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New NSA Documents on Offensive Cyberoperations

January 18, 2015 infossl

cryptanalysis, cryptome, cyberespionage, edwardsnowden, nsa, Security technology

Appelbaum, Poitras, and others have another NSA article with an enormous Snowden document dump on Der Spiegel, giving details on a variety of offensive NSA cyberoperations to infiltrate and exploit networks around the world. There’s a lot here: 199 pages. (Here they are in one compressed archive.) Paired with the 666 pages released in conjunction … Read More “New NSA Documents on Offensive Cyberoperations” »

Attack Attribution in Cyberspace

January 8, 2015 infossl

attribution, cybersecurity, cyberwar, essays, fbi, intelligence, nationalsecuritypolicy, northkorea, nsa, Security technology, sony

When you’re attacked by a missile, you can follow its trajectory back to where it was launched from. When you’re attacked in cyberspace, figuring out who did it is much harder. The reality of international aggression in cyberspace will change how we approach defense. Many of us in the computer-security field are skeptical of the … Read More “Attack Attribution in Cyberspace” »

Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance

December 15, 2014 infossl

edwardsnowden, nsa, privacy, Security technology, securityawareness, surveillance, trust

There’s a new international survey on Internet security and trust, of “23,376 Internet users in 24 countries,” including “Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Tunisia, Turkey and the United States.” Amongst the findings, 60% of Internet … Read More “Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance” »

NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks

December 9, 2014 infossl

cellphones, essays, hacking, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, vulnerabilities

The Intercept has published an article — based on the Snowden documents — about AURORAGOLD, an NSA surveillance operation against cell phone network operators and standards bodies worldwide. This is not a typical NSA surveillance operation where agents identify the bad guys and spy on them. This is an operation where the NSA spies on … Read More “NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks” »

Corporations Misusing Our Data

December 5, 2014 infossl

cars, databases, datamining, dataprotection, essays, feudalsecurity, nsa, privacy, Security technology, uber

In the Internet age, we have no choice but to entrust our data with private companies: e-mail providers, service providers, retailers, and so on. We realize that this data is at risk from hackers. But there’s another risk as well: the employees of the companies who are holding our data for us. In the early … Read More “Corporations Misusing Our Data” »

Pre-Snowden Debate About NSA Call-Records Collection Program

November 22, 2014 infossl

nsa, patriotact, phones, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

AP is reporting that in 2009, several senior NSA officials objected to the NSA call-records collection program. The now-retired NSA official, a longtime code-breaker who rose to top management, had just learned in 2009 about the top secret program that was created shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. He says he argued to then-NSA … Read More “Pre-Snowden Debate About NSA Call-Records Collection Program” »

Snarky 1992 NSA Report on Academic Cryptography

November 18, 2014 infossl

conferences, cryptanalysis, cryptography, nsa, Security technology

The NSA recently declassified a report on the Eurocrypt ’92 conference. Honestly, I share some of the writer’s opinions on the more theoretical stuff. I know it’s important, but it’s not something I care all that much about. Powered by WPeMatico

Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law

November 11, 2014 infossl

nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Orin Kerr has a new article that argues for narrowly constructing national security law: This Essay argues that Congress should adopt a rule of narrow construction of the national security surveillance statutes. Under this interpretive rule, which the Essay calls a “rule of lenity,” ambiguity in the powers granted to the executive branch in the … Read More “Narrowly Constructing National Surveillance Law” »

Apple Copies Your Files Without Your Knowledge or Consent

October 28, 2014 infossl

apple, cloudcomputing, encryption, fbi, filesharing, ios, nsa, Security technology

EDITED TO ADD (10/28): This is a more nuanced discussion of this issue. At this point, it seems clear that there is a lot less here than described in the blog post below. The latest version of Apple’s OS automatically syncs your files to iCloud Drive, even files you choose to store locally. Apple encrypts … Read More “Apple Copies Your Files Without Your Knowledge or Consent” »