Intel is creating the Automotive Security Review Board to help the automotive industry use its hardware in a secure way -- and to persuade security researchers to help it find bugs in its own automotive hardware.
Peter Sayer | 14 Sep | Read more
A surveillance law rushed through the French parliament in the wake of the Charlie Hebdo shootings in Paris in January is constitutional, the country's highest court ruled late Thursday. The decision gives law enforcers and intelligence agencies the power to gather communications metadata -- who is communicating with whom, where, and when -- in real time, with few restrictions.
Peter Sayer | 25 Jul | Read more
Amazon.com has published its first transparency report describing how it has responded to requests from law enforcers for information about its customers.
Peter Sayer | 15 Jun | Read more
French lawmakers have taken a first step toward allowing real-time surveillance of Internet and mobile phone use in France.
Peter Sayer | 06 May | Read more
BlackBerry is returning to the tablet market -- this time with the help of Samsung Electronics, IBM and Secusmart, the German encryption specialist BlackBerry bought last year.
Peter Sayer | 15 Mar | Read more
SIM card maker Gemalto has dismissed recent reports that U.K. and U.S. spies obtained encryption keys protecting millions of mobile phones by hacking its network.
Peter Sayer | 25 Feb | Read more
High-profile French media websites went offline for a few hours Friday morning, prompting frenzied speculation about "unprecedented" cyberattacks -- but the hosting company behind the sites soon dismissed talk of a massive distributed denial-of-service attack.
Peter Sayer | 17 Jan | Read more
Three out of three? That could be the score for the U.S. National Security Agency's cryptographic "most wanted" list of 2012.
Peter Sayer | 30 Dec | Read more
Android apps really do use those permissions they ask for to access users' personal information: one online store records a phone's location up to 10 times a minute, French researchers have found. The tools to manage such access are limited, and inadequate given how much information phones can gather.
Peter Sayer | 16 Dec | Read more
"Where's Andrea?" That was the question on the lips of attendees at this week's No Such Con security conference.
Peter Sayer | 20 Nov | Read more
Justice ministers' proposals to relax European Union data protection rules for low-risk personal data are a step in the right direction, according to a lobbying group backed by IBM, Microsoft and Oracle.
Peter Sayer | 11 Oct | Read more
IBM has added to its security software portfolio with the purchase of Italian access control and identity management firm CrossIdeas for an undisclosed sum, the companies said Thursday.
Peter Sayer | 31 Jul | Read more
Businesses wanting the security of BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 without the complexity of managing it onsite can now buy it as a hosted service from six BlackBerry partners.
Peter Sayer | 24 Jul | Read more
Belgium is leading the world in IPv6 adoption, while South Korea and Japan are most ready for 4K video streaming, according to a report.
Peter Sayer | 26 Jun | Read more
Facebook is moving to offer users a familiar trade-off: their browsing privacy in return for more targeted advertising. Those who find that no deal at all will be able to use opt-out tools, but all users will be given a little more control over the ads they see.
Peter Sayer | 12 Jun | Read more