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AI, reports, scams, Security technology, Uncategorized
New report: “Scam GPT: GenAI and the Automation of Fraud.” This primer maps what we currently know about generative AI’s role in scams, the communities most at risk, and the broader economic and cultural shifts that are making people more willing to take risks, more vulnerable to deception, and more likely to either perpetuate scams … Read More “Use of Generative AI in Scams” »
reports, Security technology, spyware, Uncategorized
The Atlantic Council has published its second annual report: “Mythical Beasts: Diving into the depths of the global spyware market.” Too much good detail to summarize, but here are two items: First, the authors found that the number of US-based investors in spyware has notably increased in the past year, when compared with the sample … Read More “Surveying the Global Spyware Market” »
gchq, history of cryptography, history of security, intelligence, nsa, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized, war
The NSA and GCHQ have jointly published a history of World War II SIGINT: “Secret Messengers: Disseminating SIGINT in the Second World War.” This is the story of the British SLUs (Special Liaison Units) and the American SSOs (Special Security Officers). Powered by WPeMatico
cyberattack, defense, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
“Who’s winning on the internet, the attackers or the defenders?” I’m asked this all the time, and I can only ever give a qualitative hand-wavy answer. But Jason Healey and Tarang Jain’s latest Lawfare piece has amassed data. The essay provides the first framework for metrics about how we are all doing collectively—and not just … Read More “Measuring the Attack/Defense Balance” »
conferences, cybercrime, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
The Cambridge Cybercrime Conference was held on 23 June. Summaries of the presentations are here. Powered by WPeMatico
drug trade, fbi, geolocation, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Once you build a surveillance system, you can’t control who will use it: A hacker working for the Sinaloa drug cartel was able to obtain an FBI official’s phone records and use Mexico City’s surveillance cameras to help track and kill the agency’s informants in 2018, according to a new US justice department report. The … Read More “Surveillance Used by a Drug Cartel” »
china, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized, vpn
One one my biggest worries about VPNs is the amount of trust users need to place in them, and how opaque most of them are about who owns them and what sorts of data they retain. A new study found that many commercials VPNS are (often surreptitiously) owned by Chinese companies. It would be hard … Read More “Chinese-Owned VPNs” »
cryptanalysis, mathematics, nsa, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
In response to a FOIA request, the NSA released “Fifty Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis (1937-1987),” by Glenn F. Stahly, with a lot of redactions. Weirdly, this is the second time the NSA has declassified the document. John Young got a copy in 2019. This one has a few less redactions. And nothing that was provided … Read More “The NSA’s “Fifty Years of Mathematical Cryptanalysis (1937–1987)”” »
cryptography, homomorphic encryption, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre just released its white paper on “Advanced Cryptography,” which it defines as “cryptographic techniques for processing encrypted data, providing enhanced functionality over and above that provided by traditional cryptography.” It includes things like homomorphic encryption, attribute-based encryption, zero-knowledge proofs, and secure multiparty computation. It’s full of good advice. I … Read More “NCSC Guidance on “Advanced Cryptography”” »