espionage, historyofsecurity, intelligence, Security technology, torture
The International Spy Museum has reopened in Washington, DC. Powered by WPeMatico
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backdoors, cryptography, cryptowars, encryption, intelligence, lawenforcement, privacy, Security technology
Earlier this month, I wrote about a statement by the Five Eyes countries about encryption and back doors. (Short summary: they like them.) One of the weird things about the statement is that it was clearly written from a law-enforcement perspective, though we normally think of the Five Eyes as a consortium of intelligence agencies. … Read More “More on the Five Eyes Statement on Encryption and Backdoors” »
backdoors, eavesdropping, intelligence, nationalsecuritypolicy, privacy, Security technology, securitypolicies, surveillance
The Five Eyes — the intelligence consortium of the rich English-speaking countries (the US, Canada, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand) — have issued a “Statement of Principles on Access to Evidence and Encryption” where they claim their needs for surveillance outweigh everyone’s needs for security and privacy. …the increasing use and sophistication of certain … Read More “Five-Eyes Intelligence Services Choose Surveillance Over Security” »
china, cia, intelligence, penetrationtesting, Security technology
Interesting story of a CIA intelligence network in China that was exposed partly because of a computer security failure: Although they used some of the same coding, the interim system and the main covert communication platform used in China at this time were supposed to be clearly separated. In theory, if the interim system were … Read More “CIA Network Exposed through Insecure Communications System” »
china, cyberespionage, intelligence, Security technology
The company ProtectWise just published a long report linking a bunch of Chinese cyber-operations over the past few years. The always interesting gruqq has some interesting commentary on the group and its tactics. Lots of detailed information in the report, but I admit that I have never heard of ProtectWise or its research team 401TRG. … Read More “New Report on Chinese Intelligence Cyber-Operations” »
cryptography, encryption, intelligence, onetimepads, Security technology
On numbers stations. Powered by WPeMatico
edwardsnowden, espionage, intelligence, japan, nsa, Security technology
The Intercept has a long article on Japan’s equivalent of the NSA: the Directorate for Signals Intelligence. Interesting, but nothing really surprising. The directorate has a history that dates back to the 1950s; its role is to eavesdrop on communications. But its operations remain so highly classified that the Japanese government has disclosed little about … Read More “Japan’s Directorate for Signals Intelligence” »
cybersecurity, intelligence, nationalsecuritypolicy, Security technology
The White House has eliminated the cybersecurity coordinator position. This seems like a spectacularly bad idea. Powered by WPeMatico
historyofsecurity, intelligence, military, Security technology
Interesting history of the US Army Security Agency in the early years of Cold War Germany. Powered by WPeMatico
intelligence, leaks, Security technology, voting, whistleblowers
New York Magazine published an excellent profile of the single-document leaker Reality Winner. Powered by WPeMatico