It’s not all about ransomware – keyloggers are still alive and well!
Ransomware is the digital equivalent of a punch in the face… but what about less-visible malware that bleeds your business quietly?
Naked Security – Sophos
Ransomware is the digital equivalent of a punch in the face… but what about less-visible malware that bleeds your business quietly?
Naked Security – Sophos
Rights activists led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Tor Project are rallying similar organizations and their constituents to step up opposition to a rules change backed by the U.S. Justice Department that would grant law enforcement vast new surveillance authorities and undermine anonymity online.
Website operators are being asked to join the effort today by posting banners on their sites.
From an EFF press release:
EFF and over 40 partner organizations are holding a day of action for a new campaign—noglobalwarrants.org—to engage citizens about the dangers of Rule 41 and push U.S. lawmakers to oppose it. The process for updating these rules—which govern federal criminal court processes—was intended to deal exclusively with procedural issues. But this year a U.S. judicial committee approved changes in the rule that will expand judicial authority to grant warrants for government hacking. …
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