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If you think ransomware is a user failure, you’re a failure

28

Mar

2017

In the last week, I saw several articles stating that users are responsible for most ransomware infections. It is a very specious argument in that, yes, a user inevitably has to click on a link or download a file that then is activated and encrypts the hard drive. There are no common worm-like ransomware variants that infect systems without user interactions.

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DOJ: No, we won’t say how much the FBI paid to hack terrorist’s iPhone

15

Mar

2017

The U.S. Department of Justice yesterday argued that it should not have to reveal the maker of a tool used last year to crack an alleged terrorist’s iPhone or disclose how much it paid for the hacking job, court documents showed. That tool was used last year by the FBI to access a password-protected iPhone […]

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Comey: Strong encryption “shatters” privacy-security bargain

09

Mar

2017

FBI Director James Comey told a Boston audience that “ubiquitous strong encryption” – the kind now available on most smartphones and other digital devices – is threatening to undermine the “bargain” that he said has balanced privacy and security in the US since its founding. Actually, he went further, declaring that such default encryption “shatters” […]

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