digital security

A man assembles police observation cameras near the Bayerischer Hof hotel before the start of the 50th Conference on Security Policy in Munich on January 31, 2014

The year of surveillance is finally over

Surveillance was all over the news in 2014, and we learned plenty of new ways governments and companies have found to track everyday users. Here's a list of eight ways we found out our privacy was under attack this year.

The year of surveillance is finally over
General Manager Brandon Delaney looks up at the marquee sign after the announcement that the Plaza Theatre would be showing the movie "The Interview" beginning Christmas Day in Atlanta, Georgia December 23, 2014.

The Interview opens in theatres today. But is it a happy ending?

The Interview opens in theatres today. But is it a happy ending?
A cyber security analyst works in a watch and warning center at a Department of Homeland Security cyber security defense lab at the Idaho National Laboratory.

A huge intelligence screw-up turned the government and private companies into cyberwarfare partners

A huge intelligence screw-up turned the government and private companies into cyberwarfare partners
The Cyber Warrior

Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side

Meet the hacking prodigy you definitely want on your side
Protesters hold masks depicting former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden during a demonstration in Berlin on May 22, 2014. The sentence on the shirt reads, "What has happened to revolution?"

Laura Poitras' new documentary tells the Edward Snowden story — with some free computer lessons thrown in

Laura Poitras' new documentary tells the Edward Snowden story — with some free computer lessons thrown in