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Mac malware that let its operator spy on its victims went unnoticed for years
That’s according to Synack security researcher Patrick Wardle, who spoke to both Ars Technica and ZDNet about his findings ahead of a talk at the Defcon hacker conference on Wednesday. A piece of Mac malware, called Fruitfly, was first discovered and …
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Privacy groups claim FBI hacking operation went too far
Privacy advocates are claiming in court that an FBI hacking operation to take down a child pornography site was unconstitutional and violated international law.
That’s because the operation involved the FBI hacking 8,700 computers in 120 countries, based on a single warrant, they said.
“How will other countries react to the FBI hacking in their jurisdictions without prior consent?” wrote Scarlet Kim, a legal officer with U.K.-based Privacy International.
On Friday, that group, along with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, filed briefs in a lawsuit involving the FBI’s hacking operation against Playpen. The child pornography site was accessible through Tor, a browser designed for anonymous web surfing. But in 2014, the FBI managed to take it over.
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Did this ransomware threat drop away because cybercrooks went on holiday? – ZDNet
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Did this ransomware threat drop away because cybercrooks went on holiday?
ZDNet Check Point's Global Threat Index also details the most significant malware threats to businesses via mobile devices, with the HummingBad Android malware once again representing the most common cybercriminal threat to smartphones and tablets. Second … |