Hackers use dangerous Petya ransomware in targeted attacks
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Mar-14-2017
- Business Technology
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In a case of no honor among thieves, a group of attackers has found a way to hijack the Petya ransomware and use it in targeted attacks against companies without the program creators’ knowledge.A computer Trojan dubbed PetrWrap, being used […]
Read MoreThe NSA’s foreign surveillance: 5 things to know
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Mar-14-2017
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A contentious piece of U.S. law giving the National Security Agency broad authority to spy on people overseas expires at the end of the year. Expect heated debate about the scope of U.S. surveillance law leading up to Dec. 31.One […]
Read MoreThe NSA’s foreign surveillance: 5 things to know
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Mar-14-2017
- Business Technology
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A contentious piece of U.S. law giving the National Security Agency broad authority to spy on people overseas expires at the end of the year. Expect heated debate about the scope of U.S. surveillance law leading up to Dec. 31.One […]
Read MoreIt’s time for websites to turn on HTTPS encryption: the benefits are worth the effort
- Brian Burke-Gaffney
- Mar-14-2017
- Business Technology
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After Edward Snowden revealed that online communications were being collected en masse by some of the world’s most powerful intelligence agencies, security experts called for encryption of the entire web. Four years later, it looks like we’ve passed the tipping […]
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