FBI Warns of Hackers Hijacking Zoom Streams with Videos Depicting Child Sexual Abuse
The FBI is warning Zoom users that hackers are hijacking virtual meetings with videos depicting child sexual abuse.
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Sen. Schumer Calls on FBI to Investigate FaceApp over National Security ‘Concerns’
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer urged the FBI to investigate the popular, Russian-developed FaceApp over “concerns” that it “could pose national security and privacy risks for millions of US citizens.”
FBI Launches New Cell Phone App to Help Identify Fugitives, Missing People
The FBI has launched a new cell phone app, called FBI Wanted, that allows the public to view and search for fugitives, missing people and crime suspects.
FBI Seeks Audio, Video App for Agents, Informants to Use for Evidence
The FBI is hoping to find a cell phone app hat allows undercover agents and informants to secretly record audio and video that would be streamed back to government servers.
FBI Busts Seller of Intrusive Cell Phone App That Spies on Users
By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Want to spy on someone and have immediate access to their calls, texts and photos? There’s an app for that – and the FBI has tracked down the maker. The Daily Mail reports that the FBI shut down a website selling the “spyware” app and arrested a Pakistani national in Los Angeles…
Top Secret Documents: NSA Targets Data from Smartphone Apps Like Angry Birds
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Just in case a terrorist is passing time playing Angry Birds, the NSA is trying to establish the technology to siphon information from the communication networks on smartphone apps, the Guardian reports, citing top secret documents. The information is useful because it allows the agency to mine large quantities of cell phone…
Fed Employees Warned to Stay Away from App for Thrift Savings Plan
By Nextgov.com Officials are urging federal employees to steer clear of a new third-party application that may be fishing for personal information about their Thrift Savings Plan government retirement accounts. “A free iPhone App, TSP Funds, currently being offered through the Apple App store asks TSP participants for their account login information,” TSP said in…
FBI Offers Child ID App for Parents
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com There’s apps for everything from shopping to games like Angry Bird. Now the FBI has an iPhone App for parents called Child ID. The app allows parents to store photos and vital information about their children. That way parents can immediately share the info with police or security, for instance, at…