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Will the capabilities of drones spying on Americans from above match what London's 'eye in the sky' cameras can see and hear? While monitoring for security threats from the air, London’s helicopter cameras can make out shoelaces from nearly a mile away! It also captures audio. If you don’t like the idea of your local police station spy-flying drones, then the EFF said local governments have the power to limit drone surveillance.

Do you ever feel like you are being watched when you drive? The ACLU believes that feeling of being watched is justified and not only while you're driving. The DEA is tracking Americans' movements by scanning license plates which go in a database. The ACLU believes there are plans to data mine those plate records to better track and build files on us for alleged 'suspicious' activity. If nothing is done about logging and data mining our every move, Americans will lose the freedom to drive around anonymously.

F-Secure warned mobile malware targeting Android had a 'staggering' increase. GFI spotted a Twitter scam spreading a rogue antivirus aimed at Android but using a Kaspersky logo if installed. Sophos released a free mobile security beta app for Android. Whether you use Lookout, Avast or another freebie, you better lock and load to protect your Android before you become a victim and a stat.

Cybersecurity experts begin research on a computer network that can detect and defend itself from attackers by automatically changing its setup and configuration. The Air Force supplied $1 million to investigate applying intelligent adaptive techniques to cybersecurity. Will a moving-target defense applied to networks be a 'game-changer' or the start of Skynet?

Netflix is ready to fight the U.S. Senate on frictionless sharing. Do you want to automatically broadcast what you watch? What happens now shapes the future of what is considered a "reasonable" expectation of privacy, or what a privacy law professor calls "intellectual privacy."

The Justice Department told a congressional committee that law enforcement and prosecutors would be crippled if they were required to obtain a search warrant for cell phone location tracking information. What happened to probable cause, the Fourth Amendment and a reasonable expectation of privacy?

Oliver North is back; this time in documentary-style clips for Call of Duty: Black Ops 2 which show Guy Fawkes 'V for Vendetta' masks, thereby portraying Anonymous as cyber-terrorist enemies who hack military technology, hijack drones and start delivering death from the sky.

85% of vehicles are equipped with black boxes, like in airplanes, that constantly collect digital evidence and may be the star witness to testify against you. What if the software has a glitch and can't be trusted? What if law enforcement is using black box data to spy on you? All cars will soon be required to have EDRs, but does that captured data about your driving belong to you, to automobile manufacturers, to insurance companies, or to law enforcement?

Did you know we have Cyber Guardians who protect the world from cybercrime? These Red Team and Blue Team elite cybersecurity professionals are like the Navy Seals, only behind a computer and hacking for America. In this interview, SANS Ed Skoudis talks about the need for more cyber warriors and the SANS Cyber Guardian program.

As much as we don't like to hear about it, America is not winning the cyberwar. Malicious hackers are winning and China has penetrated "every major U.S. company." But there are elite cyber warriors who protect the world from cybercrime and the USA desperately needs more Cyber Guardians. In advance of the second annual Cyber Guardian information security training event in Baltimore next week, April 30 - May 7, 2012, I had an opportunity to interview Ed Skoudis about hacking and the SANS Cyber Guardian program.

At DEMO Spring 2012, Zimperium planted two Routers, providing three Access points, which so far caused nearly 3,000 smartphones to be owned. Mobile malware is wham bam easy to get if you connect to a Wi-Fi hot spot. Antivirus can't stop it. The makers of Anti, the killer Android app that allowed even the clueless to hack and pwn like a pen tester, are back with emerging security technology zDefender this time to stop mobile malware before your mobile device can be infected.

Former head of the TSA said the TSA is a 'national embarrassment' and has made air travel within the USA an 'unending nightmare.' Kip Hawley suggested that there should be no more banned items. While otherwise discussing 'proactive cyberattacks,' DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano said Hawley's ridicule of the TSA 'bred contempt' among the public.

Can code kill? Can hackers attack medical devices and kill people? After a how-to hack wireless medical devices demo, the proof is mounting that cybersecurity is needed to protect wireless medical devices. The Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board is not waiting for an attacker to kill someone, to exploit a pacemaker or insulin pump, before sounding the medical device security alarm. The board told the Feds cybersecurity is needed, and recommended the FDA protect vulnerable medical devices.

Interview with daredevil and doctor, an urban explorer who tested and pwned the physical security of The Shard in London. Just as hackers in the digital realm exploit holes, urban exploration is about exploitation and infiltration. After pointing out security vulnerabilities which need patched, holes that allowed the physical breach, some urbex players are even bold enough to invoice law enforcement.

As the copyright enforcement center kicks off, do you know if your ISP in bed with Hollywood and planning to play police with the six strikes 'Graduated Response'? Will the Center for Copyright Information beat Fair Use to death with an infringement club?