Security technology
It’s called Cryptomancer. Think computer hacking plus magic. I know nothing about it, but it feels reminiscent of Shadowrun. Reddit thread. RPG.net thread. Powered by WPeMatico
Month: December 2016
Security technology, squid
Squid-inspired electronic screens. 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
encryption, enigma, historyofcryptography, Security technology
A fully functional four-rotor Enigma machine sold for $463,500. Wow. Powered by WPeMatico
airtravel, cellphones, edwardsnowden, espionage, gchq, nsa, Security technology, uk
Le Monde and the Intercept are reporting about NSA spying in Africa, and NSA spying on in-flight mobile phone calls — both from the Snowden documents. Powered by WPeMatico
adware, exploits, malware, Security technology, steganography
There’s new malware toolkit that uses steganography to hide in images: For the past two months, a new exploit kit has been serving malicious code hidden in the pixels of banner ads via a malvertising campaign that has been active on several high profile websites. Discovered by security researchers from ESET, this new exploit kit … Read More “WWW Malware Hides in Images” »
fraud, phones, Security technology, simcards
This article outlines two different types of international phone fraud. The first can happen when you call an expensive country like Cuba: My phone call never actually made it to Cuba. The fraudsters make money because the last carrier simply pretends that it connected to Cuba when it actually connected me to the audiobook recording. … Read More “International Phone Fraud Tactics” »
cryptography, historyofcryptography, Security technology
Yale University Press has published a facsimile of the Voynich Manuscript. The manuscript is also available online. Powered by WPeMatico
academicpapers, authentication, creditcards, fraud, Security technology, securitypolicies
Researchers have found that they can guess various credit-card-number security details by spreading their guesses around multiple websites so as not to trigger any alarms. From a news article: Mohammed Ali, a PhD student at the university’s School of Computing Science, said: “This sort of attack exploits two weaknesses that on their own are not … Read More “Guessing Credit Card Security Details” »
Security technology
A 50-foot squid has not been found in New Zealand. 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
auditing, cyberattack, cybersecurity, fraud, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, voting
Excellent essay pointing out that election security is a national security issue, and that we need to perform random ballot audits on every future election: The good news is that we know how to solve this problem. We need to audit computers by manually examining randomly selected paper ballots and comparing the results to machine … Read More “Auditing Elections for Signs of Hacking” »