The roots of the current standoff between Apple Inc. and the Federal Bureau of Investigation reach back to 2008…
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FBI director confirms hack only works on older iPhones that lack Apple’s Secure Enclave
FBI Director James Comey said Wednesday that the government had purchased…
FBI briefs U.S. Senators on how San Bernardino iPhone was hacked
The FBI isn’t keeping its new iPhone attack secret from everyone…
U.S. government’s multi-million dollar mobile forensics shopping spree revealed
The FBI, the DOJ, and numerous other U.S. government agencies have been buying mobile forensics and smart phone hacking tools…
FBI keeping mum on what it found on government-issued iPhone of San Bernardino terrorist
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is still analyzing data on the iPhone used by a San Bernardino, Calif…
Apple confident they’ll find and patch iPhone hack purchased by FBI
The FBI’s method for breaking into a locked iPhone 5c is unlikely to stay secret for long…
FBI vs. Apple: ‘Unduly burdensome’
You might well be asking yourself, if the FBI withdrew its challenge against Apple, then why…
Apple shoots for the impossible: An unbreakable iPhone
Apple is pushing hard to make its phones more secure, but the quest for perfect security will never be met…
Inside the little-known Japanese firm helping the FBI crack Apple iPhones
The little-known Japanese company at the center of a legal tussle between Apple Inc. and the U.S. government…
FBI tests technique’s ability to unlock more iPhone models, iOS versions
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is testing the method used to crack a terrorist’s iPhone to see how many other versions of the device it could open…
ACLU: U.S. government forced Google and Apple to unlock 63 devices
The government insisted that its effort to force Apple to help break into an iPhone…
FBI agrees to unlock iPhone, iPod in Arkansas homicide case
The FBI agreed Wednesday to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging…
FBI’s method of unlocking iPhone may never be revealed to Apple
The FBI may be allowed to withhold information about how it broke into an iPhone belonging to the county employing Islamic terrorist…
Who really won and lost in the Apple vs. FBI showdown
One of the more compelling institutional cage-matches in the last few years…
Another Apple software update failure
A while back, an Apple executive, in response to a question about declining software quality…
Unlocked iPhone worthless after FBI spills glass of water on it
Moments after successfully unlocking the San Bernardino iPhone, the F.B.I. rendered…
Apple could use Brooklyn case to pursue details about FBI’s San Bernardino iPhone hack
If the U.S. Department of Justice asks a New York court to force Apple Inc to unlock an iPhone…
Apple’s new challenge: Learning how the U.S. cracked terrorist’s iPhone
Now that the United States government has cracked open an iPhone that belonged to a gunman in the San Bernardino Islamic terrorism attack…
Did the FBI just unleash a hacker army on Apple?
In the end, the FBI didn’t need Apple’s help to extract information from a dead terrorist’s iPhone…
Apple declares victory in battle with FBI, but the war continues
Apple has declared victory in its battle against the FBI, after the government announced…
With another Apple failure, it’s time to forget about hardware
Last week we didn’t see Apple’s thinnest products ever, but its thinnest event ever…
Can Apple get things back under control?
Easter hasn’t been a happy holiday for Apple as a bug-laden software upgrade means users will think twice…
Apple vows to increase security as FBI claims to break into terrorist’s iPhone
Apple has vowed to increase the security of its products after the FBI bypassed the security…
Here’s how much the FBI is paying Cellebrite for its iPhone hack
For the time being, Apple’s legal battle with the FBI appears to be on hold…
Meet Cellebrite, the Israeli company reportedly cracking iPhones for the FBI
On Monday, a much anticipated hearing in the case between Apple and the FBI over access to a dead terrorism suspect’s iPhone…
Apple VP: It’s so disappointing that the U.S. government wants us to sell less-secure technologies
As the head of software engineering at Apple, I think nothing is more important than the safety of all of our customers…
Apple Pay is coming to U.S. government agencies in September
U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in Silicon Valley bearing gifts for Tim Cook…
WikiLeaks demands answers after Google hands staff emails to US government
Google took almost three years to disclose to the open information group WikiLeaks…
Morgan Stanley paying $4 million to SEC over unauthorized purchase of $525 million in Apple stock
Morgan Stanley has agreed to pay $4 million to settle federal charges…
The FBI will not have to bug your living room; you will do it yourself
I’ve long felt the Internet of Things would be a tricky sell…
Russian hackers infiltrated Nasdaq stock exchange – report
In October 2010, a Federal Bureau of Investigation system monitoring U.S. Internet traffic picked up an alert…
FBI, SEC probe trading of Carl Icahn, Phil Mickelson, Billy Walters
Federal investigators are pursuing a major insider-trading probe…
Russian government officials dump Apple iPads for Samsung tablets to ensure ‘tighter security’
Russian government officials have swapped their iPads for Samsung tablets…
US sues Sprint for overbilling wiretap expenses
Federal officials filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that Sprint…
Research shows how Mac webcams can spy on their users without warning light
The woman was shocked when she received two nude photos of herself by e-mail…
Ex-official: FBI can secretly activate an individual’s webcam without indicator light
The most powerful FBI surveillance software can covertly download…
Rogue trader gets 30 months in prison for $1 billion Apple stock scheme
A former trader was sentenced to 2 1/2 years in prison on Tuesday…
FBI warns of widespread U.S. government network breaches by Anonymous hackers
Anonymous have secretly accessed U.S. government computers in multiple agencies and stolen sensitive information…
Apple reiterates: iMessage is not architected to allow us to read messages
Touting its commitment to user privacy in the wake of the NSA surveillance…
First case of Android Trojan spreading via mobile botnets discovered
Isn’t that special?
U.S. DHS, FBI warn of malware threats to Android mobile devices
In an unclassified roll call release for police, fire, ems, and security personnel…
Edward Snowden seen as whistle-blower by majority of U.S. registered voters
The view of Snowden as a whistle-blower rather than traitor predominated among almost every group…
