British Hacker Love Wins Court Battle Over Encryption Keys

Edit Slashdot 11 May 2016
An anonymous reader writes. A judge in Westminster has ruled that alleged hacktivist Lauri Love cannot be forced to provide encryption keys to the National Crime Authority. This move has been called a "victory for all who use encryption in the UK" and a "great decision for privacy and personal freedom." ... ....

'Britain's FBI' loses court attempt to evade decryption laws

Edit The Register 10 May 2016
Cops slapped down after trying to dodge suspect's legal protections with civil backdoor. The National Crime Agency's (NCA) application to force alleged hacktivist Lauri Love to decrypt computer equipment seized from him two years ago has been declined by a Westminster judge ... ....

Anons hack, leak 'Russian Facebook' boss's personal email

Edit The Register 06 May 2016
VK chief pwned, allegedly. Hacktivists have leaked what could be the email inbox of Boris Dobrodeev – the boss of Russian social network VK, previously known as VKontakte ... ....

Cybersecurity Panel to Address Emerging Threats, Regulatory Climate & Post-Breach Reputation Management at Internet Week 2016 (Affect Strategies Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 06 May 2016
(Source. Affect Strategies Inc). Cybersecurity Panel to Address Emerging Threats, Regulatory Climate & Post-Breach Reputation Management at Internet Week 2016 ... Discussion topics will include techniques to avoid gambling with customer and company data, the emerging threat landscape and advanced hacktivist tactics, the latest regulatory issues and an interactive workshop on crisis and reputation management in the wake of a data breach....

Is this Italian mogul a code breaker or an arms dealer?

Edit Stars and Stripes 06 May 2016
As the sun rose over the banks of the Seine and the medieval, half-timbered houses of Rouen, France, on July 13, 2012, Hisham Almiraat opened his inbox to find "Denunciation" in the subject line of an email. "Please do not mention my name or anything," wrote the sender, Imane ... ... That wasn't all ... A hacktivist known as Phineas Fisher had hijacked the Hacking Team's official Twitter account and posted an ominous message....

What to ask your doctor, lawyer, and accountant about protecting your personal data

Edit PC World 03 May 2016
It's one thing for the rich clients of Mossack Fonseca to be compromised after hacktivists targeted the Panamanian legal firm, but other law firms serving businesses and ......

Why we need a cyber wall

Edit CNN 03 May 2016
(CNN)Donald Trump had the audience at his rally in California on Thursday chanting "build that wall," a reference to his pledge to build one along America's southern border. But while this pledge might not be in the country's best interests, there is actually somewhere that we really could use a wall. cyberspace ... And it's also where all manner of criminals -- from "hacktivists" to state-sponsored espionage units -- lurk ... Arun Vishwanath....

Securing the Smart Digital Enterprise as Budget Constraints Begin to Bite (IDC Research Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 03 May 2016
(Source. IDC Research Inc) Press Release. Securing the Smart Digital Enterprise as Budget Constraints Begin to Bite. 01 May 2016 ... These threats all have one aspect in common - insider risk ... Financial motivation continues to drive cybercrime activity in the region, although so-called 'hacktivist' incidents are compounding the situation with websites now also being defaced simply to drive a particular political agenda ... About IDC ... 97143912741....

Cyberwarfare: Challenge of Tomorrow

Edit CounterPunch 29 Apr 2016
Computer hacking has become part of everyday life for the past few years Internet-connected devices have been hacked left and right, but most of the times, these are harmless so-called Internet of Things appliances, like kettles or fridges ... hacktivists, organized crime, cyberterrorists and even MIT students. Nearly Americans deals with some kind of health record compromise, and most of the time they are completely unaware it happened ... ....

Privacy, Public Safety, and Security: How We Can Confront the Cyber Threat Together (FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Apr 2016
(Source. FBI - Federal Bureau of Investigation). Remarks as delivered. Thanks so much, and good morning everybody ... Then I'd be happy to take questions after I've shared these thoughts ... The fourth group is the hacktivists ... The second part of our strategy is, how can we shrink the world? The bad guys, whether they're nation-states or hacktivists or people operating a ransomware syndicate, have made the world very, very small ... I love privacy....

Understand these 4 types of hackers (Choose Networks Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Apr 2016
Hacktivist. If you've heard of Anonymous, LulzSec or AntiSec, then you're familiar with Hacktivists ... As a small or medium-sized business owner you are not necessarily immune to Hacktivist disruption ... can be seen as unethical, such as Ashley Madison (who fell victim of a major Hacktivist attack last year), then you too may be targeted by Hacktivists....

Five years ago today, Sony admitted the great PSN hack

Edit Eurogamer 26 Apr 2016
It was the largest security breach of its kind to ever hit console gamers, and an event with huge repercussions for PlayStation - both in the short term for its users, left for weeks without access to online services, and longer term as Sony sought to win back customer trust. It began with Anonymous, the umbrella-term hacktivist group which had been bombarding Sony's servers with distributed denial of service (DDOS) attacks ... ....

Minister David Mahlobo: State Security Agency Dept Budget Vote 2016/17 (South Africa Government)

Edit Public Technologies 26 Apr 2016
(Source. South Africa Government). Budget Vote for Department of State Security Agency By Hon. David Mahlobo MP, Minister of State Security Parliament of Republic of South Africa, Cape Town. Honourable Chairperson of the Session ... This work proved to be effective when the centre, in March, minimised the threat by some 'hacktivist' who had threaten to hack a hundreds of government websites and cause untold harm to the delivery of services....
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