credentials to devices that are not connected to the Internet, allowing more hardware to get online or query the cloud.
Tim Hornyak | 02 Mar | Read more
Fujitsu wants to make computer security more personalized with profiling software based on psychology.
Tim Hornyak | 22 Jan | Read more
Sony's CEO finally broke his weeks-long silence on the hack of Sony Pictures Entertainment, saying he's proud of its staff and partners for standing up to "extortionist efforts of criminals" and for getting "The Interview" to audiences.
Tim Hornyak | 06 Jan | Read more
Researchers in the Netherlands are applying quantum physics in an attempt to create fraud-proof credit cards and ID cards.
Tim Hornyak | 16 Dec | Read more
U.S. Senator Al Franken isn't satisfied with Uber Technologies' response to privacy questions he asked the ride service.
Tim Hornyak | 16 Dec | Read more
Sports fans of the future might enter stadiums simply by waving a hand over a vein scanner if new technology from Hitachi is any guide.
Tim Hornyak | 10 Dec | Read more
Cat burglars, beware: Sharp has a security camera that can shoot in the dark and in color.
Tim Hornyak | 04 Nov | Read more
Vietnamese cybersecurity authorities are hunting hackers believed to be responsible for the country's biggest-ever online attack last week, according to the founder of a security website in Hanoi.
Tim Hornyak | 23 Oct | Read more