• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-08-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on US device searches at borders ignite resistance

Aaron Gach wasn’t expecting U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to demand to search his smartphone when he returned to San Fransisco from Belgium in February.The artist and magician, a U.S. citizen, had just attended an art event near Brussels and […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-08-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on How to prevent your data from being searched at the US border

During the past two years, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has targeted ever larger numbers of travelers’ smartphones and laptops for searches as they cross the border into the country.U.S. courts have generally upheld a so-called border search exception to the Constitution’s […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-08-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Trojan malware infests official HandBrake for Mac downloads

Hackers compromised a download server for HandBrake, a popular open-source program for converting video files, and used it to distribute a macOS version of the application that contained malware.The HandBrake development team posted a security warning on the project’s website and […]

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• May-08-2017
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Trojan malware infests official HandBrake for Mac downloads

Hackers compromised a download server for HandBrake, a popular open-source program for converting video files, and used it to distribute a macOS version of the application that contained malware.The HandBrake development team posted a security warning on the project’s website and […]