October 17, 2017
Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics
Pending U.S. legislation could force manufacturers to make repair parts and information available at fair prices Source: Why We Must Fight for the Right to Repair Our Electronics
October 16, 2017
Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm? — Krebs on Security
Source: Reaper: Calm Before the IoT Security Storm? — Krebs on Security
FBI Director Christopher Wray says federal agents haven’t been able to retrieve data from more than half of the mobile devices they’ve tried to access in a year. Source: FBI couldn’t access nearly 7K devices because of encryption | Fox Business
With the release of Windows 10 Fall Creators Update last week, the “Controlled Folder Access” that Microsoft touted in June is now live for millions of users. Source: Windows 10’s “Controlled Folder Access” Anti-Ransomware Feature Is Now Live
October 13, 2017
A Gigantic IoT Botnet Has Grown in the Shadows in the Past Month
Since mid-September, a new IoT botnet has grown to massive proportions. Codenamed IoT_reaper (Reaper for this article), researchers estimate its current size at nearly two million infected devices. Source: A Gigantic IoT Botnet Has Grown in the Shadows in the Past Month