• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-30-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Router-killing Mirai botnet variant going worldwide, but slowing

The latest strain of Mirai, the malware that’s been infecting internet routers from Germany’s Deutsche Telekom, has spread to devices in at least 10 other countries, according to security firm Flashpoint.The company has detected the new Mirai strain infecting internet […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-29-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on UK’s internet surveillance law receives royal approval

Britons hoping that a quaint historical tradition might stop a Draconian internet surveillance law in its tracks were disappointed on Tuesday morning, when the Queen gave her approval to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.In theory, the Queen has the... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-29-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on UK’s internet surveillance law receives royal approval

Britons hoping that a quaint historical tradition might stop a Draconian internet surveillance law in its tracks were disappointed on Tuesday morning, when the Queen gave her approval to the Investigatory Powers Act 2016.In theory, the Queen has the... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Nov-29-2016
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Senators plan last-ditch push to curb U.S. law enforcement’s hacking power

Unless Congress takes 11th-hour action, the FBI and other law enforcement agencies will gain new authority this week to hack into remote computers during criminal investigations.Proposed changes to Rule 41, the search and seizure provision in the Federal Rules of […]

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