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History Sniffing Case Dismissed Because Defendant Fails to Quantify Losses
A federal court in New York has dismissed a case in which the plaintiff claimed that a third-party advertiser had violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) by sniffing her browser history and...
View ArticleSenate Considers Using Mob Law To Go After Cybercriminals
Collaborators: Brian Donohue Paul Roberts Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee listened as one of the nation's top cyber cops asked for expanded powers to go after cybercriminal groups,...
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Financial Records of Millions At Risk After Computershare Insider Copies Data...
Computershare, the investor services firm, has filed suit against a former employee it charges with making off with thousands of pages of proprietary company documents, including information on...
View ArticleStealing Corporate Data Doesn’t Violate Federal Computer Fraud Law
In a ruling that could be felt throughout the business world, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in California ruled that a man did not violate the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA)...
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Avoid the Landmine That is Hacking Back
Rarely a day goes by without mention of a targeted attack against some government-related website, massive disruptions in online banking services, or critical vulnerabilities in specialized software...
View ArticleCFAA Loopholes and Gotchas Discussed at Black Hat
The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) can be unsettling even to the most stalwart security researcher. The law, enacted in 1986 and revisited several times since, is still littered with loopholes and...
View ArticleResearcher Tries to Get Ahead of CFAA Changes, Dumps 10M Sanitized Passwords
A dump of 10 million sanitized usernames and passwords was released online, sparking debate over its legality in light of proposed changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
View ArticleSecurity Researchers Wary of Proposed Wassenaar Rules
The Commerce Department’s Bureau of Industry and Security today made public its proposal to implement the controversial Wassenaar Arrangement.
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