backdoors, cisco, hardware, Security technology
We don’t know if this is error or deliberate action, but five backdoors have been discovered already this year. Powered by WPeMatico
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backdoors, fbi, forensics, lawenforcement, police, reports, Security technology
According to a new CSIS report, “going dark” is not the most pressing problem facing law enforcement in the age of digital data: Over the past year, we conducted a series of interviews with federal, state, and local law enforcement officials, attorneys, service providers, and civil society groups. We also commissioned a survey of law … Read More “New Report on Police Digital Forensics Techniques” »
backdoors, encryption, keyescrow, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology, vulnerabilities
The IEEE came out in favor of strong encryption: IEEE supports the use of unfettered strong encryption to protect confidentiality and integrity of data and communications. We oppose efforts by governments to restrict the use of strong encryption and/or to mandate exceptional access mechanisms such as “backdoors” or “key escrow schemes” in order to facilitate … Read More “IEEE Statement on Strong Encryption vs. Backdoors” »
backdoors, china, essays, military, Security technology
Earlier this month, the Pentagon stopped selling phones made by the Chinese companies ZTE and Huawei on military bases because they might be used to spy on their users. It’s a legitimate fear, and perhaps a prudent action. But it’s just one instance of the much larger issue of securing our supply chains. All of … Read More “Supply-Chain Security” »
backdoors, encryption, lawenforcement, police, Security technology
This article says that the Virginia Beach police are looking to buy encrypted radios. Virginia Beach police believe encryption will prevent criminals from listening to police communications. They said officer safety would increase and citizens would be better protected. Someone should ask them if they want those radios to have a backdoor. Powered by WPeMatico
backdoors, cryptography, cryptowars, encryption, keyescrow, lawenforcement, Security technology, securityengineering
Last month, Wired published a long article about Ray Ozzie and his supposed new scheme for adding a backdoor in encrypted devices. It’s a weird article. It paints Ozzie’s proposal as something that “attains the impossible” and “satisfies both law enforcement and privacy purists,” when (1) it’s barely a proposal, and (2) it’s essentially the … Read More “Ray Ozzie’s Encryption Backdoor” »
algorithms, backdoors, cryptanalysis, edwardsnowden, encryption, internetofthings, nsa, Security technology
The ISO has rejected two symmetric encryption algorithms: SIMON and SPECK. These algorithms were both designed by the NSA and made public in 2013. They are optimized for small and low-cost processors like IoT devices. The risk of using NSA-designed ciphers, of course, is that they include NSA-designed backdoors. Personally, I doubt that they’re backdoored. … Read More “Two NSA Algorithms Rejected by the ISO” »
backdoors, cellphones, encryption, jamming, russia, Security technology, securitypolicies
Russia has banned the secure messaging app Telegram. It’s making an absolute mess of the ban — blocking 16 million IP addresses, many belonging to the Amazon and Google clouds — and it’s not even clear that it’s working. But, more importantly, I’m not convinced Telegram is secure in the first place. Such a weird … Read More “Russia is Banning Telegram” »
academicpapers, backdoors, encryption, Security technology, steganography
This is a really interesting research result. This paper proves that two parties can create a secure communications channel using a communications system with a backdoor. It’s a theoretical result, so it doesn’t talk about how easy that channel is to create. And the assumptions on the adversary are pretty reasonable: that each party can … Read More “Subverting Backdoored Encrryption” »
academicpapers, backdoors, computersecurity, hardware, malware, Security technology
Interesting research into undetectably adding backdoors into computer chips during manufacture: “Stealthy dopant-level hardware Trojans: extended version,” also available here: Abstract: In recent years, hardware Trojans have drawn the attention of governments and industry as well as the scientific community. One of the main concerns is that integrated circuits, e.g., for military or critical-infrastructure applications, … Read More “Adding Backdoors at the Chip Level” »