Security News

Motion Filed Asking FBI To Disclose Tor Browser Zero Day (Threatpost)
2016-05-12 12:56

Mozilla filed a motion asking the courts to compel the government to turn over details on a zero-day vulnerability in the Tor Browser used to hack visitors to a child pornography website.

FBI Reaffirms Stance Not to Pay Ransomware Attackers (Threatpost)
2016-05-02 21:14

An FBI warning urges organizations to be vigilant about ransomware, and reaffirmed its position that companies should not pay ransoms to recover their files.

US Supreme Court approves expansion of FBI hacking powers (Help Net Security)
2016-04-29 20:53

The US Supreme Court has approved on Thursday several changes to the federal rules around search warrants, one of which would allow US federal law enforcement agents to remotely access suspects’...

Former Tor developer helped the FBI unmask Tor users (Help Net Security)
2016-04-28 21:36

A developer who used to work at Tor Project is the mastermind behind “Torsploit” (aka “Cornhusker”), the malware that was used by the FBI in 2012 to unmask visitors to three child pornography...