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Artem Stryzhak gets 70 months in prison for Hive and Nefilim ransomware attacks, while the FBI offers $11 million for his alleged co-conspirator.
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The EFF, ACLU and other civil liberties and trade groups have filed a friend-of-the-court brief in a sealed case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, arguing courts should curb government abuse of grand jury subpoenas aimed at unmasking social media users who criticize immigration enforcement. According to EFF Updates, the case involves a Homeland Security investigation of an anonymous Reddit user.
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A nonprofit service that protects internet users’ privacy is leaving France. Quad9, a free DNS resolver, has said it will reluctantly stop serving users in France on November 24.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation has commented on the "AdFection" malware campaign revealed by Citizen Lab, in which an ad network was used to deliver spyware to journalists' devices without requiring any clicks. The EFF warns the attack abuses behavioral advertising infrastructure and offers mitigation steps for all users.
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An EFF blog post says a large share of websites suddenly went down earlier this week in an incident tied to PHP, the language it says powers nearly 70% of websites, prompting talk of a 'vulnerability apocalypse.' The post argues the episode shows why the open source software underpinning the internet needs sustained funding.
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The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that computer security is set to deteriorate sharply, arguing that the high cost and expertise once required to find severe vulnerabilities are changing. The EFF's post urges readers to prepare and outlines steps they can take.
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Social media giant Meta was ordered to pay 25 billion in penalties by a New Mexico court on Wednesday as part of a data privacy lawsuit that sprang from the company's Cambridge Analytica data scandal, which came to light in 2018.
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INTERPOL on Thursday announced that a coordinated law enforcement action has disrupted 10,909 malicious networks and recovered more than $105 million in illicit funds. In tandem, the effort saw law enforcement agencies from 21 countries arrest 1,462 suspects.
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A federal court in New York has ruled that the US Office of Personnel Management violated the Privacy Act when it disclosed millions of federal employee records to DOGE agents, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The summary judgment found breaches of provisions on both inter-agency disclosure and record security.
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Exciting news for Safari users: Privacy Badger is now available on Safari for macOS! You’ll need Safari version 26.5 or higher to use it. Whether you want to protect yourself from data brokers or just don’t want Big Tech profiting off your browsing data, Privacy Badger is here to help.
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Free Tracker Blocker Used by Millions Will Protect Even More Users' Privacy SAN FRANCISCO—Privacy Badger, the award-winning tracker blocker made by the member-supported digital rights nonprofit Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), is now available for Safari on macOS.
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Policy & regulation
A cyber incident at a BAE Systems subsidiary just stopped every bankruptcy court in the US from sending notices, and the problem started a week ago.
Summary from source Source: Security Affairs · Fetched
Sources we could not reach today: 绿盟科技博客 (failed); BleepingComputer (blocked by the site); Schneier on Security (blocked by the site); The Record (expected-blocked); FreeBuf (not a feed)
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