Explained — What's Up With the WhatsApp 'Backdoor' Story?

What is a backdoor? By definition: "Backdoor is a feature or defect of a computer system that allows surreptitious unauthorized access to data, " either the backdoor is in encryption algorithm, a server or in an implementation, and doesn't matter whether it has previously been used or not...

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...

Yahoo Releases Second Wave Unsealed FISA Documents

Yahoo officially released part two of its once-secret government documents that were part of its 2007 court battle with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court FISC that forced it to reveal sensitive customer data requested by the National Security Agency. This second wave of documents brings...

Apple told Judge: It's Impossible to Access Data on Locked iPhones

US Federal Official: Unlock that iPhone for me? Apple: Sorry, Nobody can do this! Neither we, nor you. Yes, in a similar manner, Apple told a U.S. federal judge that it is "IMPOSSIBLE" to access data stored on a locked iPhone running iOS 8 or later iOS operating system. In short, Apple has remind...

U.S. Government Seeks Laxer Hacking Rules for Law Enforcement

The federal government is looking for a way to relax the laws to make it simpler for law enforcement agents to target and compromise the computers of suspects involved in criminal cases. The Department of Justice has forwarded a request to the body that considers such changes, asking that judges ...