Judge in FBI Hacking Case Is Unclear on How FBI Hacking Works | Motherboard

  As criminals continue to protect themselves with encryption and anonymization tech, cops are moving to hacking as an investigatory tool. Over the years, the FBI in particular has launched several campaigns to obtain data from suspects’ computers via malware, often using the term “Network Investigative Technique”, or NIT, to describe the software being used….

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Internet of Things security is so bad, there’s a search engine for sleeping kids | Ars Technica

cache hit 2034:single/related:7ee91088b05aceb470bc04e250c3b444 empty Shodan, a search engine for the Internet of Things (IoT), recently launched a new section that lets users easily browse vulnerable webcams. The feed includes images of marijuana plantations, back rooms of banks, children, kitchens, living rooms, garages, front gardens, back gardens, ski slopes, swimming pools, colleges and schools, laboratories, and cash…

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Instagram playboy Dan Bilzerian hacked because he uses AOL

On Thursday afternoon, hackers accessed the Twitter and email accounts of infamous “playboy” Dan Bilzerian due to a flaw, the attackers say, in AOL customer service. A professional poker player, Bilzerian is “Instagram famous” for frequently posting pictures of himself with stacks of cash or half-naked women, sometimes both. The reason hackers chose to access his account,…

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“Hillary just terrified everyone”: Edward Snowden slams Clinton’s hawkish foreign policy in third debate – Salon.com

“Aaaaaaaaand Hillary just terrified everyone with an internet connection,” whistleblower Edward Snowden tweeted Saturday night, during the third Democratic presidential debate. Aaaaaaaaand Hillary just terrified everyone with an internet connection. #DemDebate — Edward Snowden (@Snowden) December 20, 2015 Snowden, who worked for a private contractor with the National Security Agency (NSA), leaked documents in 2013…

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Snowden: Clinton’s Call for a ‘Manhattan-Like Project’ Is Terrifying | Rolling Stone

The Democratic debate Saturday night featured familiar themes: Bernie Sanders hit Hillary Clinton as beholden to Wall Street, Clinton hit Sanders as soft on gun control, Martin O’Malley had a tough time getting a word in edgewise — as this sad exchange with moderator Martha Raddatz demonstrates: O’MALLEY: Martha, may I — Martha, may I… RADDATZ: No,…

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A Secret Catalogue of Government Gear for Spying on Your Cellphone

THE INTERCEPT HAS OBTAINED a secret, internal U.S. government catalogue of dozens of cellphone surveillance devices used by the military and by intelligence agencies. The document, thick with previously undisclosed information, also offers rare insight into the spying capabilities of federal law enforcement and local police inside the United States. The catalogue includes details on the Stingray, a…

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