encryption, history of cryptography, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
Really interesting analysis of the American M-209 encryption device and its security. Powered by WPeMatico
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ransomware, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
Palo Alto Networks published its semi-annual report on ransomware. From the Executive Summary: Unit 42 monitors ransomware and extortion leak sites closely to keep tabs on threat activity. We reviewed compromise announcements from 53 dedicated leak sites in the first half of 2024 and found 1,762 new posts. This averages to approximately 294 posts a … Read More “The State of Ransomware” »
privacy, reports, searches, Security technology, Uncategorized
Consumer Reports has a new study of people-search site removal services, concluding that they don’t really work: As a whole, people-search removal services are largely ineffective. Private information about each participant on the people-search sites decreased after using the people-search removal services. And, not surprisingly, the removal services did save time compared with manually opting … Read More “People-Search Site Removal Services Largely Ineffective” »
cyberattack, ransomware, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
You might think that libraries are kind of boring, but this self-analysis of a 2023 ransomware and extortion attack against the British Library is anything but. Powered by WPeMatico
cybersecurity, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized, voting
Andrew Appel shepherded a public comment—signed by twenty election cybersecurity experts, including myself—on best practices for ballot marking devices and vote tabulation. It was written for the Pennsylvania legislature, but it’s general in nature. From the executive summary: We believe that no system is perfect, with each having trade-offs. Hand-marked and hand-counted ballots remove the … Read More “On Secure Voting Systems” »
data privacy, facebook, Meta, privacy, reports, Security technology, surveillance, tracking, Uncategorized
Consumer Reports is reporting that Facebook has built a massive surveillance network: Using a panel of 709 volunteers who shared archives of their Facebook data, Consumer Reports found that a total of 186,892 companies sent data about them to the social network. On average, each participant in the study had their data sent to Facebook … Read More “Facebook’s Extensive Surveillance Network” »
authentication, biometrics, fingerprints, identification, reports, Security technology, sensors, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities
They’re not that good: Security researchers Jesse D’Aguanno and Timo Teräs write that, with varying degrees of reverse-engineering and using some external hardware, they were able to fool the Goodix fingerprint sensor in a Dell Inspiron 15, the Synaptic sensor in a Lenovo ThinkPad T14, and the ELAN sensor in one of Microsoft’s own Surface … Read More “Breaking Laptop Fingerprint Sensors” »
china, cyberattack, cyberespionage, espionage, hacking, infrastructure, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized
Everyone is writing about an interagency and international report on Chinese hacking of US critical infrastructure. Lots of interesting details about how the group, called Volt Typhoon, accesses target networks and evades detection. Powered by WPeMatico
artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, machine learning, reports, risks, Security technology, Uncategorized
Stanford and Georgetown have a new report on the security risks of AI—particularly adversarial machine learning—based on a workshop they held on the topic. Jim Dempsey, one of the workshop organizers, wrote a blog post on the report: As a first step, our report recommends the inclusion of AI security concerns within the cybersecurity programs … Read More “Security Risks of AI” »
cyberattack, cyberwar, defense, infrastructure, reports, russia, Security technology, ukraine, Uncategorized
The Aspen Institute has published a good analysis of the successes, failures, and absences of cyberattacks as part of the current war in Ukraine: “The Cyber Defense Assistance Imperative Lessons from Ukraine.” Its conclusion: Cyber defense assistance in Ukraine is working. The Ukrainian government and Ukrainian critical infrastructure organizations have better defended themselves and … Read More “Cyberwar Lessons from the War in Ukraine” »