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iPhone Lockdown Mode Protects Washington Post Reporter

6 February 2026 at 13:00

404Media is reporting that the FBI could not access a reporter’s iPhone because it had Lockdown Mode enabled:

The court record shows what devices and data the FBI was able to ultimately access, and which devices it could not, after raiding the home of the reporter, Hannah Natanson, in January as part of an investigation into leaks of classified information. It also provides rare insight into the apparent effectiveness of Lockdown Mode, or at least how effective it might be before the FBI may try other techniques to access the device.

“Because the iPhone was in Lockdown mode, CART could not extract that device,” the court record reads, referring to the FBI’s Computer Analysis Response Team, a unit focused on performing forensic analyses of seized devices. The document is written by the government, and is opposing the return of Natanson’s devices.

The FBI raided Natanson’s home as part of its investigation into government contractor Aurelio Perez-Lugones, who is charged with, among other things, retention of national defense information. The government believes Perez-Lugones was a source of Natanson’s, and provided her with various pieces of classified information. While executing a search warrant for his mobile phone, investigators reviewed Signal messages between Pere-Lugones and the reporter, the Department of Justice previously said.

Living off the AI: The Next Evolution of Attacker Tradecraft

6 February 2026 at 13:00

Living off the AI isn’t a hypothetical but a natural continuation of the tradecraft we’ve all been defending against, now mapped onto assistants, agents, and MCP.

The post Living off the AI: The Next Evolution of Attacker Tradecraft appeared first on SecurityWeek.

In Other News: Record DDoS, Epstein’s Hacker, ESET Product Vulnerabilities

6 February 2026 at 13:00

Other noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: AT&T and Verizon response to Salt Typhoon, AI agents solve security challenges, man arrested in Poland for DDos Attacks.

The post In Other News: Record DDoS, Epstein’s Hacker, ESET Product Vulnerabilities appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Airrived Emerges From Stealth With $6.1 Million in Funding

6 February 2026 at 10:40

The startup aims to unify SOC, GRC, IAM, vulnerability management, IT, and business operations through its Agentic OS platform.

The post Airrived Emerges From Stealth With $6.1 Million in Funding appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Zscaler Acquires Browser Security Firm SquareX 

6 February 2026 at 03:48

Zscaler says the acquisition will allow customers to embed lightweight extensions into any browser, providing increased security and eliminating the need for third-party browsers. 

The post Zscaler Acquires Browser Security Firm SquareX  appeared first on SecurityWeek.

Yes to the “ICE Out of Our Faces Act”

5 February 2026 at 23:46

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) have descended into utter lawlessness, most recently in Minnesota. The violence is shocking. So are the intrusions on digital rights and civil liberties. For example, immigration agents are routinely scanning faces of people they suspect of unlawful presence in the country – 100,000 times, according to the Wall Street Journal. The technology has already misidentified at least one person, according to 404 Media.

Face recognition technology is so dangerous that government should not use it at all—least of all these out-of-control immigration agencies.

To combat these abuses, EFF is proud to support the “ICE Out of Our Faces Act.” This new federal bill would ban ICE and CBP agents, and some local police working with them, from acquiring or using biometric surveillance systems, including face recognition technology, or information derived from such systems by another entity. This bill would be enforceable, among other ways, by a strong private right of action.

The bill’s lead author is Senator Ed Markey. We thank him for his longstanding leadership on this issue, including introducing similar legislation that would ban all federal law enforcement agencies, and some federally-funded state agencies, from using biometric surveillance systems (a bill that EFF also supported). The new “ICE Out of My Face Act” is also sponsored by Senator Merkley, Senator Wyden, and Representative Jayapal.

As EFF explains in the new bill’s announcement:

It’s past time for the federal government to end its use of this abusive surveillance technology. A great place to start is its use for immigration enforcement, given ICE and CBP’s utter disdain for the law. Face surveillance in the hands of the government is a fundamentally harmful technology, even under strict regulations or if the technology was 100% accurate. We thank the authors of this bill for their leadership in taking steps to end this use of this dangerous and invasive technology.

You can read the bill here, and the bill’s announcement here.

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