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US lawmakers will get another vote on whether the FBI must get a warrant before agents can search Americans' search and web-browsing histories. One cause for concern is the lack of requirement, in section 215 of the legislation, for the Feds to get a search warrant before requesting access to people's internet activities from their ISPs.
The FBI said on Monday that it figured out how to unlock the iPhones of the shooter who killed three young US Navy students and injured eight at a Pensacola, Florida naval base in December 2019. Thanks to the great work of the FBI - and no thanks to Apple - we were able to unlock Alshamrani's phones.
Congress has been urged to introduce a measure that would require the FBI to get a warrant before agents can review Americans' internet browsing and search histories - just days after an amendment to do that fell by one vote in the Senate. Some new powers were also granted to law enforcement, including the ability to demand the browsing and search histories of citizens without needing to prove their case to a judge, which has serious privacy implications.
Congress has been urged to introduce a measure that would require the FBI to get a warrant before agents can review Americans' internet browsing and search histories - just days after an amendment to do that fell by one vote in the Senate. Some new powers were also granted to law enforcement, including the ability to demand the browsing and search histories of citizens without needing to prove their case to a judge, which has serious privacy implications.
That's just one of the vulnerabilities that the agencies are seeing being exploited this year by what they say are sophisticated foreign cyber actors. All that for 2020, and we still haven't even gotten to the meat of the report: the 10 most exploited vulnerabilities for the years 2016 through 2019.
The bi-partisan push to install the privacy protection mechanism was led by Senators Ron Wyden and Steve Daines, and came following the news a planned addition to the USA PATRIOT Act, which is due to be renewed this week, would allow law enforcement to collect people's browsing histories without a warrant. "Is it right at this unique time when millions of law-abiding citizens are at home, for the government to be able to spy on their internet searches and web browsing without a warrant?" Wyden asked the Senate ahead of the vote today.
The attack accuses victims of possessing pornography, encrypts all files on the device, and then instructs them to pay a fine to unlock the data, according to Check Point Research. After a successful infection on an Android device, Lucy encrypts files and then displays a ransom note in a browser window.
Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the pandemic, including hackers who target hospitals and medical research institutions that are studying the coronavirus, the head of the FBI's cyber division said Tuesday. The FBI has received thousands of complaints regarding scams and frauds related to the virus, FBI Assistant Director Matt Gorham said in a statement responding to queries from The Associated Press.
A type of fraud targeting those in charge of performing legitimate funds transfers for a company, BEC scams aim to trick unsuspecting victims into sending money to the attackers. In BEC attacks, the victim typically receives an email apparently arriving from a company they normally conduct business with, requesting payments be made to a new account, or demanding a change in the standard payment operations.
As reports of "Zoom bombing" explode, the FBI is cracking down on the issue with a new warning that web conference hijackers could face jail time. These are punishable by fines and even imprisonment, according to the FBI. "You think Zoom bombing is funny? Let's see how funny it is after you get arrested," stated Matthew Schneider, United States Attorney for Eastern Michigan in a Friday public statement.