Hacker group ‘The Shadow Brokers’, which last year allegedly released top-secret tools that the National Security Agency had used to break into the networks of foreign governments and other espionage targets, today said it is disappointed with President Donald Trump,…
Why isn’t US military email protected by standard encryption tech?
STARTTLS, which is used to secure the email handled by many organizations, isn’t perfect, but it can be useful
WikiLeaks Reveals Grasshopper, the CIA's Windows Hacking Tool
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Next Web: In case you haven’t had your dose of paranoia fuel today, WikiLeaks released new information concerning a CIA malware program called “Grasshopper,” that specifically targets Windows. The Grasshopper framework was…
Baseband Zero Day Exposes Millions of Mobile Phones to Attack
A previously undisclosed baseband vulnerability impacting Huawei smartphones, laptop WWAN modules and IoT components was revealed Thursday at the Infiltrate Conference
Bill would block warrantless searches of Americans’ phones at borders
Lawmakers from both sides of both houses propose bill to require warrants before Americans’ devices are searched at border crossings – although foreigners’ phones would remain liable to search
WiFi-enabled adult toy comes up short on security
You’d hope that the makers of connected adult devices might have learned something from the WeVibe debacle. Apparently not, if this latest example is anything to go by
Geek Squad under fire for ‘cozy’ and ‘extensive’ links to FBI
Best Buy refutes accusation of overly close links to investigators as questions are raised over admissibility of evidence in a child abuse case
News in brief: Facebook tackles ‘revenge porn’; Microsoft beefs up privacy; security pros lax on passwords
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Open sesame – unless you complain about your ‘smart’ door opener
Developer bricked a customer’s device after he complained, raising questions about the reliability of all our IoT devices and their makers
Malware Scanning Services Containers for Sensitive Business Information
At the Kaspersky Lab Security Analyst Summit, one researcher shared how he was able to find corporate emails, confidential business plans and classified FBI flash alerts.