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Security Analysis of the Democracy Live Online Voting System

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, reverseengineering, Security technology, securityanalysis, voting, vulnerabilities

New research: “Security Analysis of the Democracy Live Online Voting System“: Abstract: Democracy Live’s OmniBallot platform is a web-based system for blank ballot delivery, ballot marking, and (optionally) online voting. Three states — Delaware, West Virginia, and New Jersey — recently announced that they will allow certain voters to cast votes online using OmniBallot, but, … Read More “Security Analysis of the Democracy Live Online Voting System” »

Security of Solid-State-Drive Encryption

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, encryption, firmware, hardware, reverseengineering, Security technology, securityengineering, vulnerabilities

Interesting research: “Self-encrypting deception: weaknesses in the encryption of solid state drives (SSDs)“: Abstract: We have analyzed the hardware full-disk encryption of several SSDs by reverse engineering their firmware. In theory, the security guarantees offered by hardware encryption are similar to or better than software implementations. In reality, we found that many hardware implementations have … Read More “Security of Solid-State-Drive Encryption” »

The DMCA and its Chilling Effects on Research

Posted on By infossl
dmca, hacking, reverseengineering, Security technology

The Center for Democracy and Technology has a good summary of the current state of the DMCA’s chilling effects on security research. To underline the nature of chilling effects on hacking and security research, CDT has worked to describe how tinkerers, hackers, and security researchers of all types both contribute to a baseline level of … Read More “The DMCA and its Chilling Effects on Research” »

Hacking Slot Machines by Reverse-Engineering the Random Number Generators

Posted on By infossl
gambling, hacking, randomnumbers, reverseengineering, Security technology

Interesting story: The venture is built on Alex’s talent for reverse engineering the algorithms — known as pseudorandom number generators, or PRNGs — that govern how slot machine games behave. Armed with this knowledge, he can predict when certain games are likeliest to spit out money­insight that he shares with a legion of field agents … Read More “Hacking Slot Machines by Reverse-Engineering the Random Number Generators” »