EFF: NSA's Support of Encryption 'Disingenuous'

CAMBRIDGE, Ma.—The National Security Agency came out in support of encryption again Wednesday, but privacy advocates were quick to contest the agency’s stance, criticizing it for having a different definition of the term than others. Glenn Gerstell, general counsel for the NSA, stressed that the...

Yahoo Slams Email Surveillance Story: Experts Demand Details

Bombshell revelations that Yahoo conducted mass email surveillance is raising hackles among legal, civil liberties and security experts that demand Yahoo and the U.S. government come clean. Meanwhile Yahoo challenged the accuracy of Tuesday’s report by Reuters. “The article is misleading. We...

BREAKING! Another NSA Contractor Arrested For Stealing 'Secret' Documents

Another Edward Snowden? The FBI has secretly busted another National Security Agency NSA contractor over a massive secret data theft. The United States Justice Department charged Harold Thomas Martin, 51, with theft of highly classified government material, including "source codes" developed by t...

Signal is Most Secure Messenger, 'Useless Data' Obtained by FBI Proves It All

Do you trust your messaging app even though it uses end-to-end encryption? As I previously said end-to-end encryption doesn't mean that your messages are secure enough to hide your trace. It's because most of the messaging apps still record and store a lot of metadata on your calls and messages...

What does the FBI have to say about ransomware

The FBI provided guidance on ransomware at a recent FBI/US Secret Service/ISAC event. They defined ransomware as a type of malware that is commonly transmitted through malicious email, which is disguised to look normal. Once the email link has been clicked on, or an email attachment has been...

37-Year-Old 'Syrian Electronic Army' Hacker Pleads Guilty in US court

One of the FBI's Most Wanted Hackers who was arrested in Germany earlier this year has pleaded guilty to federal charges for his role in a scheme that hacked computers and targeted the US government, foreign governments, and multiple US media outlets. Peter Romar, 37, pleaded guilty Wednesday in ...

Leaked NSA Hacking Tools Were 'Mistakenly' Left By An Agent On A Remote Server

If you are a hacker, you might have enjoyed the NSA's private zero-day exploits, malware and hacking tools that were leaked last month. But the question is: How these hacking tools ended up into the hands of hackers? It has been found that the NSA itself was not directly hacked, but a former NSA...

Photos On Dark Web Reveal Geo-locations Of 229 Drug Dealers — Here's How

It's a Fact! No matter how smart the criminals are, they always leave some trace behind. Two Harvard students have unmasked around 229 drug and weapon dealers with the help of pictures taken by criminals and used in advertisements placed on dark web markets. Do you know each image contains a rang...

Tesla Fixes 'Critical' Remote Hack Vulnerability

Several models of the Tesla S cars were hacked by researchers who were able to abruptly stop the car in its tracks, pop open the trunk while the car was being driven, and remotely turn on and off the windshield wipers. The hacks demonstrated by China’s Keen Security Lab, a division of Tencent, we...

FBI Encouraging Ransomware Victims To Report Infections

The Federal Bureau of Investigation this week urged victims of ransomware to report infections to federal law enforcement in hopes of better understanding the threat. The agency, in tandem with the Internet Crime Complaint Center IC3, issued a public service announcement on Thursday asking...

Instead of spending $1.3 million, FBI could have Hacked iPhone in just $100

Do you remember the infamous encryption fight between the FBI and Apple for unlocking an iPhone 5C belongs to a terrorist? Yes, you got it right, the same Apple vs. FBI case where the FBI paid almost $1.3 Million to a group of hackers to unlock that iPhone. However, if the agency had shown some...

FBI Director — You Should Cover Your Webcam With Tape

Should you put a tape or a sticker over the lens of your laptop's webcam? Yes, even Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and FBI Director James Comey do that. Covering your laptop's webcam might be a hell cheap and good idea to guard against hackers and intruders who might want to watch your private life...

Tor Joins Movement Against Expanding Hacking Powers

The Tor Project on Monday made a public plea for others to speak out against the proposed amendments to Rule 41 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, which are taking effect Dec. 1 barring a Congressional injunction. The amendments would expand the Department of Justice’s ability to hack...

Judge Rules Use of FBI Malware Is A 'Search'

Civil liberty advocates say a Texas judge got it right when he ruled on a controversial child porn case regarding the FBI’s use of malware to search a computer. Senior U.S. District Judge David Alan Ezra of the San Antonio division of the Western District of Texas court ruled that sending malware...

Two US State Election Systems Hacked to Steal Voter Databases — FBI Warns

A group of unknown hackers or an individual hacker may have breached voter registration databases for election systems in at least two US states, according to the FBI, who found evidence during an investigation this month. Although any intrusion in the state voting system has not been reported, t...

FBI Warned State Election Board Systems of Hacks

The Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Cyber Division this month warned election officials nationwide to fortify voter registration data systems in the wake of two breaches it was able to detect earlier this summer. A “flash” warning sent by the agency about 10 days ago warned state boards of...

Seized Megaupload Domain Hijacked to Host Malicious Ads

Well, we all know that the FBI has previously hosting adult videos on the Internet. I still remember the case of PlayPen, the world's largest dark web prngraphy site, which was seized by FBI and ran from agency’s own servers to uncover the site's visitors. Now, one of the most popular sites owned...

Tor Update Fixes ReachableAddresses Problem

The Tor Project on Wednesday updated its software package to version 0.2.8.7 and fixed a number of issues, including a bug it calls “important” in the ReachableAddresses option. ReachableAddresses is a list of IP addresses and ports that are permitted by a firewall; admins can set IP ranges and...

Eddie Bauer Confirms Payment Card Breach of US, Canadian Stores

Clothing store Eddie Bauer has become the latest retail chain to acknowledge that malware has led to a breach of its point of sale systems. In a press release .PDF late last week Eddie Bauer confirmed that any customers who used a payment card at a store over the past seven months, from January 2...

Hack Apple & Get Paid up to $200,000 Bug Bounty Reward

So finally, Apple will pay you for your efforts of finding bugs in its products. While major technology companies, including Microsoft, Facebook and Google, have launched bug bounty programs over last few years to reward researchers and hackers who report vulnerabilities in their products, Apple...