Security

Sharing mass surveillance data was illegal but is now OK, UK tribunal rules

The Upload: Your tech news briefing for Friday, February 6

New iOS spy app listens in to conversations

Researchers discover an iOS app that spies on users

Protecting Point of Sale Networks from Breach

Top three solutions to significantly raise your defensive posture

Better open source hygiene would have spooked GHOST

Software security should be pre-emptive instead of reactive

With employee help, ID theft ring allegedly stole $700,000 in Apple gift cards

More railguns and lasers, less gunpowder — the Navy’s future high-tech weaponry

You’ve got to get us off gunpowder, Navy admiral says

Insurance giant Anthem discloses huge customer and employee data breach

Income data, Social Security numbers, names and addresses were stolen

Some hackers are unknowingly gathering intel for the NSA

US takes another shot at stopping warrantless reading of emails