via theregister.com "Sriram Sami, Bangjie Sun, and Sean Rui Xiang Tan, from National University of Singapore, and Jun Han from Yonsei U...

Click to enlarge. Planting bugs, spy cameras, and other illegal surveillance devices is easy. Most come pre-disguised as fully functional ev...

It's theoretically possible to become invisible to cameras. But can it catch on?  Right now, you're more than likely spending t...

Hanwang, the facial-recognition company that has placed 2 million of its cameras at entrance gates across the world, started preparing for t...

Teachers often lament that phones can be a distraction in classrooms. Some governments have even banned phones outright in schools. But a ...

Truman Kain, senior information security analyst at Tevora, has developed a new device called the Surveillance Detection Scout. As Wired d...

Hi Kevin,  I would love it if you did a report on the RFID in currency and the "detectors" that are used to identify the exa...

Ultraviolet ink has been used by spies ( secret writing ) and TSCM technicians (as tamper detection) for over a century. And now, to brand ...

At some point in life, everyone is a victim of a lie . It may include romantic relationships, business transactions, political behavior an...

"I want to know is whether your location can be tracked if your location based services are turned off?" - from an attorney who r...

Last year, over 29,000 travelers had their devices searched at the US border. A new report by the Department of Homeland Security’s inter...

Amazon.com’s facial recognition tools incorrectly identified Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) and 27 other members of Congress as people arrested f...

In response to a growing outcry, teams organized by the police have sprung into action. Armed with infrared scanners that can spot a lens a...

Fingerprinting text; the ability to encode hidden data within a string of characters opens up a large number of opportunities. Spy...

Nvidia has partnered with AI developer AnyVision to create facial recognition technology for "smart cities" around the world. Th...

Chinese police are using dark sunglasses equipped with facial recognition technology to spot criminal suspects. The glasses, which are bein...

USB microphones have many legitimate uses, students recording lectures, for example. Much more sensitive than a laptop's built-in microp...

Take note of some of the most common ways thieves will try to steal your credit card details.   Fourteen more photos .

Japan - An eavesdropping device was found in a waiting room for conservative members of the Mito Municipal Assembly , local city government ...

Last week, the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office launched NROL-37, carrying its latest spy satellite into geosynchronous orbit via Delta I...