Security News

Akamai CTO on how bots are used online in legal and illegal ways
2020-05-25 15:35

Learn what a bot is, the spectrum of ways bots are used online (especially in social media), and how bots might be used in the next election cycle.

Akamai CTO on how bots are used online in legal and illegal ways
2020-05-25 07:39

Learn what a bot is, the spectrum of ways bots are used online, and how bots might be used in the next election cycle. Dan Patterson, CNET and CBS News Senior Producer, spoke with Patrick Sullivan, Akamai CTO, Security Strategy, about the programming and use cases of bots.

UK finds itself almost alone with centralized virus contact-tracing app that probably won't work well, asks for your location, may be illegal
2020-05-05 07:28

The operating system does allow software, such as the NHS tracing app, to run in a special mode so that it can announce itself to nearby iPhones and iPads via Bluetooth, and listen out for copies of itself on other devices, even when in the background. It is literally impossible to broadcast the UUID needed for the app to work without the screen on and the app in the foreground.

Let’s make ransomware MORE illegal, says Maryland
2020-01-29 12:53

Its home state, Maryland, also knows how to swiftly propose mind-bogglingly bad legislation that would outlaw possession of ransomware and put researchers in jeopardy of prosecution. It's not supposed to keep researchers from responsibly researching or disclosing vulnerabilities, but like other, similar "Let's make malware more illegal" bills before it, SB 30's attempts to protect researchers could "Use a little more work," as pointed out by Ars Technica's Sean Gallagher.

FYI: FBI raiding NSA's global wiretap database to probe US citizens probably illegal, unconstitutional, court says
2019-12-19 01:15

A data silo we didn't know existed until a certain IT admin went rogue Analysis The FBI is likely breaking the Fourth Amendment, which protects against unreasonable searches, when it investigates...

WhatsApp slaps app hacker chaps on the rack for booby-trapped chat: NSO Group accused of illegal hacking by Facebook
2019-10-29 21:51

Spyware used unlawfully against 1,400 targets, including human-rights bods, it is claimed Facebook and its WhatsApp subsidiary on Tuesday sued NSO Group, and affiliated corporate entity Q Cyber...

Singaporean Indicted in U.S. for Illegal Crypto-Mining
2019-10-10 13:47

A citizen of Singapore has been charged in the United States for a large-scale cryptocurrency mining operation performed using stolen identity and credit card information. read more

Illegal Data Center Hidden in Former NATO Bunker
2019-10-09 11:34

Interesting: German investigators said Friday they have shut down a data processing center installed in a former NATO bunker that hosted sites dealing in drugs and other illegal activities. Seven...

Social media platforms can be forced to delete illegal content worldwide
2019-10-07 11:05

The EU's top court ruled that platforms like Facebook can be ordered to proactively seek out and delete all copies of illegal content.

600 armed German cops storm Cyberbunker hosting biz on illegal darknet market claims
2019-09-30 14:54

Look, it's CB3ROB – remember them? Cops have seized the physical premises and servers of the Dutch-German ISP that once hosted The Pirate Bay – after storming the hosting biz's ex-NATO bunker...