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Fake Emergency Search Warrants Draw Scrutiny from Capitol Hill

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That was in March 2021, but there are similar fake EDR services on offer today. In July 2021, Sen. The Digital Authenticity for Court Orders Act would require federal, state and tribal courts to use a digital signature for orders authorizing surveillance, domain seizures and removal of online content.

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Google Suspends Chinese E-Commerce App Pinduoduo Over Malware

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In November 2022, researchers at Google’s Project Zero warned about active attacks on Samsung mobile phones which chained together three security vulnerabilities that Samsung patched in March 2021, and which would have allowed an app to add or read any files on the device.

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Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi

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The complaint references a November 2021 incident wherein Iza and E.Z. ” who said Iza hired him to surveil Zelocchi but ultimately refused to pay him for much of the work. They’re active-duty.” ” The FBI alleges LASD officers had on several previous occasions tried to kidnap and extort E.Z.

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Hackers Gaining Power of Subpoena Via Fake “Emergency Data Requests”

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” On April 5, 2021, Everlynn posted a new sales thread to the cybercrime forum cracked[.]to In November 2021, KrebsOnSecurity broke the news that hackers sent a fake email alert to thousands of state and local law enforcement entities through the FBI’s Law Enforcement Enterprise Portal (LEEP).