Tag: law
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Can a Cardiac Pacemaker Help Find a Missing Person?
Medical Device Cyber Experts Explain Data, Signal Constraints. As law enforcement investigate the abduction of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, medical device cyber experts cast doubt on whether her pacemaker might lead authorities to find her location, even as one researcher suggested the medical device may unwittingly transmit certain signals. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Who’s Liable When Embedded AI Goes Wrong?
Privacy Expert Chiara Rustici on Laws Governing Autonomous Robots, Embedded AI. As embedded AI moves from labs into real environments, organizations face growing liability risks. From border patrol robots to healthcare automation, leaders must understand how AI governance, product liability, data protection and security laws apply, said Chief Privacy Officer Chiara Rustici. First seen on…
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Alleged 764 member arrested, charged with CSAM possession in New York
Tags: lawAuthorities have arrested multiple members of 764 during the past year, reflecting heightened law enforcement activity targeting the violent extremist collective. First seen on cyberscoop.com Jump to article: cyberscoop.com/764-member-arrested-charged-csam-new-york/
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China-linked Amaranth-Dragon hackers target Southeast Asian governments in 2025
China-linked hackers tracked as Amaranth-Dragon targeted government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia in 2025. CheckPoint says China-linked threat actors, tracked as Amaranth-Dragon, carried out cyber-espionage campaigns in 2025 targeting government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia. The activity is linked to the APT41 ecosystem and affected countries including Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, and…
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Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Vulnerability for Persistent Access to Victim Systems
A new cyber-espionage threat group dubbedAmaranth-Dragon. Active throughout 2025, this group has launched highly targeted attacks against government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia. Evidence links Amaranth-Dragon to APT-41, a notorious Chinese state-sponsored hacking group, due to shared tools and operational time zones (UTC+8). The group creates attack campaigns based on local geopolitical events, such…
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Cybersecurity planning keeps moving toward wholesociety models
National governments already run cybersecurity through a mix of ministries, regulators, law enforcement, and private operators that own most critical systems. In that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/cybersecurity-planning-national-cybersecurity-strategy/
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Cybersecurity planning keeps moving toward wholesociety models
National governments already run cybersecurity through a mix of ministries, regulators, law enforcement, and private operators that own most critical systems. In that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/cybersecurity-planning-national-cybersecurity-strategy/
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Cybersecurity planning keeps moving toward wholesociety models
National governments already run cybersecurity through a mix of ministries, regulators, law enforcement, and private operators that own most critical systems. In that … First seen on helpnetsecurity.com Jump to article: www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/02/05/cybersecurity-planning-national-cybersecurity-strategy/
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China-Linked Amaranth-Dragon Exploits WinRAR Flaw in Espionage Campaigns
Threat actors affiliated with China have been attributed to a fresh set of cyber espionage campaigns targeting government and law enforcement agencies across Southeast Asia throughout 2025.Check Point Research is tracking the previously undocumented activity cluster under the moniker Amaranth-Dragon, which it said shares links to the APT 41 ecosystem. Targeted countries include Cambodia, First…
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New Amaranth Dragon cyberespionage group exploits WinRAR flaw
Tags: attack, china, cyberespionage, espionage, exploit, flaw, government, group, law, threat, vulnerabilityA new threat actor called Amaranth Dragon, linked to APT41 state-sponsored Chinese operations, exploited the CVE-2025-8088 vulnerability in WinRAR in espionage attacks on government and law enforcement agencies. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-amaranth-dragon-cyberespionage-group-exploits-winrar-flaw/
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How Data Brokers Can Fuel Violence Against Public Servants
A new report from the Public Service Alliance finds state privacy laws offer public servants few ways to protect their private data, even as threats against them are on the rise. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/how-data-brokers-can-fuel-violence-against-public-servants/
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Drone sightings have doubled near UK military bases, warns British government
The surge in sightings has prompted the government to expand the powers available to service personnel to deal with the threat from uncrewed aerial vehicles without having to first involve law enforcement. First seen on therecord.media Jump to article: therecord.media/military-drone-sightings-double-uk-government
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BreachForums Breach Exposes Names of 324K Cybercriminals, Upends the Threat Intel Game
The BreachForums marketplace has suffered a leak, exposing the identities of nearly 324,000 cybercriminals. This incident highlights a critical shift in cyberattacks, creating opportunities for law enforcement while demonstrating the risks associated with breaches in the cybercriminal ecosystem. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/02/breachforums-breach-exposes-names-of-324k-cybercriminals-upends-the-threat-intel-game/
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The Case for a Ransom Payment Ban and When It Might Happen
Britain will likely ban at least some types of ransom payments as it revamps the nation’s cybersecurity laws, but many open questions remain, including sectors and the organizational sizes to be covered, and if all payments might be required to pass sanctions checks, said policy expert Jen Ellis. First seen on govinfosecurity.com Jump to article:…
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Operation Switch Off dismantles major pirate TV streaming services
The latest phase of the global law enforcement action resulted in seizing three industrial-scale illegal IPTV services. First seen on bleepingcomputer.com Jump to article: www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/operation-switch-off-dismantles-major-pirate-tv-streaming-services/
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Badges, Bytes and Blackmail
Behind the scenes of law enforcement in cyber: what do we know about caught cybercriminals? What brought them in, where do they come from and what was their function in the crimescape?Introduction: One view on the scattered fight against cybercrimeThe growing sophistication and diversification of cybercrime have compelled law enforcement agencies worldwide to respond through…
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Cybersecurity Experts Arrested During Courthouse Pen Test Reach $600K Settlement
Two cybersecurity experts arrested during a sanctioned security assessment at the Dallas County Courthouse have reached a $600,000 settlement with Dallas County, Iowa, and its former sheriff, closing a legal dispute that lasted more than five years. The case has become a reference point in discussions around how law enforcement and public institutions handle legitimate cybersecurity operations. First seen on thecyberexpress.com…
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NSA pick champions foreign spying law as nomination advances
The testimony by Army Lt. Gen. Joshua Rudd about the importance of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) could put him at loggerheads with the commander-in-chief and other national security officials, such as Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard, who has disparaged the foreign-spying power in the past. First seen on therecord.media…
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If you don’t control your keys, you don’t control your data
A recent Forbes investigation revealed that Microsoft has allegedly been handing over Bitlocker encryption recovery keys to law enforcement when served with warrants. Microsoft says it receives about 20 such requests annually. Taken narrowly, this may appear to be a routine case of lawful compliance. On closer inspection, it raises a consequential question about how…
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Botnet Spotlight: Pressure rises on botnets, but the fight is far from over
Momentum is building in the fight against botnets, as network operators and law enforcement ramp up crackdowns on botnet infrastructure, malware, and bulletproof hosting providers. While major takedowns show progress, cybercriminals are still adapting, learn more in this latest edition of the Botnet Spotlight. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/botnet-spotlight-pressure-rises-on-botnets-but-the-fight-is-far-from-over/
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High Court to grill London cops over live facial recognition creep
Tags: lawVictim and Big Brother Watch will argue the Met’s policies are incompatible with human rights law First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/27/high_court_lfr/
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He Who Controls the Key Controls the World Microsoft “Often” Provides BitLocker Keys to Law Enforcement
Encryption doesn’t guarantee privacy”, key ownership does. This article explains how cloud-stored encryption keys let third parties unlock your data, exposing the hidden risks behind “secure” services like BitLocker and Gmail. First seen on securityboulevard.com Jump to article: securityboulevard.com/2026/01/he-who-controls-the-key-controls-the-world-microsoft-often-provides-bitlocker-keys-to-law-enforcement/
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Microsoft handed over BitLocker keys to law enforcement, raising enterprise data control concerns
Tags: access, authentication, backup, breach, business, china, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, data, endpoint, governance, government, group, india, infrastructure, law, mfa, microsoft, risk, service, technologyWhere most enterprises go wrong: Enterprises using BitLocker should treat the recovery keys as highly sensitive, and avoid default cloud backup unless there is a clear business requirement and the associated risks are well understood and mitigated.The safest configuration is to redirect those keys to on-premises Active Directory or a controlled enterprise key vault. Even…
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Microsoft handed over BitLocker keys to law enforcement, raising enterprise data control concerns
Tags: access, authentication, backup, breach, business, china, cloud, control, corporate, credentials, data, endpoint, governance, government, group, india, infrastructure, law, mfa, microsoft, risk, service, technologyWhere most enterprises go wrong: Enterprises using BitLocker should treat the recovery keys as highly sensitive, and avoid default cloud backup unless there is a clear business requirement and the associated risks are well understood and mitigated.The safest configuration is to redirect those keys to on-premises Active Directory or a controlled enterprise key vault. Even…
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Law Firm Investigates Coupang Security Failures Ahead of Class Action Deadline
The US law firm Hagens Berman will lead a class action lawsuit against Coupang over security failures that led to a June 2025 data breach First seen on infosecurity-magazine.com Jump to article: www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/law-firm-coupang-security-failures/
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Bill Gates-backed startup aims to revive Moore’s Law with optical transistors
Neurophos is developing a massive optical systolic array clocked at 56GHz good for 470 petaFLOPS of FP4 compute First seen on theregister.com Jump to article: www.theregister.com/2026/01/24/neurophos_hopes_to_revive_moores_law/
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ICE Asks Companies About ‘Ad Tech and Big Data’ Tools It Could Use in Investigations
A new federal filing from ICE demonstrates how commercial tools are increasingly being considered by the government for law enforcement and surveillance. First seen on wired.com Jump to article: www.wired.com/story/ice-asks-companies-about-ad-tech-and-big-data-tools/
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Microsoft Shared BitLocker Recovery Keys with the FBI to Unlock Encrypted Laptop Data
Microsoft has confirmed that it provided BitLocker encryption recovery keys to the FBI following a valid search warrant, marking the first publicly known case of the technology giant sharing encryption keys with law enforcement. The disclosure occurred after federal investigators in Guam requested access to three encrypted laptops believed to contain evidence of fraud in…
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US punts renewal of threat data sharing law to September
US lawmakers have extended the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act of 2015 for another nine months, buying time to enact a replacement for the legislation. First seen on computerweekly.com Jump to article: www.computerweekly.com/news/366637737/US-punts-renewal-of-threat-data-sharing-law-to-September
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Ransomware gang’s slip-up led to data recovery for 12 US firms
Tags: access, attack, backup, breach, business, citrix, cloud, corporate, cyber, data, data-breach, detection, encryption, endpoint, exploit, finance, group, incident response, infosec, infrastructure, law, linux, network, phishing, powershell, ransom, ransomware, risk, software, spear-phishing, sql, threat, tool, veeam, vulnerabilityscrutinize and audit your backups. If you have a regular backup schedule, is there unexpected or unexplained activity? Von Ramin Mapp notes that crooks are known to time data exfiltration to match corporate off-site backups as a way to hide their work;monitor for encrypted data leaving your environments and see where it goes. Does this…