Constitutional Court Declares Austrian Hacking Law Unconstitutional Drew Wilson | December 26, 2019 An Austrian law that allowed police to upload malicious software to targets computers has been declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court.
Anti-Virus and Digital Rights Organizations Team Up to Fight Stalkerware Drew Wilson | November 20, 2019 Anti-Virus companies and Digital Rights Organizations are teaming up to form a coalition. That coalition is to take on stalkerware.
WhatsApp Sues Company It Accuses of Selling Malware Drew Wilson | November 7, 2019 WhatsApp is taking what some are calling an “unprecedented” step. They are suing a company for making and selling malware used to spy on activists and journalists.
PageUp Hit With Data Breach – Over 2 Million Users Affected Drew Wilson | June 7, 2018 Another day, another data breach. This time, employee application site PageUp is the latest victim with a breach that is at least 2 million users big.
Poisoned BitTorrent Client Blamed for Spread of Malware Drew Wilson | March 19, 2018 Microsoft says nearly 400,000 devices could have been infected with unauthorized Bitcoin mining due to an update of MediaGet.
WannaCry Ransomware Is Self-Inflicted and Entirely Predictable Drew Wilson | May 19, 2017 As the situation regarding the WannaCry ransomware evolves, the security nightmare should be raising some important questions.
Opinion: Why Malware as an Anti-Piracy Method is Doomed to Fail Drew Wilson | June 4, 2013 By Drew Wilson Late last month, a report by the IP Commission caused a stir amongst advocates. Among the recommendations was the call to hack into an alleged copyright infringer’s computer and either delete infringing material, lock down the computer altogether, or physically destroy the computer entirely. Drew Wilson offers his thoughts on the subject …
Hadopi Mulling Mandatory Spyware to Help Enforce Three Strikes Law Drew Wilson | August 5, 2010 Many questions have been raised on how HADOPI planned on enforcing a three strikes law. One particular question that really raises doubts on the possibility of enforcement is how to guard against false accusation. One idea being floated right now is forcing users to install spyware that can do real-time observations of what internet protocols …
The Latest Threat to File-Sharing – Pictures of Squid-Octopus? Drew Wilson | August 5, 2010 In what has to be one of the strangest file-sharing stories seen in a long time, a Japanese virus writer said he wanted to punish file-sharing users by uploading viruses onto their computers which would change the icons of files to pictures of the “squid-octopus”. The writer was arrested for violating probation.
French Cybercrime Expert Discusses Loppsi 2 Legislation Drew Wilson | June 7, 2009 It’s been one of the more heated debates surrounding technology in France today. The Loppsi 2 law proposal which would allow the French government to censor websites and allow police to upload key loggers and trojans onto people’s computers without their consent has been a heavily debated piece of legislation and now a cybercrime expert, …
