
FBI doesn’t need a warrant to hack a suspect’s computer, US judge rules
A senior US district judge has decided that the warrant authorizing the search of a suspect’s home computer by the FBI was issued based of probable cause, but even if it …

Exfiltrating data from air-gapped computers by modulating fan speed
For the last few years, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev have been testing up new ways to exfiltrate data from air-gapped computers: via mobile phones, …

How MDM software exposes your personal data
Bitglass tracked the personal mobile devices of several willing employee volunteers with mobile device management (MDM) software to understand how MDM could be misused and to …

Crypto-ransomware attacks hit over 700,000 users in one year
Kaspersky Lab found a drastic increase in encryption ransomware attacks, with 718,536 users hit between April 2015 and March 2016. This is an increase of 5.5 times compared to …

Godless Android malware offers serious firepower to a botnet herder
One of the most concerning characteristics of the Godless malware is the ability to receive remote instructions on which app to download and install on mobile devices, without …

IoT threats drive global embedded security shipments
With the rise of IoT, pressure to mitigate cyber risks in connected devices is mounting. Though security is a big concern, connected devices from autonomous vehicles to smart …

Your nearest and dearest are snooping on your phone
If you needed one more reason for protecting your phone with a passcode or fingerprint, here it is: there’s a good chance that one or more of the people close to you …

154 million US voter records exposed following hack
MacKeeper security researcher Chris Vickery has discovered yet another database containing voter profiles of US citizens, accessible to anyone who stumbled upon it or knew …

Severe flaws patched in libarchive, dependent projects urged to follow
Three severe bugs that could be easily exploited to perform arbitrary code execution have been patched with version 3.2.1 of the libarchive open source multi-format archive …

(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 50 released
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 50 has been released today. Table of contents …

Cloud-first is replacing the defensive no-cloud stance
By 2020, a corporate “no-cloud” policy will be as rare as a “no-Internet” policy is today, according to Gartner. Cloud-first, and even cloud-only, is …

FAA finalizes operational rules for drones
The Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration has finalized the first operational rules for routine commercial use of small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS …
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