spying

Former Twitter employee found guilty of spying for Saudi Arabia

A former Twitter employee suspected of spying on behalf of Saudi Arabia was found guilty, Bloomberg reported Tuesday. The employee, U.S. resident Ahmad Abouammo, was also convicted by a jury of conspi

AT&T collaborates on NSA spying through a web of secretive buildings in the US

A new report from The Intercept sheds light on the NSA’s close relationship with communications provider AT&T. The Intercept identified eight facilities across the U.S. that function as hubs

France to move ministers off Telegram, WhatsApp over security fears

The French government has said it intends to move to using its own encrypted messaging service this summer, over concerns of the risks that foreign entities could spy on officials using popular encryp

New WikiLeaks Documents Reveal NSA Spied On Top French Companies

Following <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2015/06/23/new-wikileaks-docs-claim-nsa-monitored-communications-of-french-presidents/">last week's eavesdropping reports</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https:

NSA Reportedly Intercepts And Alters Routers And Servers Exported From U.S. To Facilitate Surveillance

A new report from NSA leak story breaker Glenn Greenwald claims the U.S.-based National Security Agency actually intercepts and alters routers and server hardware exported from the U.S. to implant the

UK Spy Agency Collected Webcam Images From Yahoo Users With The Help Of NSA, Report Says

In yet another stunning revelation about digital espionage (though how stunned can we continue to be at this point), The Guardian reports that British surveillance organization GCHQ ran a program betw

Rovio Denies Providing Angry Birds User Data To The NSA, Points Finger At Third-Party Ad Networks

A new report originating from the ongoing Snowden document trove presents the terrifying possibility that our casual gaming habits offer government surveillance agencies a look at some key personal da

NSA Has 50,000 ‘Digital Sleeper Agents’ Via Computer Malware, Says Latest Snowden Leak

Sleeper agents are among the most sinister spy assets: they lie in wait, wolves in sheep’s clothing, and then deliver a critical blow when activated. The NSA has 50,000 of those waiting for the

The NSA Reportedly Bugged The UN’s New York Headquarters

As tensions mount between the United States and<a target="_blank" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jul/01/nsa-spying-allegations-germany-us-france"> other</a> <a target="_blank" href="http:

Be aware of your digital footprint

<img src="http://www.crunchgear.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/microsoft-virus.jpg" />So the Internet is abuzz about the fact that Microsoft has a document entitled "<a href="http://www.scribd.com/doc

Spy pen for spying on people

Why yes, Mr. Obama, just sign here and we’ll do a the work over at the Watergate for you. Here, take my pen. No, it’s fine. It’s imported. Yes, it’s from China. Our good friend

Butterfly in the sky, the L15 can fly twice as high

Feast your eyes on the L15 Airship by Airship Surveillance Ltd. It’s meant for very high-altitude surveillance missions of up to “15,000 feet with payloads as great as 1000lbs, durations u

Spy on your loved ones' cellphone messages with this SIM card reader

Why trust your wife, husband, friends, etc. when you can spy on them? With this USB-based SIM card reader you’re able to read/write the contents of any SIM, including deleted text messages. The

Exploit makes iPhone a Spyphone*

Now this is scary. That iPhone in your pocket just might be your worst enemy. Ultranerd Rik Farrow, at the behest of Fast Company, has discovered a way to trick iPhone users into downloading malware t