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One of Bloomberg’s sources told them Chinese spy chip story ‘didn’t make sense’
One of the named sources – a security researcher who seemingly backed the claims – has said that his comment was taken out of context…
Apple suppliers took an $18 billion stock hit after Bloomberg’s disputed China hacking report
Apple is a $1 trillion company, and its hardware supply chain amounts to another trillion…
UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack denials
Britain’s national cyber security agency said on Friday it had no reason to doubt the assessments made by Apple…
Apple official statement: What Bloomberg Businessweek got wrong about Apple
Apple today released the following statement…
Apple strongly disputes Bloomberg BusinessWeek report that Chinese ‘spy’ chips were found in iCloud servers
Data center equipment run by Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Apple may have been subject to surveillance…
Apple, other tech giants denounce proposed Australian law seeking encryption ‘backdoor’
Four global tech giants – Facebook, Apple, Alphabet and Amazon – will oppose an Australian law…
More proof that iPhone backdoors are a stupid idea: Massive cache of law enforcement personnel data leaks
A data breach at a federally funded active shooter training center has exposed the personal data of thousands of US law enforcement officials…
Apple highlights user privacy as Facebook exec steps down
Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook takes every opportunity to highlight his company’s commitment to privacy…
Bipartisan ‘Secure Data Act’ would make it illegal for U.S. government to demand backdoors
A new bill introduced in Congress gets encryption right…
Bill Gates thinks Apple should unlock iPhones at the government’s request
In an interview with Axios, Bill Gates warned Apple and other tech giants that they risk the kind of nightmarish government…
FBI forensic expert blasts Apple ‘jerks’ for encrypting iPhones
Ever since Apple made encryption default on the iPhone, the FBI has been waging a war against encryption…
FBI Director Wray calls inability to access electronic devices an ‘urgent public safety issue’
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is increasingly unable to access data from some electronic devices…
Russian hacker gang robbed Russian banks with over one million hacked Android phones
On Monday, Russian officials announced a successful series of raids against a hacking gang…
36 widely-used Android devices ship with malware preinstalled
The Check Point Mobile Threat Prevention has recently detected a severe infection in 36 Android devices…
iPhone hardened to handle military-grade secrets in UK; Android and Samsung deemed insufficient in security
Describing Apple’s iPhone 7 as the ‘device of choice’ for the UK Ministry of Defence…
New Apple Report suggests governments everywhere are demanding customer data
Apple has published the latest edition of its biannual report on Government Information Requests…
The cost of free: More than one million Google Android devices hit by malware
More than one million Google accounts have been breached by malware that infiltrated older Android devices…
President Trump’s attorney general pick Jeff Sessions could restart the encryption fight
After weeks of speculation, President-elect Donald Trump today named Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) as his choice for attorney general…
Secret backdoor in U.S. Android phones sent location, text, contact data to China
The preinstalled software in some Android phones monitors where users go, whom they talk to and what they write in text messages and sends that data to China…
Hardware hack bypasses iPhone passcode security
The work contradicts a claim made by the FBI earlier this year that this approach would not work….
Apple backs Microsoft in battle against U.S. government over ‘Sneak-and-Peek’ searches
Apple Inc., Google and Amazon.com Inc. were among the tech leaders that rallied behind Microsoft Corp…
Inept Microsoft demonstrates just how right Apple was to stand up to U.S. government overreach
I wrote an opinion piece predating the San Bernardino shootings on why Apple was right to stand firm…
Bungling Microsoft singlehandedly proves that ‘backdoors’ are a stupid idea
Microsoft leaked the golden keys that unlock Windows-powered tablets, phones and other devices sealed…
Apple rehires prominent security pro to deliver even more powerful security features
Apple Inc , which has resisted pressure from U.S. law enforcement to unlock encrypted iPhones…
Feckless FBI unable to unlock iPhone, even with a ‘fingerprint unlock warrant’
A judge recently took the controversial step of letting the FBI force a woman to unlock an iPhone with her fingerprints. But it didn’t work…
The Touch ID lock on your iPhone isn’t cop-proof
Law enforcement may be able to compel suspects to press their fingers to the devices and unlock them…
U.S. government wants your fingerprints to unlock your phone
As the world watched the FBI spar with Apple this winter in an attempt to hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone…
U.S. Congressman Ted Lieu says strong encryption without backdoors is a ‘national security priority’
Ted Lieu is one of the few bona fide computer geeks in Congress…
Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case
Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…
FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain
The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…
Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone
Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…
Zdziarski’s take on the FBI’s ‘alternative’ method
FBI acknowledged today that there ‘appears’ to be an alternative way into Farook’s iPhone 5c…
FBI may be required to hand over Apple iPhone hacking secrets
Any new method the bureau uses to hack into iPhones may be short-lived as it may be obligated to give Apple the details so the company can fix the security gap…
Apple won Round 1 vs. U.S. government overreach; what comes next?
A showdown between Apple and the FBI over a dead terrorist’s iPhone took a surprise twist this week…
Steve Jobs’ former publicist: Apple got PR wrong in fight against U.S. government overreach
The publicist who helped Steve Jobs launch the first Macintosh in the 1980s says Apple failed to…
Ex-Apple CEO Sculley: FBI relying on hackers is fair
Technology and social media companies recently joined Apple Inc. to fight the battle of will with the FBI…
Apple gets short-term win over Big Brother; issue deferred, not resolved
Less than 24 hours before a highly anticipated Tuesday court session where prosecutors and Apple lawyers…
FBI could be using these hacks to break into killer’s iPhone
There are a number of ways the FBI could be attempting to hack into the iPhone used by the San Bernardino killer…
FBI says it may have found method to unlock San Bernardino attacker’s iPhone
The Justice Department said on Monday that it might no longer need Apple’s assistance to help open an iPhone…
Countdown to doomsday: Apple, FBI face off in court Tuesday
If you’ve been reading the headlines about Apple’s fight with the FBI, you know it’s easy to assume…
Apple sees weakness in FBI’s last-minute hearing request
A last-minute request by the FBI to call witnesses to next week’s court hearing in the San Bernardino iPhone case…
