Late last year, American retailer Walmart, had a patent
granted for a listening system designed specifically for their retail stores.
At the moment the company hasn’t announced any plans to roll out the listening
system, but if it ever does it could make many employees and shoppers feel very
uneasy.
The prospective system …read more
This year the popular photo manipulation app, FaceApp, went
viral and experienced a sudden influx of new users and app downloads. However,
in doing so they raised their profile and received some backlash regarding
privacy concerns.
The Russian made app first launched back in 2017 and has
faced criticism for various reasons since …read more
Cyber crime in the UK has been on the rise over the past
several years, with the hacking of email and social media accounts being the
primary cause. April to September of 2018 saw £34.6 million in losses as a
result of cybercrime, a 24% rise compared to the previous 6 …read more
Earlier this year, Pinewood Studios reported an incident during
filming of the new Bond 25 film at their Iver Heath site in Buckinghamshire.
In a statement the studio said that they were taking the incident very
seriously.
Thames Valley Police released a statement in which they
announced that they have been investigating a …read more
The top football division in Spain, La Liga, has been given
a fine of €250,000 (around £225,000) after it was found using fans’ smart
phones as eavesdropping devices. La Liga was accused of using these smart
phones come eavesdropping devices in an attempt to crack down on pirated TV
signals in bars/restaurants …read more
Earlier this month, Apple’s Walkie-Talkie app was
disabled on the Apple Watch after a vulnerability was discovered.
Apple has apologised for the app’s outage but haven’t gone into any detail about the exploit. The company told TechCrunch that the vulnerability allows users to listen in on other iPhones and that …read more
Earlier this week it was reported by the Guardian that parts
of the Chinese border force have been installing spyware onto the mobile phones
of tourists attempting to cross certain parts of the Chinese border.
An investigation by the Guardian unveiled that the Chinese
government’s heavy surveillance of the remote region …read more
Earlier this year, a former CIA (Central Intelligence
Agency) case officer pleaded guilty to conspiring to communicate, deliver
and transmit national defence information to the People’s Republic of China.
According to documents released by the court, in 2007 Jerry
Shing Lee, aged 54, left the CIA and moved to Hong Kong. After …read more
Drexel University’s Material Science Lab in the USA has been
conducting research into one of the most crucial elements of communication,
antennas. Traditionally, antennas are often thought of as large and bulky, but
in fact they can be very, very small and as portable electronic devices evolve,
so too will antennas.
The University’s …read more
Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs, Peter Dutton, made an
announcement earlier on this year in which he unveiled significant funding
boosts were planned for their security and law enforcement agencies.
It was said that the increased funding was an investment to strengthen
both the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) and the
Australian Federal …read more
