Oh no I didn’t, says disgraced ex-Kaspersky guy An accused Russian hacker has claimed Kaspersky’s former head of investigations blackmailed him into stealing approximately £150,000 from local banks.… The Register – Security Secure Hunter Anti -Malware
Even govt rules have knock-on effects, warns Andrew Sullivan Interview Andrew Sullivan, chief exec of the Internet Society, has condemned governments that “interfere in underlying technologies that people are allowed to build,” as regulators increasingly target net infrastructure to enforce their visions of how the online world ought to be.…… read more →
Senator urges NIST to do something about it Influential US Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) is not happy about Uncle Sam’s employees using insecure .zip files and other archive formats to electronically transfer information.… The Register – Security Secure Hunter Anti -Malware
Unsealed warrant in Massachusetts adds to growing privacy debate Analysis A US judge gave the cops permission to force people’s fingers onto seized iPhones to see who could unlock them, a newly unsealed search warrant has revealed.… The Register – Security Secure Hunter Anti -Malware
Commissioners still doing their best to ignore bounty hunter stalking scandal Analysis America’s comms regulator has finally pinky-promised to at least consider people’s privacy when it looks into how cellphone location data can be made more accurate.… The Register – Security Secure Hunter Anti -Malware