In the wake of the tragic events in Paris last week encryption has continued to be a useful bogeyman for those with a voracious appetite for surveillance expansion. Link: After Endless Demonization Of Encryption, Police Find Paris Attackers Coordinated Via Unencrypted SMS
VirusTotal, the most widely used online file-scanning service, is now executing suspicious Mac apps submitted by users inside a sandbox to generate information that could improve the analysis and detection of Mac malware. Link: Google-owned VirusTotal starts analyzing Mac malware in a sandbox
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A new report from the Manhattan District Attorney calls for law requiring “any designer of an operating system for a smartphone or tablet manufactured, leased, or sold in the U.S. to ensure that data on its devices is accessible pursuant to a search warrant. Link: Manhattan DA calls for backdoors in all mobile operating systems
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The year is 2015 and a threat actor is using the defunct Blackhole exploit kit in active drive-by download campaigns via compromised websites. We noticed Java and PDF exploits collected by our honeypot which we haven’t seen in ages. Link: Blast from the Past: Blackhole Exploit Kit Resurfaces in Live Attacks
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Since terrorists struck Paris last Friday night, the debate over whether encryption prevents intelligence services from stopping attacks has reignited. Link: Metadata Surveillance Didn’t Stop the Paris Attacks
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