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Krebs On Security

• Riding the State Unemployment Fraud ‘Wave’

  

  When a reliable method of scamming money out of people, companies or governments becomes widely known, underground forums and chat networks tend to light up with activity as more fraudsters pile on to claim their share. And that's exactly what appear…
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• Ukraine Nabs Suspect in 773M Password ‘Megabreach’

  

  In January 2019, dozens of media outlets raised the alarm about a new “megabreach” involving the release of some 773 million stolen usernames and passwords that was breathlessly labeled “the largest collection of stolen data in history.” A su…
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Naked Security

• The ransomware that attacks you from inside a virtual machine

  

  In a recent attack, Ragnar Locker ransomware was seen encrypting victim's files while shielded from security software inside a virtual machine.
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• Signal secure messaging can now identify you without a phone number

  

  Signal decouples its secure messaging service from your phone number - a bit.
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CSO Online

• How Abnormal Security combats business email compromise

  

  When looking at all the different ways that hackers can threaten networks and enterprises, flashy incidents like ransomware scams often come to mind. But a relatively new kind of attack called business email compromise (BEC) has taken the lead in bot…
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• BrandPost: Real Time Matters in Endpoint Protection

  

  Given the speed and potentially devastating impact of malware targeting your end users and devices (think ransomware these days), if your endpoint security isn’t able to react immediately, the fight is over – and you will have lost. Sodinbiki ran…
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CIO Online

• Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT

  

  With most workers scattered at home and trying to come up with their own ad-hoc IT workarounds, there’s an easy way for IT shops to build trust: communicate. (Insider Story)
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• The Internet of Things in 2020: More vital than ever

  

  Just when we needed it most, the internet of things is delivering gobs of data and remote device control across almost every industry, from healthcare to agriculture.
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Homeland Security Today

• Diving Out of the Depths – How Diving is Helping PTSD Sufferers
  As we approach Memorial Day, it is worth remembering that for many, conflict does not stop when they leave the battlefield, but stays with them internally and makes everyday life a battle.
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• U.K. Announces 14-Day Quarantine for All Arrivals from Overseas
  The British government has announced new measures to guard against a second wave of coronavirus infections, including a 14-day quarantine period for anyone entering the U.K.
  - 2 days ago 23 May 20, 12:26pm -

Graham Cluley Latest

• As hackers sell 8 million user records, Home Chef confirms data breach
  Meal kit and food delivery company Home Chef has confirmed that hackers breached its systems, making off with the personal information of customers.But only after a hacking group put the stolen data up for sale…Read more in my article on the Hot…
  - 3 days ago 22 May 20, 4:23pm -
• EasyJet’s breach notification email to customers – a closer look
  Let’s take a closer look at the email EasyJet is sending to customers affected by its recent security breach.Including a brief exploration of how EasyJet’s definition of “recent” might differ from yours or mine…
  - 3 days ago 22 May 20, 3:32pm -

Multi-State Information Sharing Center

• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox Could Allow for Remote Code Execution
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• Multiple Vulnerabilities in Google Chrome Could Allow for Remote Code Execution
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Network World

• COVID-19 pandemic ratchets up threats to medical IoT

  

  The mere fact of the COVID pandemic’s existence has pushed the American healthcare system to capacity, but another threat to that system has reared its ugly head – cyberattacks, particularly those based on ransomware, have become more common as t…
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• Amid the pandemic, using trust to fight shadow IT

  

  With most workers scattered at home and trying to come up with their own ad-hoc IT workarounds, there’s an easy way for IT shops to build trust: communicate. (Insider Story)
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Packet Storm Latest

• Plesk / myLittleAdmin ViewState .NET Deserialization
  This Metasploit module exploits a ViewState .NET deserialization vulnerability in web-based MS SQL Server management tool myLittleAdmin, for version 3.8 and likely older versions, due to hardcoded machineKey parameters in the web.config file for ASP.…
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• Synology DiskStation Manager smart.cgi Remote Command Execution
  This Metasploit module exploits a vulnerability found in Synology DiskStation Manager (DSM) versions prior to 5.2-5967-5, which allows the execution of arbitrary commands under root privileges after website authentication. The vulnerability is locate…
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NIST Latest in IT

• NISTs Network-of-Things Model Builds Foundation to Help Define the Internet of Things
  A new publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) provides a basic model aimed at helping researchers better understand the Internet of Things (IoT) and its security challenges.Credit: Natasha ...
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• Realizing the Potential of Quantum Information Science and Advancing High-Performance Computing
  The White House announced today a new report from the National Science and Technology Council on challenges, opportunities and the path forward in quantum information science, including a plan for high-performance computing.As described ...
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US- CERT Alerts

• AA20-133A: Top 10 Routinely Exploited Vulnerabilities
  Original release date: May 12, 2020<br/><h3>Summary</h3><p>The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the broader U.S. Government are providing this technical guidance to advise IT secu…
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• AA20-126A: APT Groups Target Healthcare and Essential Services
  Original release date: May 5, 2020<br/><h3>Summary</h3><p><strong>This is a joint alert from the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) and the United Kingdom’s National Cyber Sec…
  - 20 days ago 5 May 20, 12:58pm -

Cisco Security Alerts

• ISC BIND Subsequent RDATA Query Processing Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
  HP has released an additional security bulletin and updated software to address the ISC BIND subsequent RDATA query processing remote denial of service vulnerability.
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• Network Time Protocol decodenetnum() Function Denial of Service Vulnerability
  IBM has released a security advisory and fixes to address the Network Time Protocol decodenetnum() function denial of service vulnerability.
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Cisco Event Responses

• Cisco Event Response: May 2020 Cisco ASA, FMC, and FTD Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication
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• April 2020 Cisco Aironet AP, Mobility Express, and WLC Software Security Advisory Bundled Publication
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HIPPA Omnibus Rule

• Framework for Managing Identity in Healthcare Introduced

  

  H-ISAC Guidance Offers a Step-by-Step ApproachIn response to the growing threat of identity-centric cyberattacks in healthcare, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center has published a framework for managing identity for the full work lifec…
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• Hackers Tried to Exploit Zero-Day Flaw in Sophos Firewall

  

  Attackers Attempted to Plant Trojan, Ransomware By Exploiting VulnerabilityHackers tried two methods of exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Sophos' XG firewall, but Sophos says it made a temporary fix that mitigated the risks. Attackers originally…
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• Microsoft Warns of COVID-19 Phishing Emails Spreading RAT

  

  Malicious Messages Attempt to Install NetSupport Manager Tool on DevicesMicrosoft is warning Windows users about an ongoing "massive" COVID-19-themed phishing campaign that is attempting to install the NetSupport Manager on devices. Attackers can tur…
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• RagnarLocker Deploys a Virtual Machine to Hide Ransomware

  

  Ragnar Gang's Innovation: Installing Oracle VirtualBox Windows XP Virtual MachineAs ransomware gangs attempt to boost their illicit profits, the RagnarLocker ransomware gang has brought a new tactic to bear: installing a full virtual machine on victi…
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• HIPAA Omnibus Final Rule
  This package of regulations includes modifications to the HIPAA privacy, security, enforcement and breach notification rules, as required under the HITECH Act.
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• HITECH Act Stage 2 EHR Incentive Program Software Certification Final Rule
  This rule establishes criteria for electronic health records software that qualifies for Stage 2 of the HITECH Act Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. The program, part of the economic stimulus package, is providing billions of dollars in Med…
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• HITECH Act Stage 2 EHR Incentive Program Meaningful Use Final Rule
  This rule establishes criteria that hospitals and physicians must meet to qualify as "meaningful users" of electronic health records and receive further financial incentives in Stage 2 of the HITECH Act Electronic Health Record Incentive Program. The…
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• FDA: Unique Device Identification System
  This proposed rule from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would require unique identifiers on medical devices. While the rule aims to ease the collection and analysis of data about adverse health events and help detect counterfeit products, no pa…
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• Live Webinar | Cloud Security for a New World of Work
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• Live Webinar | Cyberthreats on the META Horizon: Threat Landscape in the New Reality
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• Live Webinar | Evolving API Security to Keep Pace with Financial Services
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• What You Don't Understand About Crypto Can Hurt You
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• Analysis: The Long-Term Implications of 'Work From Home'
  The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report features Retired General Keith Alexander, former NSA director, discussing the long-term security implications of the shift to working from home. Also: an update on ransomware gangs leaking data and an an…
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• Remote Workforce Security - the Long Game
  "Risk acceptance" was the operative term as organizations quickly deployed remote workforces in response to the global crisis. But now, as this deployment becomes a long-term option, enterprises need to take a future-focused view toward identity, clo…
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• Why Cyberthreats Tied to COVID-19 Could Hit Diverse Targets
  Besides hospitals and academic institutions, dozens of nonprofits, including nongovernmental organizations - or NGOs - around the world must protect their COVID-19 research and related activities from those seeking to steal data or disrupt their oper…
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• Analysis: Securing RDP to Prevent Ransomware Attacks
  The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report discusses securing RDP to prevent ransomware attacks. Also featured: A look at three likely scenarios for the COVID19 pandemic, and an analysis of why we're still using PINs for certain card payments.
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• Toll Group Data Leaked Following Second Ransomware Incident
  To Suffer One May Be Regarded As a Misfortune; To Suffer Two Looks Like CarelessnessAustralian shipping giant Toll Group recently suffered its second ransomware outbreak of the year, with Thomas Knudsen, the company's managing director, branding the…
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• Ransomware Reminder: Paying Ransoms Doesn't Pay
  Funding Criminals Perpetuates CybercrimeSecurity experts and law enforcement officials have long argued that paying ransoms doesn't pay. For starters, it directly funds the cybercrime ecosystem and makes it attractive for criminals to keep launching…
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• Why Are We So Stupid About RDP Passwords?
  Ransomware Gangs Keep Pwning Poorly Secured Remote Desktop Protocol EndpointsIn honor of World Password Day, here's a task for every organization that uses remote desktop protocol: Ensure that all of your organization's internet-facing RDP ports have…
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• Digital Contact-Tracing Apps Must Win Hearts and Minds
  We Need These Apps, But Some Nations' Security and Privacy Follies Don't Bode WellDespite the need to battle COVID-19, several nations' in-development digital contact-tracing apps are already dogged by security and privacy concerns. Whether enough us…
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Electronic Frontier Foundation | Deep Links

• Hearing Tuesday: EFF Urges California Lawmakers to Pass Fiber Broadband for All Bill To Ensure Full Internet Access For Everyone During the Pandemic and Beyond
  Over One Million Californians Lack Access to High-Speed BroadbandSacramento, California—On Tuesday, May 26, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) will ask California senators to approve a measure that will transition the state’s outdated commu…
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• EFF to Appeals Court: Reverse Legal Gotchas on Ordinary Internet Activities
  In the Internet age, copyright decisions can have enormous consequences for all kinds of activities, because almost everything we do on the Internet involves making copies. And when courts make a mistake, they may create all sorts of unexpected legal…
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• EFF to UN Expert on Racial Discrimination: Mass Border Surveillance Hurts Vulnerable Communities
  EFF submitted a letter to the United Nations’ Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance to testify to the negative impacts of mass surveillance on vulnerable communities at the U.S…
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• International Proposals for Warrantless Location Surveillance To Fight COVID-19
  Time and again, governments have used crises to expand their power, and often their intrusion into citizens’ lives. The COVID-19 pandemic has seen this pattern play out on a huge scale. From deploying drones or ankle monitors to enforce quarantine…
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• New Low for a Bad Patent: Patent Troll Sues Ventilator Company
  Patent trolls don’t care much about innovation. Their lawsuits and threats are attempts at rent-seeking; they’re demanding money from people who make, use, or sell technology just for doing what they were already doing—for crossing the proverbi…
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• No to California Bill on Verified Credentials of COVID-19 Test Results
  EFF opposes a California bill, A.B. 2004, that would authorize the issuers of COVID-19 test results to do so with digital verifiable credentials. This bill would take us a step towards national digital identification, create information security risk…
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• COVID-19 Patients’ Right to Privacy Against Quarantine Surveillance
  Governments around the world are using surveillance technologies to monitor whether COVID-19 patients are complying with instructions to quarantine at home. These include GPS ankle shackles, phone apps that track location, and phone apps that require…
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• California Prisons Block AI Researchers from Examining Parole Denials
  EFF Clients Want Access to Public Records on Race and Ethnicity in Parole HearingsSan Francisco - A team of researchers who want to develop a machine learning platform to help analyze and detect any patterns of bias in California parole-suitability d…
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• Facebook's Oversight Board: Who (and What) Is Missing From the Picture So Far
  We’ve been skeptical of Facebook’s Oversight Board from day one. We’ll follow closely and keep open minds, because we appreciate it is a first attempt at some semblance of much-needed governance and external review. But no amount of “oversigh…
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• Stopping the Google-Fitbit Merger: Your Stories Needed!
  There's a dirty secret in the incredible growth of Silicon Valley's tech giants: it's a cheat. Historically, US antitrust regulators would be deeply concerned about mergers with major competitors in concentrated markets ("mergers to monopoly") and ac…
  - 5 days ago 19 May 20, 10:44pm -
• Victory! German Mass Surveillance Abroad is Ruled Unconstitutional
  In a landmark decision, the German Constitutional Court has ruled that mass surveillance of telecommunications outside of Germany conducted on foreign nationals is unconstitutional. Thanks to the chief legal counsel, Gesellschaft für Freiheitsrechte…
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• Balanced Copyright Rules Can Help Save Lives During the COVID 19 Crisis
  Our friends and right to repair leaders at iFixit are can-do people. If they see a need they can fill, they step up to do it – even if that need is massive. And they’ve done precisely that with a new and user-friendly archive of repair informatio…
  - 6 days ago 19 May 20, 3:12pm -
• Security Expert Tadayoshi Kohno Joins EFF Advisory Board

  

  EFF is proud to announce a new addition to our crack advisory board: security expert and scholar Tadayoshi Kohno. A professor at University of Washington’s Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, Kohno is a researcher whose work…
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• The House Passed Legislation to Keep People Online Despite COVID-19, And the Senate Should Follow
  The just-passed HEROES Act is a massive relief package designed to alleviate the harm of a massive crisis. In it is the Emergency Broadband Benefit Program, which would make it easier for Americans affected by COVID-19 to stay connected to the Intern…
  - 6 days ago 18 May 20, 11:29pm -
• House Legislation Guarantees Internet Access for Those Affected by COVID-19
  The House of Representatives has introduced new COVID-19 emergency response legislation to address the largest public health and economic calamity the United States has faced in generations. Like the crisis it is meant to address, the bill is massive…
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• Governments Shouldn’t Use “Centralized” Proximity Tracking Technology
  Companies and governments across the world are building and deploying a dizzying number of systems and apps to fight COVID-19. Many groups have converged on using Bluetooth-assisted proximity tracking for the purpose of exposure notification. Even so…
  - 12 days ago 12 May 20, 10:10pm -
• Court Upholds Public Right of Access to Court Documents
  A core part of EFF’s mission is transparency and access to information, because we know that in a nation bound by the rule of law, the public must have the ability to know the law and how it is being applied. That’s why the default rule is that t…
  - 12 days ago 12 May 20, 6:43pm -
• The Santa Clara Principles During COVID-19: More Important Than Ever
  This blog post with co-authored with Spandana Singh of New America's Open Technology Institute, a Santa Clara Principles partner.As COVID-19 has spread around the world and online platforms have scrambled to adjust their operations and workforces to…
  - 14 days ago 11 May 20, 11:38am -
• Understandable But Nonetheless Troubling: Facebook's Ban On In-Person Events
  We're closely watching how Facebook enforces its newly-announced policy that limits speech by users who are organizing public protests. This policy is deserving of special attention since it effects free expression on two levels: the organization of…
  - 14 days ago 11 May 20, 11:30am -
• The Patent Office Is “Adjusting” to a Supreme Court Ruling by Ignoring It
  In 2014, the Supreme Court decided the landmark Alice v. CLS Bank case. The Court held generic computers, performing generic computer functions, can’t make something eligible for patent protection. That shouldn’t be controversial, but it took Ali…
  - 17 days ago 7 May 20, 8:08pm -
• Unix and Adversarial Interoperability: The ‘One Weird Antitrust Trick’ That Defined Computing
  The Unix operating system was created at Bell Labs in 1969. Today, it rules the world. Both Android and iOS are flavors of Unix. So is MacOS. So is GNU/Linux in all its flavors, like Ubuntu and Debian. So is Chrome OS. Virtually every "smart" gadget…
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• Second Paraguay Who Defends Your Data? Report: ISPs Still Have a Long Way Towards Public Commitments to Privacy and Transparency

  

  Keeping track of ISPs’ commitments to their users, today Paraguay’s leading digital rights organization TEDIC is launching its second edition of ¿Quién Defiende Tus Datos? (Who Defends Your Data?), a report in collaboration with EFF. Transparen…
  - 18 days ago 6 May 20, 6:40pm -
• Cryptoparty Ann Arbor: A Case Study in Grassroots Activism
  Grassroots activism, in its many forms, allows a community to mobilize around a shared set of ideals and creates an environment whereby participants can share information and resources to help facilitate the advancement of their common aims.The Elec…
  - 19 days ago 6 May 20, 3:27pm -
• Using Drones to Fight COVID-19 is the Slipperiest of All Slopes
  As governments search in vain for a technological silver bullet that will contain COVID-19 and allow people to safely leave their homes, officials are increasingly turning to drones. Some have floated using them to enforce social distancing, break up…
  - 19 days ago 5 May 20, 10:43pm -
• California’s Lawmakers Must Enact Privacy Rules to Advance COVID-19 Efforts
  EFF strongly backs calls, including from California Senate Judiciary Chair Hannah-Beth Jackson, for Governor Gavin Newsom to ensure that his response to this crisis respects Californians’ constitutional right to privacy. We urge the California legi…
  - 19 days ago 5 May 20, 8:27pm -
• Courts Issue Rulings in Two Cases Challenging Law Enforcement Searches of License Plate Databases
  This week, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion in United States v. Yang, a case challenging the search of an automated license plate reader database under the Fourth Amendment. Although the court, citing EFF’s amicus brief, recogni…
  - 19 days ago 5 May 20, 7:53pm -
• COVID-19 and Online Freedom for #GivingTuesdayNow
  On May 5, EFF is joining forces with other nonprofit groups and individuals everywhere for a global day of support called #GivingTuesdayNow. It's a direct response to the unprecedented community and societal needs created by COVID-19. We have been fo…
  - 20 days ago 5 May 20, 2:25pm -
• Catch Up On "At Home with EFF," and Join Us For Giving Tuesday Now!

  

  Back by popular demand, we're hosting a third At Home with EFF event tomorrow at 2 pm (PT)! In addition to our EFF all-stars, we'll be joined by special guests Şerife Wong, founder of Icarus Salon, and the magical Brad Barton (aka reality thief). As…
  - 20 days ago 4 May 20, 10:51pm -
• Recognizing World Press Freedom Day During COVID-19
  In the face of a global pandemic, there is an urgent need for reporting relating to the spread of the coronavirus and how governments are responding. But it is in times of crisis that the civil liberties we value most are put to the test—and that i…
  - 20 days ago 4 May 20, 7:02pm -
• .ORG Domain Registry Sale to Ethos Capital Rejected in Stunning Victory for Public Interest Internet
  ICANN Withholds Consent, Says Deal Lacked ‘Meaningful Plan to Protect’ .ORG CommunitySan Francisco—In an important victory for thousands of public interest groups around the world, a proposal to sell the .ORG domain registry to private equity f…
  - 24 days ago 1 May 20, 4:33pm -
• Victory! ICANN Rejects .ORG Sale to Private Equity Firm Ethos Capital
  In a stunning victory for nonprofits and NGOs around the world working in the public interest, ICANN today roundly rejected Ethos Capital’s plan to transform the .ORG domain registry into a heavily indebted for-profit entity. This is an important v…
  - 24 days ago 1 May 20, 5:46am -
• COVID-19 and Technology: Commonly Used Terms
  New technical proposals to track, contain, and fight COVID-19 are coming out nearly every day, and the distinction between public health strategies, technical approaches, and other terms can be confusing. On this page we attempt to define and disambi…
  - 24 days ago 30 Apr 20, 9:56pm -
• Frontier’s Bankruptcy Reveals Why Big ISPs Choose to Deny Fiber to So Much of America

  

  Even before it announced that it would seek Chapter 11 bankruptcy, Frontier had a well-deserved reputation for mismanagement and abusive conduct. In an industry that routinely enrages its customers, Frontier was the literal poster-child for underinve…
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• As Coronavirus Sweeps Through Jails and Prisons, Officials Crack Down on Inmate Speech
  Jails and prisons now account for many of the largest clusters of confirmed coronavirus cases in the United States. Two prisons in Ohio now have more than 1,500 cases each; nearly a thousand cases are connected to the Cook County jail in Chicago; and…
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• The Constitution Does Not Allow Courts to Silence Criticism of Local Police Departments
  EFF has filed an amicus brief urging the Tennessee Supreme Court to overturn a court order that would otherwise ban a victim from disclosing that she was subject to domestic violence or from speaking out about the police department’s handling of th…
  - 24 days ago 30 Apr 20, 7:26pm -
• The Dangers of COVID-19 Surveillance Proposals to the Future of Protest
  Many of the new surveillance powers now sought by the government to address the COVID-19 crisis would harm our First Amendment rights for years to come. People will be chilled and deterred from speaking out, protesting in public places, and associati…
  - 25 days ago 29 Apr 20, 8:43pm -
• The “Inventor Rights Act” is an Attack on True Invention
  Certain patent owners just can’t get enough of the monopoly power patents bestow. That’s why they keep trying to make it easier to get and sue over patents, despite Supreme Court rulings that point in the opposite direction.Their latest effort,…
  - 25 days ago 29 Apr 20, 5:55pm -
• Who’s A Patent Troll, and Who’s An Inventor?
  Two Congressmen recently introduced a bill that would create a special type of patent called an “Inventor-Owned Patent.” Having classified a group of “inventors,” the Inventor Rights Act (H.R. 5478) goes on to give them a long list of special…
  - 25 days ago 29 Apr 20, 5:52pm -
• Teleconference About .ORG Sale: Thursday, April 30, 9 am PT/12 pm ET: EFF and Partners Discuss Future of .ORG as ICANN Decision Nears
  Nonprofits Oppose Sale, Which Is Under Scrutiny by State Attorneys GeneralSan Francisco—The sale of the .ORG domain registry to private equity firm Ethos Capital threatens to bring censorship and higher operating costs to nonprofit organizations an…
  - 26 days ago 29 Apr 20, 4:15pm -
• Apple and Google’s COVID-19 Exposure Notification API: Questions and Answers

  

  Apple and Google are undertaking an unprecedented team effort to build a system for Androids and iPhones to interoperate in the name of technology-assisted COVID-19 contact tracing.The companies’ plan is part of a torrent of proposals to use Bluet…
  - 26 days ago 28 Apr 20, 10:41pm -
• Supreme Court Affirms That No One Owns the Law
  In a major victory for open government and fundamental due process, the Supreme Court ruled today that the annotations in a state’s official legal code—summaries of court decisions and other sources that explain the state’s laws—cannot be cop…
  - 27 days ago 27 Apr 20, 10:45pm -
• Not a Hoax: The Very Real Threat of Political 'Deepfakes' Laws
  “The coronavirus, this is their new hoax.” That’s what Donald Trump says—or at least appears to say—in a new political ad airing in states across the country.The ad, created by a Democratic super PAC, strings together audio from various Tr…
  - 27 days ago 27 Apr 20, 9:58pm -
• Hearing Tuesday: EFF, ACLU, and Cybersecurity Expert Ask Court to Unseal Ruling Denying DOJ Effort to Break Encryption
  Government Sought Facebook Messenger Voice CallsSeattle, Washington—On Tuesday, April 28, at 9 am, Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Stanford cybersecurity scholar Riana Pfefferkorn will ask a fede…
  - 28 days ago 27 Apr 20, 5:10pm -
• Judge Dismisses Twitter’s Lawsuit Over Its Rights to Publish Information About Government Surveillance Orders
  A federal judge dismissed Twitter’s long-pending lawsuit last week over its right to share information about secret government surveillance orders for its users’ information. We hope that Twitter will continue its fight for transparency by appeal…
  - 31 days ago 23 Apr 20, 9:32pm -
• EFF Testifies Today on Law Enforcement Use of Face Recognition Before Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice
  The Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice invited EFF to testify on law enforcement use of face recognition. The Commission, which was established via Executive Order and convened by Attorney General William Ba…
  - 32 days ago 22 Apr 20, 9:13pm -
• Copyright and Crisis: Filters Are Not the Answer
  It’s been a joke for years now, from the days when Facebook was just a website where you said you were eating a sandwich and Instagram was just where you posted photos of said sandwich, but, right now, we really are living our everyday lives online…
  - 33 days ago 21 Apr 20, 10:19pm -
• Technical Deep-Dive: Winding Down the STARTTLS Policy List
  This is a technical guide for administrators affected by the STARTTLS Everywhere project. Check out our overview post of the project!The STARTTLS policy list started off as a mechanism for mailservers to learn TLS information about other servers fro…
  - 34 days ago 21 Apr 20, 2:42pm -
• Winding Down the STARTTLS Everywhere Project, and the Future of Secure Email
  This is an overview of the STARTTLS Everywhere project. If your mailserver is affected by these changes, check out our technical deep-dive to securing your mailserver!EFF started our STARTTLS Everywhere project in 2014, in a post-Snowden moment when…
  - 34 days ago 21 Apr 20, 2:41pm -
• ICYMI: Watch "At Home With EFF," A Virtual Discussion of COVID-19 and Digital Rights

  

  We're excited to announce our next virtual At Home With EFF event this Wednesday at noon (PT), with special guests Jeff Deutch of Syrian Archive and Mahsa Alimardani of Article 19. Join us for a conversation on content moderation, and the explos…
  - 34 days ago 20 Apr 20, 11:36pm -
• EFF, Other Nonprofits, and California’s Attorney General Tell ICANN To Stop The Private Equity Takeover of .ORG
  Update 4/20: ICANN has postponed its decision about the sale of .ORG until May 4thICANN, the organization at the top of the Internet’s domain name system, may be close to deciding whether the takeover of the .ORG domain registry by a private equit…
  - 38 days ago 16 Apr 20, 7:59pm -

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