Security News

FBI: Encryption Blocked Access to 7,800 Devices
2018-01-10 14:22

Director Calls For 'Responsible' Solution That's Not a BackdoorFBI Director Christopher Wray says the agency was unable to access nearly 7,800 devices in fiscal 2017 because of encryption, which...

FBI Still Trying to Unlock Texas Killer's Smartphone
2017-11-09 12:18

Mass Shooting Tragedy Sparks Fresh Encryption DebateThe FBI is still working to unlock the mobile phone of Devin P. Kelley after he shot and killed 26 people in a church in a rural Texas town. The...

FBI Increases Its Anti-Encryption Rhetoric
2017-10-27 19:45

Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave a speech warning that a world with encryption is a world without law -- or something like that. The EFF's Kurt Opsahl takes it apart...

DHS, FBI Warn of Ongoing APT Attack Against Critical Infrastructure
2017-10-23 13:58

The Department of Homeland Security and Federal Bureau of Investigation have issued a joint technical alert warning that government entities and organizations in the energy, nuclear, water,...

FBI to DDoS Victims: Please Come Forward
2017-10-19 13:47

Bureau Issues Stresser/Booter and Internet of Things WarningsThe FBI is asking all U.S. victims of DDoS attacks to please come forward. The bureau's plea for more information from cyberattack...

FBI Asks Businesses to Share Details About DDoS Attacks
2017-10-18 20:08

The FBI has made an appeal to organizations victimized by DDoS attacks to share details and characteristics of those incidents.

FBI Arrests A Cyberstalker After Shady "No-Logs" VPN Provider Shared User Logs
2017-10-09 01:21

FBI recently arrested a psycho cyber stalker with the help of a popular VPN service and this case apparently exposed the company's lies about the "no logs" policy. Taking down cyber stalkers and...

Judge: FBI Can Keep iPhone Crack and Price Secret
2017-10-02 17:43

The FBI can keep details around how much it paid and which company it hired to unlock a terrorist's iPhone 5C in 2016 secret, the court ruled over the weekend.

FBI Can Keep Details of iPhone Hack Secret: Judge
2017-10-02 11:55

A federal judge ruled last week that the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is not obligated to disclose the details of a hacking tool used to access data stored on an iPhone belonging to...

Judge: FBI Doesn't Have to Reveal How It Unlocked iPhone Used by San Bernardino Terrorist
2017-10-02 02:38

Remember the infamous encryption fight between the FBI and Apple for unlocking an iPhone belonging to terrorist Syed Farook behind the San Bernardino 2015 mass shooting that killed 14 people? The...