Laws and regulations

Pierluigi Paganini May 04, 2016
Author of the Gozi Banking Trojan ordered to pay $7 Million

The author of the Gozi Banking Trojan who spent about 3 years in jail has been ordered to pay $7 Million to cover damages he caused to banks. Nikita Kuzmin, a 28-year-old Russian national who created the notorious Gozi banking Trojan, has been sentenced to time served and ordered to pay nearly $7 million. Recently […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2016
Email Privacy Act – United States House Unanimously Passes Bill Demanding Warrants For e-mail, Cloud-based Data

Email Privacy act – House of Representatives sanctions a bill that demands authorities must obtain a court warrant before they could obtain email records. The United States House of Representatives on April 27, 2016, unanimously sanctions a bill which demands that U.S. authorities must obtain a court warrant before they could obtain e-mail records and data stored […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 03, 2016
WhatsApp blocked for more than 100 million users due to a Judge’s order

A Brazilian judge ordered to block access to the WhatsApp messaging service for 72 hours, it is the second time in five months. Brazilian authorities ordered ISPs to block WhatsApp today in a dispute over access to encrypted data. The order to block the messaging service for 72 hours has been issued by a judge from the […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2016
Governance rules give more cyber power to the Europol

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has approved new governance rules that give Europol new cyber powers to tackle down terrorists online. The Europol, the European Police Agency, gets new cyber powers to fight against terrorists online. The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee has approved new governance rules by a massive majority. The fight against […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 02, 2016
FISA Court approved each and every request made by the government in 2015

According to a Justice Department memo, the FISA ACT Court approved each and every request made by the government in 2015. According to a Justice Department memo, the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court approved each and every request made by the government in 2015. All of the 1,457 requests made last year […]

Pierluigi Paganini May 01, 2016
Doubts about a draft anti car hacking law

Doubts about a couple of draft anti car hacking laws, they could create serious problems with innocent drivers and cyber security experts. Car hacking is a scaring reality, modern vehicles use a huge quantity of connected components that could be easily compromised knowing the communication protocol used by principal vendors. The interest in car hacking gained […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2016
Employee Monitoring, a controversial topic

Employee monitoring is a complex and controversial topic that can often become the source of discontent between employers and their staff. It is not a secret that most employees have a negative opinion about modern monitoring practices, such as PC monitoring. It is often viewed as an invasion of privacy and employer overstepping their authority. […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 29, 2016
US Supreme court allows FBI hacking computers located worldwide

The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41 that allows judges issue search warrants for hack into computers located worldwide. The US Supreme Court has approved amendments to Rule 41, which now let U.S. judges issue search warrants for hacking into computers located also outside their jurisdiction. Under the original Rule 41, a […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 28, 2016
The Former Tor developer is the author of Torsploit used by the Feds

Matt Edman is the security expert and former employee of the Tor Project that helped the FBI to hack and de-anonymize Tor users developing the Torsploit. Matt Edman is the cyber security expert and former employee of the Tor Project that helped the FBI to hack and de-anonymize Tor users in several court cases, including the […]

Pierluigi Paganini April 24, 2016
Dutch police seize the Ennetcom encrypted communication network

The Dutch police in an international effort with Canadian authorities seized the Ennetcom encrypted communication network used by 19,000 users. Another success of the Dutch law enforcement against the cybercrime. The police arrested the owner of Ennetcom, a provider of encrypted communications with more than 19,000 customers. Prosecutors suspect he was using the business to manage […]