Suspected hackers behind Carberp botnet, Eurograbber arrested
The masterminds allegedly behind a cybercrime ring which stole millions of dollars from the financial industry and consumers have been arrested.
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U.S. government can't intercept iMessage, but it can still serve Apple a search warrant
One U.S. law enforcement agency is struggling to snoop on messages sent by Apple devices, claiming they "cannot be intercepted." But lack of transparency on Apple's part may mean the technology giant is facing an influx of search warrants — and yet we don't know about it.
California introduces 'right to know' data access bill, and why Silicon Valley will hate it
As California considers going above and beyond what the EU gives its citizens in data access request rights, technology and Web firms in Silicon Valley will likely fight any hopes of such rights hopping across the Atlantic.
Microsoft releases law enforcement Skype, user content disclosure figures
Weeks after US privacy groups called on Microsoft to disclose law enforcement requests to Skype, amid controversy over China surveillance and snooping, the software giant did. While China appears low in the table, the devil is in the details.
Cybersecurity: The lobbyist's dream?
Is President Obama's view on cybersecurity producing the desired effect?
Apple iOS 6.1.3 fix contains another lock screen bypass flaw
The latest Apple iOS software fix, designed to fix a nasty bug in which unauthorized users could bypass the lock screen and access user data, contains yet another major flaw.
New Samsung flaw allows 'total bypass' of Android lock screen
Another day, another lock screen flaw. Some Samsung devices running Android 4.1.2 can allow a 'total bypass' of the device's lock screen.
Justice Dept. (almost) reneges on email privacy law stance, but the devil is in the details
Probably for the better, the Justice Department has reversed its decision to fight for greater access to email accounts and private messages on social networks. Well, kind of.
Justice Dept. to Congress: We want greater email, Facebook, Twitter snooping powers
As a US House committee prepares to meet to discuss changing outdated email privacy laws, the US government will today tell lawmakers that it wants greater powers to access email data, along with social networking data, such as Facebook and Twitter private messages.