Robocalls are the worst, but an even sketchier call is back with a vengeance, scamming people out hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The FBI calls it the Chinese Embassy Scam, and it comes in as a call in Chinese claiming to be from the Chinese consul…
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China will stop at nothing to steal information from Apple’s secret self-driving car project
Few people outside of Apple really know what the end goal of its top secret “Project Titan” car development project is.
Is Apple building a Tesla killer? Just further developing CarPlay? Experimenting with autonomous driving technologies and se…
FBI kicks some of the worst ‘DDoS for hire’ sites off the internet
The FBI has seized the domains of 15 high-profile distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) websites after a coordinated effort by law enforcement and several tech companies. Several seizure warrants granted by a California federal judge went into effect Thursday, removing several of these “booter” or “stresser” sites off the internet “as part of coordinated law enforcement action […]
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An attempt has just been made, once again, to hack the Democratic National Committee. This time, the target: the Democratic Party’s voter database.
CNN is reporting that on Tuesday, the DNC reached out to the FBI to inform them of the attempted hack after a cybersecurity firm discovered a website that faked the look of VoteBuilder, the party’s voter database login page.
The cybersecurity firm that first found the fake page, Lookout, does not work for the DNC, but itimmediately reached out to the party upon discovering the hacking attempt. Read more…
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View More Someone just attempted to hack the DNC’s voter databaseFormer Apple employee arrested for allegedly stealing self-driving car secrets
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While Apple has never officially announced its secret self-driving car project, you can certainly consider this to be a confirmation.
On July 7, a former Apple employee was arrested by federal authorities at the Mineta San Jose International Airport while attempting to board a last minute flight to China. Federal prosecutors have charged Xiaolang Zhang, who had worked as a hardware engineer on Apple’s self-driving car project before abruptly leaving the company, with stealing trade secrets.
Zhang had started working at Apple designing hardware and software for its autonomous car project in May 2015. According to the criminal complaint, Zhang “designed and tested circuit boards to analyze sensor data.” Read more…
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View More Former Apple employee arrested for allegedly stealing self-driving car secretsApple confirms that it will seal up law enforcement’s favorite iPhone cracking method
A new version of iOS will block a controversial loophole that law enforcement agencies have leveraged in order to crack into locked iPhones. In an upcoming version of iOS (likely iOS 12), Apple will include a feature known as USB Restricted Mode which limits access to a locked iPhone through its USB port. The feature […]
View More Apple confirms that it will seal up law enforcement’s favorite iPhone cracking methodFBI reportedly overestimated inaccessible encrypted phones by thousands
The FBI seems to have been caught fibbing again on the topic of encrypted phones. FBI director Christopher Wray estimated in December that it had almost 7,800 phones that investigators were unable to access from 2017 alone. The real number is likely less than a quarter of that.
View More FBI reportedly overestimated inaccessible encrypted phones by thousandsFBI agents swarmed with drones during a hostage rescue operation
It’s the kind of thing that’s surely only cooked up in Hollywood.
A gang of suspects hiding out in the outskirts of a U.S. city used a swarm of drones to flush out FBI agents during a hostage rescue, as reported by Defense One.
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Memes Aside… Is the FBI Maybe, Possibly Watching You?
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View More Memes Aside… Is the FBI Maybe, Possibly Watching You?UK and U.S. authorities warn of Russian attacks on routers
Russia is being accused of a massive campaign to undermine the security of firewalls and routers in a bid to support espionage and future attacks.
It comes from UK and U.S. authorities who have issued a joint cybersecurity alert for the first time ev…
James Comey lets rip on Trump in first televised interview since firing
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If you thought the disdain between Donald Trump and former FBI director James Comey would fizzle away, Sunday surely allayed any prospect of a truce.
Ahead of the launch of his autobiography A Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, Comey appeared on ABC’s 20/20, in his first televised interview since being fired as director of the FBI.
In the five-hour interview with anchor George Stephanopoulos — it has been transcribed online, if you’re truly keen — Comey took aim at the president and responded to criticism of his handling of the Clinton email investigation. Read more…
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View More James Comey lets rip on Trump in first televised interview since firingBox that unlocks iPhones is the hottest new gadget for police
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Law enforcement agencies — despite protests from privacy advocates — have long lobbied to get access to your smartphone.
Now a mysterious U.S. startup called Grayshift — which reportedly has an ex-Apple security engineer on staff — is providing iPhone unlocking tools to cops, according to Motherboard.
GrayKey is a box that measures four by four inches wide, and features two Lightning cables at the front, as per a post by security software company Malwarebytes.
According to Forbes, Grayshift claims the device only works with iOS 10 and 11, with iOS 9 compatibility slated for the future. Devices ranging from the iPhone X to the 6 are supported, as are various iPad models. Read more…
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