US as a Surveillance State

Two essays were just published on DOGE's data collection and aggregation, and how it ends with a modern surveillance state. It's good to see this finally being talked about. EDITED TO ADD 5/3: Here's a free link to that first essay...

Car Subscription Features Raise Your Risk of Government Surveillance, Police Records Show

Records reviewed by WIRED show law enforcement agencies are eager to take advantage of the data trails generated by a flood of new internet-connected vehicle features...

CVE-2025-32730

Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in i-PRO Configuration Tool affects the network system for i-PRO Co., Ltd. surveillance cameras and recorders. This vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to use the authentication information from the last connected surveillance...

CVE-2025-32730

Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in i-PRO Configuration Tool affects the network system for i-PRO Co., Ltd. surveillance cameras and recorders. This vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to use the authentication information from the last connected surveillance...

CVE-2025-32730

Use of hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability in i-PRO Configuration Tool affects the network system for i-PRO Co., Ltd. surveillance cameras and recorders. This vulnerability allows a local authenticated attacker to use the authentication information from the last connected surveillance...

PT-2025-17700 · I Pro Co. · I-Pro Configuration Tool

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: i-PRO Configuration Tool affected versions not specified Description: The issue concerns the use of a hard-coded cryptographic key in the i-PRO Configuration Tool, which affects the network system of i-PRO Co., Ltd. surveillance cameras and...

CVE-2025-43928

creationtimestamp| type| source ---|---|--- 2025-04-20 03:02:00+00:00| published-proof-of-concept| https://t.me/DarkWebInformerCVEAlerts/12606 2025-04-20 05:55:21+00:00| seen| https://bsky.app/profile/2rZiKKbOU3nTafniR2qMMSE0gwZ.activitypub.awakari.com.ap.brid.gy/post/3ln7xme3jeih2 2025-04-20...

ICE Is Paying Palantir $30 Million to Build ‘ImmigrationOS’ Surveillance Platform

In a document published Thursday, ICE explained the functions that it expects Palantir to include in a prototype of a new program to give the agency “near real-time” data about people self-deporting...

This ‘College Protester’ Isn’t Real. It’s an AI-Powered Undercover Bot for Cops

Massive Blue is helping cops deploy AI-powered social media bots to talk to people they suspect are anything from violent sex criminals all the way to vaguely defined “protesters.”...

DIRNSA Fired

In "Secrets and Lies" 2000, I wrote: It is poor civic hygiene to install technologies that could someday facilitate a police state. It's something a bunch of us were saying at the time, in reference to the vast NSA's surveillance capabilities. I have been thinking of that quote a lot as I read ne...

Inaba Denki Sangyo CHOCO TEI WATCHER mini 安全漏洞

Inaba Denki Sangyo CHOCO TEI WATCHER mini is a series of surveillance cameras from Inaba Denki Sangyo. A security vulnerability exists in Inaba Denki Sangyo CHOCO TEI WATCHER mini, which stems from a weak password requirement that could lead to an attacker obtaining a user's password via brute...

Targeted spyware and why it’s a concern to us

Experts are again warning about the proliferating market for targeted spyware and espionage. Before we dive into the world of targeted spyware, it's worth looking at a few of the main players that are active in and against this industry. Paragon Solutions is an Israeli company which sells high-en...

MAL-2025-2601 Malicious code in bsb-family-pack2 (PyPI)

--- -= Per source details. Do not edit below this line.=- Source: oracle-using-macaron 3c8e5ce70508c90e2093517061f924980b3f870682878633d12afdf9903b6ecf This package is designed to exfiltrate sensitive user data, including SMS messages, contacts, call logs, and files, to a remote server via...

The vulnerability of video surveillance cameras for monitoring and surveillance systems, including IntelBras IP cameras, allows a intruder to gain unauthorized access to devices and protected information.

The vulnerability of video surveillance cameras for monitoring and surveillance systems related to incorrect restrictions on the path name to the restricted catalog. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an intruder to gain unauthorized access to devices and protected information...

The vulnerability of video surveillance cameras for monitoring and surveillance systems, related to insufficient protection of operational data, allows intruders to gain unauthorized access to protected information.

The vulnerability of video surveillance cameras for monitoring and surveillance systems is related to insufficient protection of operational data. Exploiting this vulnerability can allow an unauthorized intruder to gain unauthorized access to protected information...

North Korea's ScarCruft Deploys KoSpy Malware, Spying on Android Users via Fake Utility Apps

The North Korea-linked threat actor known as ScarCruft is said to have been behind a never-before-seen Android surveillance tool named KoSpy targeting Korean and English-speaking users. Lookout, which shared details of the malware campaign, said the earliest versions date back to March 2022. The...

Rayhunter: Device to Detect Cellular Surveillance

The EFF has created an open-source hardware tool to detect IMSI catchers: fake cell phone towers that are used for mass surveillance of an area. It runs on a $20 mobile hotspot...

Trump’s Spy Chief Urged to Declassify Details of Secret Surveillance Program

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, has long held anti-surveillance views. Now she oversees a key surveillance program she once tried to dismantle...

Surveillance pricing is “evil and sinister,” explains Justin Kloczko (Lock and Code S06E04)

This week on the Lock and Code podcast … Insurance pricing in America makes a lot of sense so long as you’re one of the insurance companies. Drivers are charged more for traveling long distances, having low credit, owning a two-seater instead of a four, being on the receiving end of a car crash,...

OpenAI Bans Accounts Misusing ChatGPT for Surveillance and Influence Campaigns

OpenAI on Friday revealed that it banned a set of accounts that used its ChatGPT tool to develop a suspected artificial intelligence AI-powered surveillance tool. The social media listening tool is said to likely originate from China and is powered by one of Meta's Llama models, with the accounts...