Google updated its Transparency Report, reporting a record number of government requests for data, and that it received at least one National Security Letter during the second half of 2015.
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss this week’s Virus Bulletin conference in Denver and CNBC’s Cambridge Cyber Summit at MIT, the NSA contractor arrest, APT false flags, and more.
Mac security researcher Patrick Wardle released a tool called OverSight that monitors when malware may be recording a webcam or audio session on a macOS machine.
Cindy Cohn, the EFF’s Executive Director, called the NSA’s support of strong encryption disingenuous during a cybersecurity conference panel Wednesday.
Open Whisper Systems, the group behind Signal, was served with a subpoena earlier this year but was unable to produce most of the data it was asked for.