Police Using Planes Equipped with Dirtbox to Spy on your Cell Phones

The Anaheim Police Department of California — Home of Disneyland — admitted that they used special Cell Phone surveillance technology, known as DirtBox, mounted on aircraft to track millions of mobile users activities.



More than 400 pages of new documents [PDF] published Wednesday revealed that Local Police and federal authorities are using, DRTBox, an advanced version of Dirtbox developed

THN Weekly Roundup — 15 Most Popular Cyber Security and Hacking News Stories

We are once again here with our weekly round up based on last week’s top cyber security threats and challenges.



I recommend you to read the entire thing (just click ‘Read More’ because there’s some valuable advice in there as well).



Here’s the list:


1. Reminder! If You have not yet, Turn Off Windows 10 Keylogger Now



Microsoft is very powerful in tracking every single word you type

Techie Police Officer Builds a Sniffing Tool to Track Stolen Devices (based on War-Driving)

Ever wonder, How can you Track your Stolen Smartphone, Laptop or any Smart Device?



...With IMEI Number?

...Or IP address?

...Or may be some special types of equipment?



Well, Not required, because now it is possible to track stolen devices just by scanning their MAC addresses.



Yes, Just MAC addresses, which is assigned to each device on a unique basis by the IEEE, but crooks can

New Rules Require FBI to Get Warrant for Spying With ‘Stingrays’ Cell Phone Trackers

Remember StingRays?



The controversial cell phone spying tool, known as "Stingrays" or "IMSI catchers," has been used by authorities to track criminal suspects most of the times without obtaining court orders.



But now, the Federal law agencies will have to be more transparent about their use of Stingrays to spy on cell phones. Thanks to the new policy announced Thursday by the US

Your GPS Location and Calls Can be Spied Using Network Vulnerability

Yes, you heard it right. It's the dirty truth that’s featuring what is being called the largest privacy breach ever.



Billions of cell phone users are at risk of a vulnerability in the SS7 inter-carrier network that allows hackers and spies agencies to track locations and intercept all voice calls from anywhere in the world.



This is something we already know from the last year's Snowden

Is It Possible to Track Smartphone Location By Monitoring Battery Usage?

Data leaks through power consumption? Don’t be surprised because security researchers have discovered a way to track your every move by looking at your Android smartphone's consumption of the battery power,even if you have GPS access unable.



Researchers at Stanford University and Israeli Defense Research Group, Rafael, have developed a new technology, which they have dubbed "PowerSpy",

NSA Stole Millions Of SIM Card Encryption Keys To Gather Private Data

Edward Snowden is back with one of the biggest revelations about the government's widespread surveillance program.



The US National Security Agency (NSA) and British counterpart Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) hacked into the networks of the world's biggest SIM card manufacturer, according to top-secret documents given to The Intercept by former NSA-contractor-turned-whistle