CISA JCDC Announcement, Apple’s Child Abuse Image Scanning, Amazon Pays You for Your Biometric Data

CISA announces the new Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative (JCDC), the controversy over Apple scanning devices for child sexual abuse material, and Amazon offers you a $10 credit if you enroll your biometric data in their palm print recognition system. *… Continue reading CISA JCDC Announcement, Apple’s Child Abuse Image Scanning, Amazon Pays You for Your Biometric Data

Boystown, dark web child abuse image website with 400,000 members, shut down by police

Police have shut down one Boystown, ome of the world’s largest child abuse image websites, following an investigation that saw authorities across the globe work together to identify and apprehend those responsible for its creation and maintenance. Continue reading Boystown, dark web child abuse image website with 400,000 members, shut down by police

Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator

A third-party cybersecurity firm were paid to drill a hole in a Tor-reliant operating system to uncover a man who spent years sextorting young girls. Continue reading Facebook paid for a 0-day to help FBI unmask child predator

Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’

The IICSA report cited “unprecedented levels of depravity” and said that encryption is getting in the way of current screening. Continue reading Report calls for web pre-screening to end UK’s child abuse ‘explosion’

Facebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’

Child safety groups penned an open letter to Facebook, urging a delay on encrypted messaging until sufficient safeguards are in place. Continue reading Facebook encrypted messaging will ‘create hiding places for child abuse’

Court says suspect can’t be forced to reveal 64-character password

We have to protect the constitutional rights of the innocent, and that can mean shielding guilty-as-hell child abusers, the court said. Continue reading Court says suspect can’t be forced to reveal 64-character password

Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

The Darknet server running the site, “Welcome to Video”, and the website’s convicted admin were tracked down by a global police force. Continue reading Bitcoin money trail leads cops to ‘world’s largest’ child abuse site

4 ‘despicables’ jailed for running hidden worldwide child abuse forums

So much for trusting the Tor network to hide their tracks. Continue reading 4 ‘despicables’ jailed for running hidden worldwide child abuse forums