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There is no relief in sight for combating new strains of ransomware. One new ransomware, dubbed the Spider virus, was discovered by researchers at Netskope on December 10, 2017, and continues to attack victims to date.

To implement the Spider Virus, attackers send malicious emails containing a Microsoft Office attachment that includes macros to potential…

In a precedential ruling, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals this week upheld a lower court’s ruling holding a criminal defendant in contempt for refusing to decrypt two external hard drives that were seized during a child pornography investigation.

During the investigation, the government seized the defendants’ property, including two iPhones, a MacBook Pro and…

“Going Dark” refers to law enforcement’s lack of technical ability to intercept and access communications and information. In response, the Department of Justice (DOJ) is using a law from the 1700s, the All Writs Act, which grants courts the power to issue “necessary or appropriate” writs to force cellphone manufacturers to assist it in extracting…