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Short Bytes: In a clever manner, Apple has invited the FBI to hack another iPhone to know how the law enforcement agency managed to crack the San Bernardino iPhone. The iPhone maker has asked the court to call FBI and ask it to unlock the New York case iPhone as the agency has already developed […]
Lauri Love faces extradition to US over hitting Federal Reserve, among others. At a court hearing earlier this month, the UK’s National Crime Authority (NCA) demanded that Lauri Love, a British computer scientist who allegedly broke into US government networks and caused “millions of dollars in damage,” decrypt his laptop and other devices impounded by the NCA […]
Short Bytes: After FBI hacked San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone without Apple’s help, most of us almost thought that Apple was the only company having stiff tussles with FBI. But, the government has also tapped Google for help getting data from phones. In total, the government has asked tech giants like Google and Apple to help it […]
Short Bytes: The TOR Project has expressed its commitment to researching and developing new ways to mitigate the threats of security failure. Meanwhile, if TOR developers are asked to deploy some backdoor in the software, they would rather resign than honor the request. The Apple vs FBI case has polarised the tech community and government […]
Short Bytes: FBI is pushing back against the order of a judge on revealing the technique it used to catch the defendant in a case of a dark web child pornography. The judge had ordered the FBI to reveal the full malware code used to hack visitors of a dark web child pornography site. In a […]
FBI is fighting back against the federal judge’s order to reveal the Tor Exploit and with DoJ filed a sealed motion requesting the review of the ruling. A few weeks ago, a judge has ordered the FBI to reveal the complete source code for the TOR exploit to defense lawyers in a child porn case. In a […]
Though the FBI has already hacked into the iPhone of suspected San Bernardino shooter Syed Rizwan Farook, there’s something missing — Mr. Kokumai, President of Mnemonic Security, Inc explains the reality of backdoor in our smartphones It appears that something crucial is overlooked in the heated debates about the backdoor on smartphones, which is the focus point of […]
The FBI has hacked into the iPhone of Syed Rizwan Farook and it didn’t even require for Apple’s help The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) claims that it has finally managed to unlock the iPhone of the San Bernardino suspected shooter without Apple‘s assistance — The hack also proves ex-NSA’s spy Edward Snowden right when he called the […]
Although the government officially withdrew from its battle against Apple Monday, many observers sense the tech privacy war is just getting started. “This lawsuit may be over, but the Constitutional and privacy questions it raised are not,” Congressman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who had criticized the Justice Department’s suit against Apple, said in a statement Monday. The Justice […]
Short Bytes: The FBI has finally managed to break into the San Bernardino iPhone without Apple’s help. This development has also resulted in putting an end to the ongoing FBI vs. Apple battle in the court. It’s been speculated that the government has taken the help of some mysterious third party who remains unidentified. The FBI has […]
FBI Adds three Syrian Electronic Army Members to its Cyber’s Most Wanted List and Charges Three for Hacking The three members of the Syrian Electronic Army involved in the hacking of prominent US media organizations and military’s social media platforms and websites have been charged with multiple computer hacking related conspiracies in a US federal […]
Short Bytes: Remember the recent leak by Anonymous that revealed the personal information of Republican Presidential front-runner Donald Trump? What’s more, this leak has fooled Donald Trump, the FBI, and the Secret Service as everything ‘leaked’ was already available online. In a new video, Anonymous has outlined this point and thanked everybody for being a […]
The FBI and the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration have added their voices to growing concerns about the risk of cars being hacked. In an advisory note it warns the public to be aware of “cybersecurity threats” related to connected vehicles. Last year Fiat Chrysler recalled 1.4 million US vehicles after security researchers remotely […]
Ransomware targets corporate networks, not just lone users. A new ransomware family has inflicted enough damage for both Microsoft and the FBI to take notice of its actions, the last issuing a public statement announcement on its site to warn US companies of the dangers surrounding this new threat. Detected under the names of Samas, Kazi, […]
The ongoing FBI vs. Apple war is certainly not over yet. The fight has proved that there is much more to it than meets the eye. New court filings by the government against Apple and a potentially ensuing battle with WhatsApp, most popular texting media, will probably mean secure communications might just be illegal in […]
Short Bytes: In his latest interview, cybersecurity pioneer and the U.S. presidential hopeful John McAfee has said that he lied to media about how he would crack open the San Bernardino shooting iPhone. He justifies his action by calling it necessary to gain some attention and reaching out to the public. In an op-ed published in Business […]
Short Bytes: On Tuesday, FBI Director James Comey appeared before the House Judiciary Committee and defended FBI’s demands for unlocking the iPhone of the San Bernardino shooting case. Calling the security concerns baseless, he asked a hypothetical question — “What if Apple engineers are kidnapped and forced to write code?” The drama in the Apple vs. FBI case reached […]
Short Bytes: In an interview on National TV, John McAfee revealed how he can crack any iPhone or computer in just 30 minutes. He said that FBI knows how to do this and the law enforcement agency is deceiving the public by asking for a universal key to access more devices in future cases. John McAfee […]
Apple = 1 — U.S. Department of Justice = 0 On Monday, a federal judge went against the Justice Department and surprisingly sided with Apple Inc. The matter was related to forcing the iPhone maker firm to let investigators access data from a locked iPhone. This phone was seized during a drug investigation. The ruling […]
Short Bytes: While the world is waiting for the result of San Bernardino Trial verdict, Apple has already won a case against FBI related to breaking the iPhone lock screen of a drug dealer. The severity of the trial might not be that effective but a win registered in such cases will surely boost the […]
The journalist Steven Petrow had his computer hacked while on a plane, it was a shocking experience that raises the discussion on privacy. Experts in the aviation industry are spending a significant effort in the attempt of improving cyber security. The news that I’m going to tell you has something of incredible. The American journalist […]