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2020/12/10 [iw] - Adobe just released the last Flash update ever Richard Forno
2020/12/09 [iw] - Thieves Broke Into Russia’s Il-80 Doomsday Plane Richard Forno
2020/12/09 [iw] - U.S. and States Say Facebook Illegally Crushed Competition Richard Forno
2020/12/09 [iw] - “A damn stupid thing to do”—the origins of C Richard Forno
2020/12/09 [iw] - GOP Confirms Unqualified Simington to FCC With Eye On Crippling Biden FCC Richard Forno
2020/12/09 [iw] - WhatsApp goes after Apple over privacy label requirements Richard Forno
2020/12/09 [iw] - Tweety Makes It Official: He's Going To Pull Military Funding, b/c Congress Won't Kill The Open Internet Richard Forno
2020/12/08 [iw] - Cloudflare, Apple, and others back a new secure DNS technique Richard Forno
2020/12/08 [iw] - He Pretended to Be Trump’s Family. Then Trump Fell for It. Richard Forno
2020/12/08 [iw] - FireEye, a Top Cybersecurity Firm, Says It Was Hacked by a Nation-State Richard Forno
2020/12/08 [iw] - GE puts default password in radiology devices, leaving healthcare networks exposed Richard Forno
2020/12/08 [iw] - Chuck Yeager, pilot who broke the sound barrier, dies at 97 Richard Forno
2020/12/07 [iw] - OT: Florida State Police Raid Home Of COVID Whistleblower, Point Guns At Her & Her Family, Seize All Her Computer Equipment Richard Forno
2020/12/07 [iw] - Nancy Pelosi Sells Out The Public: Agrees To Put Massive Copyright Reform In 'Must Pass' Spending Bill Richard Forno
2020/12/04 [iw] - CISA set to receive subpoena powers over ISPs in effort to track critical infrastructure vulnerabilities Richard Forno
2020/12/03 [iw] - NSF releases footage from the moment Arecibo’s cables failed Richard Forno
2020/12/03 [iw] - The Internet’s Most Notorious Botnet Has an Alarming New Trick Richard Forno
2020/12/03 [iw] - Cyberattacks Discovered on Vaccine Distribution Operations Richard Forno
2020/12/03 [iw] - Parler's got a porn problem: Adult businesses target pro-Trump social network Richard Forno
2020/12/02 [iw] - SCOTUS weighs the future of CFAA Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - Tweety threatens to veto major defense bill unless Congress repeals Section 230, Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - WaPo: CISA's Chris Krebs op-ed Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - WH Still Pushing To Slip Section 230 Repeal Into 'Must Pass' Military Spending Bill Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - OT: Barr appoints special counsel in Russia probe investigation Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - Amazon Is Laying the Groundwork for Its Own Quantum Computer Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - New study: DNS spoofing doubles in six years ... albeit from the point of naff all Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - Oracle vulnerability that executes malicious code is under active attack Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - OT: Barr: No evidence of fraud that’d change election outcome Richard Forno
2020/12/01 [iw] - Court Suspends ‘Copyright Troll’ Lawyer From Practicing Law Richard Forno
2020/11/30 [iw] - FCC chair Pai Announces Intent to Depart in January Richard Forno
2020/11/30 [iw] - SCOTUS will hear its first big CFAA case Richard Forno
2020/11/30 [iw] - OT: Trump’s Disgraceful Endgame Richard Forno
2020/11/28 [iw] - Krebs says allegations of foreign interference in 2020 election 'farcical' Richard Forno
2020/11/23 [iw] - GSA says Biden transition can begin Richard Forno
2020/11/20 [iw] - Who needs Russia? Loudest attacks on US vote are from Trump Richard Forno
2020/11/20 [iw] - Fwd: NATO Experiments With Deceptive Tactics to Lure Russian Hackers Richard Forno
2020/11/20 [iw] - Fwd: CIA Awards Secret Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract Richard Forno
2020/11/20 [iw] - Apple moving forward with plan to limit “creepy” user tracking Richard Forno
2020/11/20 [iw] - Biden Team Lacks Full U.S. Cybersecurity Support in Transition Fracas Richard Forno
2020/11/20 [iw] - US can kill its own citizens without review when state secrets are involved, DOJ lawyer argues Richard Forno
2020/11/19 [iw] - Russian parliament given draft law enabling Moscow to block U.S. social media giants Richard Forno
2020/11/18 [iw] - Fwd: The Firing of Chris Krebs Is What an Attack On Democracy Looks Like Richard Forno
2020/11/17 [iw] - Firing Christopher Krebs Crosses a Line—Even for Trump Richard Forno
2020/11/17 [iw] - Tweety Amin fires Krebs (as expected) Richard Forno
2020/11/17 [iw] - GitHub revamps copyright takedown policy after restoring YouTube-dl Richard Forno
2020/11/17 [iw] - Amazon launches Amazon Pharmacy for prescription medicine delivery Richard Forno
2020/11/17 [iw] - Big no on Big Sur: Mullvad disallows Apple apps to bypass firewall Richard Forno
2020/11/16 [iw] - Fwd: Mac certificate check stokes fears that Apple logs every app you run Richard Forno
2020/11/16 [iw] - How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps Richard Forno
2020/11/16 [iw] - Twitter names famed hacker 'Mudge' as head of security Richard Forno
2020/11/16 [iw] - Cheating-detection companies made millions during the pandemic. Now students are fighting back. Richard Forno
2020/11/12 [iw] - USG & state officials say no widespread vote fraud Richard Forno
2020/11/12 [iw] - Another CISA leader departing Richard Forno
2020/11/12 [iw] - Exclusive: Senior U.S. cybersecurity official tells associates he expects to be fired Richard Forno
2020/11/12 [iw] - DNS cache poisoning, the Internet attack from 2008, is back from the dead Richard Forno
2020/11/11 [iw] - Treasure trove of NASA photos including first selfie in space up for auction Richard Forno
2020/11/11 [iw] - Dish to Shut Down Slingbox, Devices Will Become ‘Inoperable’ in 2022 Richard Forno
2020/11/11 [iw] - OT: The Republican Party Is Attacking Democracy Richard Forno
2020/11/11 [iw] - TikTok says the Trump administration has forgotten about trying to ban it, Richard Forno
2020/11/10 [iw] - Zoom lied to users about end-to-end encryption for years, FTC says Richard Forno
2020/11/09 [iw] - SECDEF 'fired' ... not unexpected Richard Forno
2020/11/09 [iw] - Fwd: Does Palantir See Too Much? Richard Forno
2020/11/07 [iw] - OT: President Trump is defeated: the timeline is restored Richard Forno
2020/11/07 [iw] - Joe Biden has passed 270 EV; is president-elect Richard Forno
2020/11/06 [iw] - Trump’s Special Treatment on Twitter Would End With Biden Win Richard Forno
2020/11/03 [iw] - U.S. undertook cyber operation against Iran as part of effort to secure the 2020 election Richard Forno
2020/11/01 [iw] - Dishonesty Has Defined the Trump Presidency. The Consequences Could Be Lasting. Richard Forno
2020/11/01 [iw] - 20 Years Ago, LimeWire Took File-Sharing to A New Level Richard Forno
2020/10/31 [iw] - Someone leaked the COVID hospitalization data taken from the CDC Richard Forno
2020/10/31 [iw] - Fwd: The Internet Won’t Be the Same After Trump Richard Forno
2020/10/31 [iw] - OT: RIP Sean Connery, 90 Richard Forno
2020/10/30 [iw] - DHS is planning the largest-ever operation to secure U.S. election against hacking Richard Forno
2020/10/30 [iw] - Alan Alda: I cannot remain silent as Trump rejects science and endangers lives Richard Forno
2020/10/29 [iw] - Ransomware can interfere with elections and fuel disinformation – basic cybersecurity precautions are key to minimizing the damage Richard Forno
2020/10/28 [iw] - Miles Taylor, a Former DHS Official, Reveals He Was ‘Anonymous’ Richard Forno
2020/10/27 [iw] - Study shows which messengers leak your data, drain your battery, and more Richard Forno
2020/10/27 [iw] - Zoom’s end-to-end encryption has arrived Richard Forno
2020/10/23 [iw] - Know your rights: Georgetown U. group details laws against voter intimidation Richard Forno
2020/10/22 [iw] - Skepticism Mounts Around Alleged Trump Twitter Hack Richard Forno
2020/10/22 [iw] - NYT: Russia Poses Greater Election Threat Than Iran, Many U.S. Officials Say Richard Forno
2020/10/22 [iw] - Trumpist Republicans Latest Freakout A Total Self-Own, As They Reveal They Don't Read What They Tweet Richard Forno
2020/10/22 [iw] - Russia gives Snowden permanent residency rights Richard Forno
2020/10/22 [iw] - POTUS Twitter account reportedly hacked by Dutch whitehat Richard Forno
2020/10/22 [iw] - Postal Service sidelines its police officers with Election Day just weeks away Richard Forno
2020/10/21 [iw] - USG concludes Iran was behind threatening emails sent to Democrats Richard Forno
2020/10/21 [iw] - FBI Investigating Threatening Emails Sent To Democrats In Florida Richard Forno
2020/10/21 [iw] - Officials alarmed by WH push to fast track 5G spectrum contract, sources say Richard Forno
2020/10/20 [iw] - Nation-state actor hit Google with the largest DDoS attack Richard Forno
2020/10/20 [iw] - DOJ will charge Google with multiple violations of federal antitrust law today Richard Forno
2020/10/19 [iw] - Six Russian GRU Officers Charged in Connection with Worldwide Deployment of Destructive Malware and Other Disruptive Actions in Cyberspace Richard Forno
2020/10/19 [iw] - As Local News Dies, a Pay-for-Play Network Rises in Its Place Richard Forno
2020/10/19 [iw] - Microsoft just force restarted my Windows PC again to install more unwanted apps Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - Five cryptologic giants inducted into the NSA/CSS Cryptologic Hall of Honor Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - Former Cambridge Analytica insider dumps info regarding Tweety's campaign violations Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - Inside the Fall of the CDC Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - OT: Satire is officially dead. Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - Fwd: With ‘absurd’ timing, FCC announces intention to revisit Section 230 Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - Twitter changes its hacked materials policy in wake of New York Post controversy Richard Forno
2020/10/16 [iw] - White House puts ‘politicals’ at CDC to try to control info Richard Forno
2020/10/15 [iw] - Twitter is having a major outage Richard Forno
2020/10/15 [iw] - Robinhood Internal Probe Finds Hackers Hit Almost 2, 000 Accounts Richard Forno
2020/10/14 [iw] - Fake News Hub from 2016 Election Thriving Again, Report Finds Richard Forno
2020/10/14 [iw] - Malwarebytes @ SCOTUS: Clarence Thomas Doesn't Like Section 230 Richard Forno
2020/10/14 [iw] - Governments Use Pandemic To Crack Down On Online Dissent: Watchdog Richard Forno
2020/10/14 [iw] - The Man Who Speaks Softly—and Commands a Big Cyber Army Richard Forno
2020/10/12 [iw] - Fwd: Five Eyes governments, India, and Japan make new call for encryption backdoors Richard Forno
2020/10/12 [iw] - California GOP installed unofficial ballot drop-off boxes. State officials say they’re illegal. Richard Forno
2020/10/12 [iw] - Fwd: Cyber Command has sought to disrupt the world’s largest botnet, hoping to reduce its potential impact on the election Richard Forno
2020/10/11 [iw] - Fwd: Apple's T2 security chip has an unfixable flaw Richard Forno
2020/10/11 [iw] - Fwd: Console hackers are shocked after DOJ arrests prominent mod-chip makers Richard Forno
2020/10/09 [iw] - Robinhood Users Say Accounts Were Looted, No One to Call Richard Forno
2020/10/08 [iw] - Now you can enforce your privacy rights with a single browser tick Richard Forno
2020/10/08 [iw] - Astonishing AI restoration brings Apollo moon landing films up to speed Richard Forno
2020/10/08 [iw] - Fwd: White House Launches Single Site for the Government’s Quantum-Focused Activities Richard Forno
2020/10/08 [iw] - Netflix indicted by Texas grand jury over 'lewd' depiction of children in 'Cuties' Richard Forno
2020/10/08 [iw] - OT: Trump asked Walter Reed doctors to sign NDAs in 2019 Richard Forno
2020/10/06 [iw] - How Are Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Google Monopolies? House Report Counts The Ways Richard Forno
2020/10/06 [iw] - The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant Richard Forno
2020/10/06 [iw] - Facebook bans QAnon across its platforms Richard Forno
2020/10/06 [iw] - Can AI Detect Disinformation? A New Special Operations Program May Find Out Richard Forno
2020/10/06 [iw] - Big Tech Was Their Enemy, Until Partisanship Fractured the Battle Plans Richard Forno
2020/10/05 [iw] - OT: The absurd Soviet-style propaganda campaign around POTUS' illness Richard Forno
2020/10/02 [iw] - OT: Trump headed to Walter Reed after positive coronavirus test Richard Forno
2020/10/02 [iw] - Russian operation masqueraded as right-wing news site to target U.S. voters - sources Richard Forno
2020/10/02 [iw] - Fwd: FBI reorganizes cyber-crime and foreign cyber-espionage divisions as cases rise Richard Forno
2020/10/02 [iw] - OT: Fwd: POLITICO Playbook: President Trump and Melania have Covid-19. What now? Richard Forno
2020/10/02 [iw] - Fwd: Breaking News: President Trump tested positive for the coronavirus, throwing the nation's leadership and his re-election campaign into uncertainty. Richard Forno
2020/10/01 [iw] - Huawei ready to reveal inner workings to show no security threat Richard Forno
2020/10/01 [iw] - Russia’s Fancy Bear Hackers Likely Penetrated a US Federal Agency Richard Forno
2020/10/01 [iw] - OT: Weird Al Presents: ‘America Is Doomed, the Musical’ Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - OT: Presidential Debates Commission: ‘Additional tools to maintain order’ needed Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - Fwd: Chinese APT Group Targets Media, Finance, and Electronics Sectors Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - Fwd: Chinese APT Group Targets Media, Finance, and Electronics Sectors Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - Jet suit paramedic tested in the Lake District 'could save lives' Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - Fwd: Trump’s FCC Is Using Junk Data to Downplay Broadband Woes Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - and now a word from our sponsors.... Richard Forno
2020/09/30 [iw] - Hackers jailbreak Apple’s T2 security chip powered by bridgeOS Richard Forno
2020/09/28 [iw] - Cambridge Analytica targeting 'mentally ill, vulnerable people' for right-wing purposes Richard Forno
2020/09/27 [iw] - OT: NYT Bombshell on Trump's Tax History Richard Forno
2020/09/23 [iw] - The Trump campaign is reportedly 'discussing contingency plans to bypass election results' Richard Forno
2020/09/23 [iw] - Granny Got Her EMP Richard Forno
2020/09/23 [iw] - Fwd: DOJ proposes Section 230 changes to Congress Richard Forno
2020/09/23 [iw] - WH Accused of Intervening to Keep Bolton’s Book From Becoming Public Richard Forno
2020/09/23 [iw] - CIA clamps down on flow of Russia intelligence to White House Richard Forno
2020/09/22 [iw] - Federal Agencies Tapped Protesters’ Phones in Portland Richard Forno
2020/09/22 [iw] - Feds issue emergency order for agencies to patch critical Windows flaw Richard Forno
2020/09/22 [iw] - OT: The GOP traded democracy for a Supreme Court seat and tax cuts. It wasn’t worth it. Richard Forno
2020/09/22 [iw] - Blacklight: A Real-Time Website Privacy Inspector Richard Forno
2020/09/22 [iw] - CIA’s new tech recruiting pitch: More patents, more profits Richard Forno
2020/09/22 [iw] - WH Pushes to Reap Biometric Data From Immigrants, Americans Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - Microsoft purchases Bethesda Softworks in industry-changing acquisition Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - In ‘Power Grab,’ Health Secretary Azar Asserts Authority Over F.D.A. Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - Think Twice Before Using Facebook, Google, or Apple to Sign In Everywhere Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - Senate’s encryption backdoor bill is ‘dangerous for Americans,’ says Rep. Lofgren Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - Court blocks WeChat ban from taking effect today Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - House Passes Bill To Address The Internet Of Broken Things Richard Forno
2020/09/21 [iw] - TikTok Deal Falls Short of Tweety's Key Demands Richard Forno
2020/09/20 [iw] - The #FinCENFiles Reveal The Scale Of Dirty Money In Our Economy Richard Forno
2020/09/18 [iw] - Fwd: Breaking News: Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died. The second woman to serve on the Supreme Court, she had powerful opinions that made her a cultural icon. She was 87. Richard Forno
2020/09/18 [iw] - Assange was offered presidential pardon to help 'resolve' Russia role in DNC hack, court told Richard Forno
2020/09/18 [iw] - China's Tencent rebrands WeChat work app ahead of Trump ban Richard Forno
2020/09/18 [iw] - FT: TikTok to be banned from US app stores from Sunday Richard Forno
2020/09/18 [iw] - US judge blocks Postal Service changes that slowed mail Richard Forno
2020/09/18 [iw] - ‘Steady drumbeat of misinformation’: FBI chief warns of Russian interference in US elections Richard Forno
2020/09/17 [iw] - Facebook Accused of Watching Instagram Users Through Cameras Richard Forno
2020/09/17 [iw] - Fwd: The Phish Scale: NIST’s New Tool Lets IT Staff See Why Users Click on Fraudulent Emails Richard Forno
2020/09/17 [iw] - C.D.C. Testing Guidance Was Published Against Scientists’ Objections Richard Forno
2020/09/17 [iw] - Moderna and Pfizer Reveal Secret Blueprints for Coronavirus Vaccine Trials Richard Forno
2020/09/17 [iw] - Fwd: F.B.I. Director Warns of Russian Interference and White Supremacist Violence Richard Forno
2020/09/17 [iw] - OT: Barr Defends Right to Intrude in Cases as He Sees Fit Richard Forno
2020/09/15 [iw] - “I Have Blood on My Hands”: A Whistleblower Says Facebook Ignored Global Political Manipulation Richard Forno
2020/09/14 [iw] - Ex-Google boss Eric Schmidt: US 'dropped the ball' on innovation Richard Forno
2020/09/14 [iw] - CBP seizure oopsie Richard Forno
2020/09/14 [iw] - China's 'hybrid war': Beijing's mass surveillance of Australia and the world for secrets and scandal Richard Forno
2020/09/12 [iw] - Exclusive: China would rather see TikTok U.S. close than a forced sale Richard Forno
2020/09/12 [iw] - OT: Trump officials interfered with CDC reports on Covid-19 Richard Forno
2020/09/10 [iw] - DHS Files Rule Proposing Increasing Scope of Biometric Information Collection Richard Forno
2020/09/10 [iw] - Russia, China and Iran launched cyberattacks on presidential campaigns, Microsoft says Richard Forno
2020/09/10 [iw] - The world's largest digital camera has taken the first 3, 200 megapixel photo Richard Forno
2020/09/10 [iw] - DHS whistleblower: WH loyalists interfered to downplay Russia election threat Richard Forno
2020/09/09 [iw] - If We're So Worried About TikTok, Why Aren't We Just As Worried About AdTech And Location Data Sales? Richard Forno
2020/09/09 [iw] - Fwd: Pillars of Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem: Excerpts Richard Forno
2020/09/09 [iw] - Fwd: Russia’s Disinformation and Propaganda Ecosystem Richard Forno
2020/09/09 [iw] - Former DIRNSA Keith Alexander has joined Amazon’s board of directors Richard Forno
2020/09/09 [iw] - Tweety's latest attack on Section 230 is really about censoring speech Richard Forno
2020/09/08 [iw] - Fwd: Most cyber-security reports only focus on the cool threats Richard Forno
2020/09/08 [iw] - Fwd: Information Warfare: Hackers Versus Bounty Hunters Richard Forno
2020/09/05 [iw] - DHS draft document: White supremacists are greatest terror threat Richard Forno
2020/09/04 [iw] - OT: The Pentagon has ordered Stars and Stripes to shut down for no good reason Richard Forno
2020/09/04 [iw] - Fwd: Surprise! Voting app maker roasted by computer boffins for poor security now begs US courts to limit flaw finding Richard Forno
2020/09/03 [iw] - U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal Richard Forno
2020/09/02 [iw] - Feds can’t ask Google for every phone in a 100-meter radius, court says Richard Forno
2020/09/02 [iw] - Google Wants to Remix News Radio Just for You Richard Forno
2020/09/02 [iw] - Microsoft Releases Deepfake Detection Tool Ahead of Election Richard Forno
2020/09/02 [iw] - DHS withheld July intelligence bulletin calling out Russian attack on Biden’s mental health Richard Forno
2020/09/01 [iw] - Fwd: Russians Again Targeting Americans With Disinformation, Facebook and Twitter Say Richard Forno
2020/09/01 [iw] - Barr tightens rules on surveillance of political candidates and advisers Richard Forno
2020/09/01 [iw] - Barr’s removal of career senior national security official, weeks before election, raises concerns Richard Forno
2020/09/01 [iw] - The Week QAnon Became Everyone’s Problem Richard Forno
2020/08/31 [iw] - ‘Starfleet’ amendment puts Space Force in a political bind Richard Forno