On January 10, 2017, a court order was declassified by the Italian police, in regards to a chain of cyberattacks directed at top Italian government members and institutions. The attacks leveraged a malware named “EyePyramid” to target a dozen politicians, bankers, prominent freemasons and law enforcement personalities in Italy.
A Federal Trade Commission attempt to rein in a poorly secured IoT device is raising questions over whether the U.S. regulator has the power to crack down on vendors suspected of shoddy practices. On Thursday, the FTC filed a complaint against Taiwanese manufacturer D-Link Systems that charged the company’s internet routers and web cameras can […]
A U.S. court has ruled that the FBI can hack into a computer without a warrant — a move which is troubling privacy advocates. The criminal case involves a child pornography site, Playpen, that had been accessible through Tor, a browser designed for anonymous web surfing. The FBI, however, managed to take over the site […]
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