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Flock, a company known for its license plate readers, is facing significant challenges as multiple cities terminate contracts due to privacy concerns. In response to the loss of customers, Flock is implementing a voluntary severance program for employees. This trend highlights the increasing scrutiny and regulatory pressure on surveillance technologies, particularly in urban areas. Organizations in the surveillance sector may need to adapt to the growing demand for privacy and data protection. The situation underscores the ongoing tension between technological innovation and civil liberties.
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The increasing blurring of network perimeters has accelerated as a direct result of the introduction of cloud computing to the corporate IT mix, but can your IT security handle the challenge?
Takedowns, Tools, Threats, and Tsk, Tsk! We review the week's information security news.
DeviceLock, the endpoint security specialist, has announced that the Gazpromneft-Khantos branch of Gazprom Neft, the high-profile Russian oil company, has selected its software for endpoint security.
Popular websites have been made to serve up malware via malicious advertising delivered by advertising banner services.
MI5 has hired a batch of Asian teenage computer hackers to help fight cyberterrorism in China, Russia and Pakistan.
The New York Times has admitted it has been the victim of a complex scam, in which a group of hackers purchased ad space on the famous publisher's website, then posed as internet telephony company Vonage, to infect users with malware.
Websense Security Labs has found a spam operation targeting players of the old game favourite, Monopoly, via social networking methods.
Printer company Canon has unveiled a printer that can automatically protect the data in copied documents. The Canon ImageRunner Advance printer, targeted at medium to large enterprises, features Scan Lock, a system which superimposes a watermark on copied documents, coded as a series of microdots.
After beta testing the service amongst a select number of its users since the start of the year, Paypal has rolled out a text message security check system for its electronic cash and payment service.
Interpol, the international police agency, has announced that the EDAPS consortium has been chosen to design and produce the secure electronic passport.
Two experiments conducted at MIT are raising questions about the level of privacy among those who use modern tools such as mobile phones and social networks - and suggesting that there is even less of it than most of us already thought.
Yahoo has warned users of its Yahoo Mail service about a two-year-old security flaw that appears to allow hackers to gain access to their accounts via a back door.
Talk, Tools, Techniques, Trials, and Traps - get the lowdown on the week's security news in our weekly brief.
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has lost the personal information of more than 2 000 people in the past year, according to the department's annual financial accounts published last week.
US government officials are reported to be watching India with interest, where the government has taken the major national security step of recommending a ban on international internet telephony until a system to trace the calls is in place.
Eight months into its first year, the Obama administration could still try harder when it comes to electronic privacy and digital rights, according to a report card issued by an advocacy group.
An informative webinar - in which BigFix, Trend Micro and one of their joint customers in the healthcare sector looked at some of the problems in the mobile workforce and allied IT security sectors - was a great success this Thursday.
Microsoft is releasing new tools to expose security vulnerabilities in new and updated software.
The Websense Security Labs report on the state of internet security for the first half of 2009, has found that the number of malicious websites has increased 233% over the last six months, and 671% over the last year.
Breaches, threats, protections and security directions - we summarise what's been happening in the world of information security over the past week.