SAN FRANCISCO — Lawmakers and politicians pounced after Tuesday’s terrorist attacks in Brussels to renew calls for stronger law enforcement surveillance capabilities to monitor the online activity of terrorist and criminals. But as has become routine, the tech industry is asking

EFF, ACLU, and Access Now released a statement in support of Apple and its stance on encryption last week. We called on the President to reject any attempt to force backdoors like the one the FBI was seeking to Apple’s

The FBI has called off a hearing scheduled for later Tuesday after an “outside party” said it found a way into the locked iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino shooters. The suspension of the Apple vs. FBI case

A new phishing scam targeting FedEx customers uses a social engineering scheme that strikes the one nerve all these people have in common. The desire to have their package delivered. The Comodo Threat Research Labs team said in a report

The U.S. government attempts to fend off millions of cybersecurity threats each year, according to a report released by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The report found that government attackers successfully executed 77,000 cyber incidents, including network breaches or

Android usually maintains a monthly security patch schedule, but Google has released an out-of-cycle fix for a serious vulnerability that affects a majority of devices. The company is working on a security update for Nexus devices and has released the patch for other

At this point, it’s irrefutable: The Android ecosystem, splintered across untold versions and locked into place by disparate and poorly planned third-party hardware, is making you less safe. This week, Israeli security firm NorthBit figured out a way (PDF) to use

Just under half of cybersecurity professionals use any form of shared cyberthreat intelligence (CTI) in their efforts to protect their enterprises from cyberattacks and hackers, despite CTI’s potential to significantly improve security in the fight against cybercrime. The reasons for

Trojan attacks against the financial industry are becoming more effective and will continue to plague the sector for some time, as cybercriminals move away from attacking customers and instead choose to target the banks themselves, due to the increased incentive

Malware slingers have gone back to basics with the release of a new strain of ransomware malware that locks up compromised devices without encrypting files. The infection was discovered on a porn site that redirects users to an exploit kit

FOR YEARS, CAR owners with keyless entry systems have reported thieves approaching their vehicles with mysterious devices and effortlessly opening them in seconds. After having his Prius burgled repeatedly outside his Los Angeles home, the New York Times‘ former tech

Washington: Hackers are stepping up efforts to turn their exploits into cold cash, locking a user’s data unless a ransom is paid, a report found Tuesday. In the fourth quarter of 2015, so-called ransomware increased 26 per cent quarter-over-quarter, according

Today, the Department of Justice put out arrest warrants for two hackers linked to the Syrian Electronic Army. Ahmad Umar Agha and Firas Dardar are allegedly responsible for seven extortion attacks, including attacks on a gaming company and an online media

Technology and social media companies recently joined Apple Inc. to fight the battle of will with the FBI, but now the law enforcement agency may give up the fight, as an alternative method to unlocking the San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone proves

Anonymous is a loosely connected group of hacktivists that doesn’t appreciate governments keeping secrets or conducting operations that somehow violate user privacy. So, to register their resentment what they do is attack the agency’s systems and hack critically important data.

Over the past decade, there’s been an explosion of bug bounty programs that pay hackers big cash rewards for finding vulnerabilities in applications and Web services. On Tuesday, ride-hailing service Uber became the latest company to embrace the trend with