Researchers detail a “nearest neighbor attack” by Russia's APT28, which remotely breached a target's Wi-Fi by hijacking a laptop in a building across the street
The “Nearest Neighbour attack” (very cool name, btw) involves connecting with nearby organizations and using their Wi-Fi networks to reach the main target organization. … @xpnsec.com : This hack is br...
How ex-FTC commissioner Joshua Wright became the tech industry's fixer, while allegedly juggling inappropriate relationships and skirting conflicts of interests
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How ex-FTC commissioner Joshua Wright became the tech industry's fixer, while allegedly juggling inappropriate relationships and skirting conflicts of interests
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The DOJ hires former Microsoft chief economist Susan Athey as its top antitrust economist; sources say Athey will likely be recused from Apple and Google cases
Susan Athey, a Stanford University professor and former chief economist at Microsoft Corp., is joining the Justice Department as its top antitrust economist. Tweets: @samuelstolton , @joshgans , @tomv...
Internal FTC survey: overall satisfaction among staff has dropped from 89% in 2020 to 60% in 2021; in an email, Lina Khan pledges to fix sinking staff morale
Under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the Federal Trade Commission has consistently ranked in the top five … Tweets: @cswilsonftc , @cswilsonftc , @heynottheface , @cswilsonftc , @opin...
Senate Republicans say the Judiciary Committee will issue a subpoena to Jack Dorsey about Twitter's blocking of a New York Post article
U.S. Senator Josh Hawley has formally requested @Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and @Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to appear before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism in a coming hearing...
Senate confirms FTC, FCC picks
The Senate unanimously confirmed President Obama's nominees to the Federal Communications Commission and Federal Trade Commission late on Tuesday. — Obama nominated Democrat Mignon Clyburn for a sec...
Eavesdropping on Bluetooth headsets
Here's a short video in which Joshua Wright demonstrates how a Bluetooth headset can be hijacked, allowing audio to be captured or sent to the device: … All that is necessary is knowing the device add...