How To: Foil Wiretaps at Home
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Just say no to government agents crashing your exclusive pool parties. Follow these easy tips to keep the feds from getting an earful at your expense. By Annalee Newitz from Wired magazine.
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A security researcher demonstrates a way to use cross site scripting to remotely spam an internal network printer.
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SAN FRANCISCO - In snooping on a reporter to pinpoint internal news leaks, Hewlett-Packard used high-tech tools common to spammers, phishers, retailers, suspicious employers and investigators. Those tools, including phishing-style e-mail and tracing software, underscore the growing use of electronic surveillance to monitor consumers' every digital move, computer-security experts say.
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By James Derk Scripps Howard News Service  If you weren't worried enough about the security of your home computer and network, it may be time to step it up.
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Under the guise of reining in the Bush administration's warrantless eavesdropping program, the Senate Judiciary Committee approves a bill that would dramatically expand the government's domestic surveillance capabilities, and usher in a new age of rampant monitoring. By Ryan Singel.
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TechWeb - Multipurpose cell phones, data-storing pocket knives: Can you fear me now?
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Today's blog post discusses methods with which a non-technical user can secure their own instant messaging conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be they the government or a nosy neighbor sniffing the wireless network from next door).
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Investor's Business Daily - A special, previously classified window film that keeps hackers out is available to the public, manufacturer CPFilms said. The 2-millimeter-thick clear film blocks Wi-Fi and cellular signals. It reduces Wi-Fi signal leakage through windows, the company said. The film is in use in more than 200 U.S. government buildings. Some government officials use the film at their homes, the company said. The LLumar Signal Defense Security Film uses a combination of metal and metal-oxide layers.
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It's a hacker's nightmare but a dream for bankers and spies: A computer network so secure that even the simplest attempts to eavesdrop will interrupt the flow of data and alert administrators to the snooping.
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The secret's out The UK government is looking to make wiretap evidence admissible in court as part of its latest review of anti-terrorism legislation.â¦
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You can flip off your widescreen TV with the remote control. Power down your computer to standby. Unplug your cellphone from its charger. But as you leave the room, the "wall warts" -- those small boxes plugged into the wall sockets that power your electronics -- stare with glowing diode eyes in...
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Looks to commercial surveillance tools
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Virtual villains unplugged in foiled bank blag Swedish crooks almost managed to rob a bank using remote access gear attached to a computer, according to reports. The movie-style* ploy was foiled only at the last minute by an alert employee unplugging the kit, according to local prosecutors and cops.â¦
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Use a virtual private network to protect yourself when connecting to the Internet from your hotel room.
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Here's how nontechnical users can secure their own instant-messaging conversations such that an attacker is unable to listen in (be it the government or a nosy neighbor).
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There's a simple way to protect your nest egg from crackups.
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Phreaks, spoofers and spammers want to invade your home computer, and the tricks of their trade include airsnarfs, wabbits and fork bombs.