Uber covered up the 2016 data breach that affected its 57 million customers and drivers. The confession came as part of…
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When good-faith hacking gets people arrested, with Harley Geiger: Lock and Code S03E14
When Lock and Code host David Ruiz talks to hackers—especially good-faith hackers who want to dutifully report any vulnerabilities they uncover…
Twitter fined $150M after using 2FA phone numbers for marketing
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have ordered Twitter to pay a $150M penalty for using…
Microsoft exec reveals “routine” secrecy orders from government investigators
Microsoft executive Tom Burt told Congressional lawmakers Wednesday that Federal law enforcement agencies send “routine” secret orders for customer information from…
DOJ recovers pipeline ransom, signals more aggressive approach to cybercrime
The US Department of Justice announced Monday that it recovered much of the ransomware payment that Colonial Pipeline paid to free…
Going dark: encryption and law enforcement
UPDATE, 05/22/2020: In the advent of the EARN IT Act, the debate on government subversion of encryption has reignited. Given that…
Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem
Content warning: This piece contains brief descriptions of domestic violence and assault against women and children. In the past five years,…
A week in security (May 27 – June 2)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took readers through a deep dive—way down the rabbit hole—into the novel malware called “Hidden…