Category: Security technology

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Intimate Partner Threat

Posted on By infossl
authentication, computersecurity, insiders, Security technology, securityquestions, socialmedia, threatmodels

Princeton’s Karen Levy has a good article computer security and the intimate partner threat: When you learn that your privacy has been compromised, the common advice is to prevent additional access — delete your insecure account, open a new one, change your password. This advice is such standard protocol for personal security that it’s almost … Read More “Intimate Partner Threat” »

Extracting Secrets from Machine Learning Systems

Posted on By infossl
academicpapers, datamining, secrecy, Security technology

This is fascinating research about how the underlying training data for a machine-learning system can be inadvertently exposed. Basically, if a machine-learning system trains on a dataset that contains secret information, in some cases an attacker can query the system to extract that secret information. My guess is that there is a lot more research … Read More “Extracting Secrets from Machine Learning Systems” »

Russians Hacked the Olympics

Posted on By infossl
attribution, disinformation, hacking, northkorea, russia, Security technology, sports

Two weeks ago, I blogged about the myriad of hacking threats against the Olympics. Last week, the Washington Post reported that Russia hacked the Olympics network and tried to cast the blame on North Korea. Of course, the evidence is classified, so there’s no way to verify this claim. And while the article speculates that … Read More “Russians Hacked the Olympics” »

Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government

Posted on By infossl
apple, cellphones, dhs, fbi, iphone, israel, locks, phones, Security technology

Forbes reports that the Israeli company Cellebrite can probably unlock all iPhone models: Cellebrite, a Petah Tikva, Israel-based vendor that’s become the U.S. government’s company of choice when it comes to unlocking mobile devices, is this month telling customers its engineers currently have the ability to get around the security of devices running iOS 11. … Read More “Cellebrite Unlocks iPhones for the US Government” »

E-Mail Leaves an Evidence Trail

Posted on By infossl
courts, crime, fbi, forensics, operationalsecurity, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

If you’re going to commit an illegal act, it’s best not to discuss it in e-mail. It’s also best to Google tech instructions rather than asking someone else to do it: One new detail from the indictment, however, points to just how unsophisticated Manafort seems to have been. Here’s the relevant passage from the indictment. … Read More “E-Mail Leaves an Evidence Trail” »

Harassment By Package Delivery

Posted on By infossl
amazon, anonymity, internetandsociety, Security technology

People harassing women by delivering anonymous packages purchased from Amazon. On the one hand, there is nothing new here. This could have happened decades ago, pre-Internet. But the Internet makes this easier, and the article points out that using prepaid gift cards makes this anonymous. I am curious how much these differences make a difference … Read More “Harassment By Package Delivery” »