Fruitfly: alleged author’s wings clipped…
Alleged author of the Fruitfly spyware charged.
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Man charged with spying on thousands of Mac users for 13 years
The technical description of the “Fruitfly” malware is spyware – but perhaps the term creepware would be more appropriate. Continue reading Man charged with spying on thousands of Mac users for 13 years
Democrats Should Run on a Platform of Legalizing Weed
Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ announcement today overturns an Obama-era policy that paved the way for legal pot. Continue reading Democrats Should Run on a Platform of Legalizing Weed
Ex-NSA Hackers Worry China And Russia Will Try to Arrest Them
The US government has been indicting foreign government hackers, and American government hackers are worried China and Russia might start doing the same to them. Continue reading Ex-NSA Hackers Worry China And Russia Will Try to Arrest Them
Apple served with warrant for Texas mass killer’s iCloud data
Texas police are looking for any data stored by gunman Devin Patrick Kelley, who was found with an iPhone after he killed himself. Continue reading Apple served with warrant for Texas mass killer’s iCloud data
FBI “should not be reluctant” to challenge encryption in court
Deputy US Attorney General speaks out to support encryption backdoors Continue reading FBI “should not be reluctant” to challenge encryption in court
DoJ’s Irresponsible ‘Responsible’ Encryption
On Oct. 8, 2017, David Patterson, Sr. died on a reservation in New Mexico. Patterson was one of the last surviving World War II “Navajo code talkers” employed by the government because of the unique method of communication which, to the outside world, was undecipherable. Communications of the Navajo, even if intercepted, could not be..
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No jail time for botnet creator who promises to go straight
Tiernan was involved in the development of the botnet for 14 months until he was raided by the FBI Continue reading No jail time for botnet creator who promises to go straight
Day trader indicted for hacking into brokerages and placing unauthorized trades
A Pennsylvania-based day trader who broke into victims’ online securities brokerage accounts and placed unauthorized trades was indicted Wednesday on hacking and fraud charges. Between Sept. 2014 and May 2017, Joseph Willner, 42, is accused of being part of a larger conspiracy that stole money from victims’ accounts in order to fund authorized trades. Willner and co-conspirators allegedly hacked into victims’ accounts and bought publicly-traded stock from Willner at artificially high prices. “After using the victims’ accounts to purchase the stock, Willner and his co-conspirators then re-purchased the stock from the victims’ accounts at market or below-market prices,” a Department of Justice release said. “This series of fraudulent trades usually took place within minutes, and Willner immediately profited based on the difference between his artificially high short sale price, and the lower price at which he subsequently re-purchased the stock.” Federal prosecutors say the scheme earned over $700,000 in profit and resulted in […]
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US government wants “keys under doormat” approach to encryption
It’s not exactly plaintext copies of all your communications, but that doesn’t make it OK Continue reading US government wants “keys under doormat” approach to encryption