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Tamper-proof tape used by the CIA to secure envelopes sent to FOIA requestors (Photo: Matt Novak) Today, tech nerds are obsessed with high-tech encryption. But if you ever send snail mail, you might want to take a tip from America’s intelligence community. The CIA sends out letters that are secured with a specific type of…
Company also agrees to implement anti-fraud program and enhanced compliance obligations in agreements with federal authorities The Western Union Company (Western Union), a global money services business headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, has agreed to forfeit $586 million and enter into agreements with the Federal Trade Commission, the Justice Department, and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices…
On September 22, 2016, this site was forced offline for nearly four days after it was hit with “Mirai,” a malware strain that enslaves poorly secured Internet of Things (IoT) devices like wireless routers and security cameras into a botnet for use in large cyberattacks. Roughly a week after that assault, the individual(s) who launched…
Palmer Luckey (AP Images) DALLAS — After being basically in hiding for 117 days, Oculus VR founder Palmer Luckey spent his first full day back in the spotlight getting grilled by a feisty lawyer who tried to “make fun” of the fact Luckey had no college degrees. Luckey took the stand here in the northern…
Officer Nicholas M. Buckley described the arrest in exceptional detail, the single-spaced lines covering two full pages in his report. He had worked for the San Francisco Police Department for three years, and in recent months he had patrolled the Tenderloin district, a neighborhood of dive bars and homeless shelters wedged between City Hall and the…
The developers of Prison Architect found themselves in a pinch of legal trouble recently when they were contacted by the British Red Cross over the game’s use of a red cross on a white background to denote health. While that may seem harmless, turns out it’s not allowed. As PC Gamer report, the famous symbol…
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Image: AP This morning, the Guardian published a story with an alarming headline: “WhatsApp backdoor allows snooping on encrypted messages.” If true, this would have massive implications for the security and privacy of WhatsApp’s one-billion-plus users. Fortunately, there’s no backdoor in WhatsApp, and according to Alec Muffett, an experienced security researcher who spoke to Gizmodo,…
Here’s what your stolen identity goes for on the internet’s black market Identities for sale on AlphaBay, a dark web marketplace. The going rate for a stolen identity is about twenty bucks. Tens of millions of people have lost their private information in data breaches over the past few years. But what happens after that—how…
NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said he was in ongoing talks with the National Organization for Women, though the organization said they hadn’t yet gotten word from his office. View Full Caption DNAinfo/Ben Fractenberg WILLIAMSBRIDGE — NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill said he’s considering reopening unsolved cases of acquaintance rape in Greenpoint following widespread outrage over a precinct…