Security News

EFF Hopeful Car Hacking Demo Could Help Yield DMCA Exemption (Threatpost)
2015-07-22 18:03

The latest car hacking research from Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek has elicited a broad spectrum of reactions: admiration for the skill; outrage at the danger the demo may have put drivers; and...

Company invokes DMCA to block researcher from disclosing flaws in its product (Help Net Security)
2015-05-06 10:17

Electronic lock maker CyberLock has attempted to prevent IOActive from releasing information about a host of security flaws they discovered in its product of the same name. Mike Davis, the IOActive...

Security research exemption to DMCA considered
2003-05-14 05:17

http://www.securityfocus.com/news/4729 By Kevin Poulsen SecurityFocus May 13 2003 Computer security researchers would be allowed to hack through copy protection schemes in order to look for...