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FBI’s Denver office issues warning about “juice jacking” attacks via public USB charging ports

It never hurts to be careful with where you plug in your devices. The FBI has once again warned the public against using public USB ports to recharge an iPhone or iPad, with “juice jacking” attacks infecting mobile devices connected to the ports. While most people are familiar with malicious apps and online attacks being […]

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TRACED anti-robocall legislation signed into law

With any luck, this should greatly reduce the number of robocalls you receive throughout the day. President Trump on Wednesday signed the TRACED anti-Robocall legislation into law, extending the FCC’s powers regarding enforcement and potentially fines. The bill, known in full as the Pallone-Thune Telephone Robocall Abuse Criminal Enforcement and Deterrence (TRACED) Act, the planned […]

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USB Restricted Mode for iOS 11.4 could limit law enforcement agencies’ times to unlock iOS devices to seven days

Apple is looking to make iOS even more secure, even if they irk law enforcement along the way. iOS 11.4, which is still in development, will include a security feature that disables the Lightning port if the iPhone hasn’t been unlocked for seven days. The feature is called USB Restricted Mode. Apple has described it […]

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FBI director Christopher Wray calls for weakened encryption, backdoor access to assist law enforcement efforts

Because apparently several experts telling you something is mathematically impossible doesn’t mean a whole lot. Newly minted FBI director Christopher Wray has renewed calls to weaken or bypass encryption. Wray, citing more than 7,700 locked devices that have proven inaccessible to the FBI, has stated that encryption can be weakened without putting users at risks. […]

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Twitter to beef up reporting, blocking features

You’re about to get more controls for your Twitter account. Last Tuesday, Twitter issued a blog post stating that the company would be enhancing its in-product harassment reporting and making improvements to “block.” Everything that happens in the world, happens on Twitter – to the tune of more than 500 million Tweets every day. That […]