Month: January 2020

Police Surveillance Tools from Special Services Group

Posted on By infossl
cameras, eavesdropping, espionage, foia, lawenforcement, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Special Services Group, a company that sells surveillance tools to the FBI, DEA, ICE, and other US government agencies, has had its secret sales brochure published. Motherboard received the brochure as part of a FOIA request to the Irvine Police Department in California. “The Tombstone Cam is our newest video concealment offering the ability to … Read More “Police Surveillance Tools from Special Services Group” »

New SHA-1 Attack

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, certifications, cryptography, encryption, forgery, impersonation, keys, pgp, Security technology, sha1

There’s a new, practical, collision attack against SHA-1: In this paper, we report the first practical implementation of this attack, and its impact on real-world security with a PGP/GnuPG impersonation attack. We managed to significantly reduce the complexity of collisions attack against SHA-1: on an Nvidia GTX 970, identical-prefix collisions can now be computed with … Read More “New SHA-1 Attack” »

USB Cable Kill Switch for Laptops

Posted on By infossl
dataprotection, falsepositives, hardware, linux, Security technology, securityengineering, theft

BusKill is designed to wipe your laptop (Linux only) if it is snatched from you in a public place: The idea is to connect the BusKill cable to your Linux laptop on one end, and to your belt, on the other end. When someone yanks your laptop from your lap or table, the USB cable … Read More “USB Cable Kill Switch for Laptops” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video from the Gulf of Mexico

Posted on By infossl
Security technology, squid, video

Fantastic video: Scientists had used a specialized camera system developed by Widder called the Medusa, which uses red light undetectable to deep sea creatures and has allowed scientists to discover species and observe elusive ones. The probe was outfitted with a fake jellyfish that mimicked the invertebrates’ bioluminescent defense mechanism, which can signal to larger … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video from the Gulf of Mexico” »

Chrome Extension Stealing Cryptocurrency Keys and Passwords

Posted on By infossl
blockchain, chrome, cryptocurrency, fraud, keys, passwords, Security technology, theft

A malicious Chrome extension surreptitiously steals Ethereum keys and passwords: According to Denley, the extension is dangerous to users in two ways. First, any funds (ETH coins and ERC0-based tokens) managed directly inside the extension are at risk. Denley says that the extension sends the private keys of all wallets created or managed through its … Read More “Chrome Extension Stealing Cryptocurrency Keys and Passwords” »