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Surveillance court OKs NSA phone metadata collection for six more months
Let the NSA’s bulk metadata collection continue for six more months, the court rules, until the phone companies get control over the records. Plus ça change…!
TV’s newest hacker drama “Mr. Robot” is technically sound, morally ambiguous
“Mr. Robot,” USA Network’s new hacker drama series, is good entertainment. But is it also a good depiction of hackers, hacking and infosec?
Apple lets rip with update spate: OS X, iOS, Safari, iTunes, QuickTime
Apple just opened the stopcocks and released a Hoover Dam’s worth of security-related updates. Yes, there are numerous new features and products in there too, but it’s the security fixes that make a compelling reason to update.
Hundreds of Dark Web sites cloned and “booby trapped”
Juha Nurmi, founder of the Ahmia search project, first noticed a fake version of his own site before discovering that there are multiple clones of hundreds of other Dark Web sites. The sites could be used for surveillance or for conducting man-in-the-middle attacks and include a clone of the popular DuckDuckGo search engine.
Twin prodigies-turned-hackers face long jail terms after pleading guilty
The youngest ever to graduate from George Mason University, they put their talents to use at schemes like inflating gift card value and stealing credit card data.
PayPal backpedals on awful robocalling policy
“Sorry for the confusion!” it said, promising to erase the no-opt-out, robocalling/autotexting nightmare seemingly poised to grip the US.
Zeus and SpyEye crime syndicate taken down by Europol
A European operation coordinated by Europol and Eurojust has dismantled an online crime syndicate thought to have caused €2m of damage with the Zeus and SpyEye banking trojans.
FTC acts against dodgy mobile app that mined Dogecoin behind your back
The app was called “Prized,” but it was the app vendor that took the prizes by co-opting your phone into a cryptocurrency mining botnet.
Drones in restricted area divert planes fighting wildfire
Air drops were aborted as a DC-10 and two smaller planes were forced back from the fire, costing the US Forest Service more than $10,000.