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Kevin Poulsen has written an interesting story about two people who successfully exploited a bug in a popular video poker machine. Powered by WPeMatico
Month: October 2014
Security technology
ECI is a classification above Top Secret. It’s for things that are so sensitive they’re basically not written down, like the names of companies whose cryptography has been deliberately weakened by the NSA, or the names of agents who have infiltrated foreign IT companies. As part of the Intercept story on the NSA’s using agents … Read More “NSA Classification ECI = Exceptionally Controlled Information” »
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This is a creepy story. A woman has her phone seized by the Drug Enforcement Agency and gives them permission to look at her phone. Without her knowledge or consent, they steal photos off of the phone (the article says they were “racy”) and use it to set up a fake Facebook page in her … Read More “DEA Sets Up Fake Facebook Page in Woman's Name” »
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A few days ago, I saw this tweet: “Just a reminder that it is now *a full year* since Schneier cited it, and the FOXACID ops manual remains unpublished.” It’s true. The citation is this: According to a top-secret operational procedures manual provided by Edward Snowden, an exploit named Validator might be the default, but … Read More “FOXACID Operations Manual” »
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This essay, “Grooming students for a lifetime of surveillance,” talks about the general trends in student surveillance. Related: essay on the need for student privacy in online learning. Powered by WPeMatico
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Interesting essay about James Bamford and his efforts to publish The Puzzle Palace over the NSA’s objections. Required reading for those who think the NSA’s excesses are somehow new. Powered by WPeMatico
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The latest Intercept article on the Snowden documents talks about the NSA’s undercover operatives working in foreign companies. There are no specifics, although the countries China, Germany, and South Korea are mentioned. It’s also hard to tell if the NSA has undercover operatives working in companies in those countries, or has undercover contractors visiting those … Read More “NSA Has Undercover Operatives in Foreign Companies” »
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Recipe from Tom Douglas. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Powered by WPeMatico
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Good essay by Molly Sauter: basically, there is no legal avenue for activism and protest on the Internet. Also note Sauter’s new book, The Coming Swarm. Powered by WPeMatico
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This article reads like snake oil. But the company was founded by Lars Knudsen, so it can’t possibly be. I’m curious. Powered by WPeMatico