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FBI Taps Hacker Tactics to Spy on Suspects

WSJ: Law-enforcement officials in the U.S. are expanding the use of tools routinely used by computer hackers to gather information on suspects, bringing the criminal wiretap into the cyber age.

Federal agencies have largely kept quiet about these capabilities, but court documents and interviews with people involved in the programs provide new details about the hacking tools, including spyware delivered to computers and phones through email or Web links—techniques more commonly associated with attacks by criminals.

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In2iti0n3917d ago

Apple was just granted an Obama executive order to keep their products coming into the US. I wonder what the trade-off was.

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How to tell if your USB is weaponized

USB drives are frequent targets of hackers. Here are some ways to tell if a malicious party has targeted your USB device.

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FBI reacts to Apple’s end-to-end encryption feature that advocates laud

The Shortcut reports the FBI opposition to Apple's encryption, covers the EFF's approval of it, and reports Apple's discontinuation of on-device CSAM scanning.

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SwiderMan502d ago

Poking them in the FBeye! 😉

softwaredeveloper310d ago

Great blog post! I thoroughly enjoyed reading

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk says 'bankruptcy isn't out of the question', bans remote working

Musk's first email to Twitter employees explains that the future will be rocky for the social media company

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