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When good-faith hacking gets people arrested, with Harley Geiger: Lock and Code S03E14

July 4, 2022 0 Comments CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Department of Justice, good-faith hacking, Hacking, lock and code, lock and code podcast, Podcast, security research, supreme court, white hat, white hat hackers, white hat hacking

Credit to Author: Malwarebytes Labs| Date: Mon, 04 Jul 2022 19:51:26 +0000

This week on Lock and Code, we discuss the various laws that can be violated when good-faith hacking reveals security flaws.

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What Counts as “Good Faith Security Research?”

June 3, 2022 0 Comments A Little Sunshine, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Department of Justice, deputy attorney general lisa o. monaco, digital millennium copyright act, good faith security research, orin kerr, university of california berkley, van buren v. united states

Credit to Author: BrianKrebs| Date: Fri, 03 Jun 2022 19:33:03 +0000

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently revised its policy on charging violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), a 1986 law that remains the primary statute by which federal prosecutors pursue cybercrime cases. The new guidelines state that prosecutors should avoid charging security researchers who operate in “good faith” when finding and reporting vulnerabilities. But legal experts continue to advise researchers to proceed with caution, noting the new guidelines can’t be used as a defense in court, nor are they any kind of shield against civil prosecution.

Security Sophos

Ubisoft sues DDoS-for-hire operators for ruining game play

January 22, 2020 0 Comments 2-factor Authentication, booter sites, booters, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, DDoS, DDoS-for-hire, Denial of Service, Gaming, Law & order, lawsuit, online gaming, penetration testing, r6s, rainbow six siege, security threats, ubisoft

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 11:39:14 +0000

The network of sites and services run by the alleged operators target the Rainbow Six Siege game, selling attacks to cheating players.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/RCiMuJPJaio” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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Stalkerware’s legal enforcement problem

November 18, 2019 0 Comments al franken, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, cyberstalk, cyberstalking, Department of Justice, district attorney, domestic abuse, domestic abuse survivor, domestic abuse survivors, domestic violenc, FBI, federal wiretap act, franken, FTC, jackie's law, mobilespy, National Network to End Domestic Violence, nnedv, nso group, online harassment, operation safe horizon, phonesheriff, senator al franken, Stalkerware, stalking, StealthGenie, TeenSafe, us attorney, US Federal Trade Commission, whatsapp, wiretap

Credit to Author: David Ruiz| Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 15:47:58 +0000

Those who install stalkerware with the intent to monitor, control, harass, or otherwise abuse their victims typically get away with it, avoiding legal penalty even if there’s plenty of evidence to suggest their guilt.

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Security Sophos

LinkedIn can’t block public profile data scraping, court rules

September 11, 2019 0 Comments CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, data scraping, DCMA, hiQ, hiQ Labs, keeper, Law & order, LinkedIn, scraping, Skills Mapper, Social networks

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Wed, 11 Sep 2019 10:48:41 +0000

The long-awaited decision found that automated scraping of publicly accessible data likely doesn’t violate the CFAA.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/UVANipcvTu0″ height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>

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More than 2m AT&T phones illegally unlocked by bribed insiders

August 8, 2019 0 Comments AT&T, bug bounties, CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, hackerone, insider threats, Law & order, malware, Mobile, Muhammad Fahd, phone unlocking, unlocked phones, wire fraud

Credit to Author: Lisa Vaas| Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2019 12:28:54 +0000

The alleged, now indicted ringleader paid more than $1m in bribes to insiders who planted malware and hardware for remote unlocking.<img src=”http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nakedsecurity/~4/5KmgBCGFT2U” height=”1″ width=”1″ alt=””/>