intelligence, psychologyofsecurity, secrecy, Security technology, videos
Richard Thieme gave a talk on the psychological impact of doing classified intelligence work. Summary here Powered by WPeMatico
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databases, databreaches, dataprotection, fraud, Security technology, voting
You can edit anyone’s information you want: The question, boiled down, was haunting: Want to see how easy it would be to get into someone’s voter registration and make changes to it? The offer from Steve Klink — a Lafayette-based public consultant who works mainly with Indiana public school districts — was to use my … Read More “Indiana's Voter Registration Data Is Frighteningly Insecure” »
academicpapers, naturalsecurity, Security technology, societalsecurity, violence
Interesting research in Nature. The article is behind a paywall, but here are five summaries of the research. Powered by WPeMatico
denialofservice, economicsofsecurity, embeddedsystems, incentives, internetofthings, nationalsecuritypolicy, patching, Security technology
Brian Krebs is a popular reporter on the cybersecurity beat. He regularly exposes cybercriminals and their tactics, and consequently is regularly a target of their ire. Last month, he wrote about an online attack-for-hire service that resulted in the arrest of the two proprietors. In the aftermath, his site was taken down by a massive … Read More “Security Economics of the Internet of Things” »
Security technology, squid
All cephalopods are colorblind. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Powered by WPeMatico
databreaches, homelandsecurity, intelligence, leaks, nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, Security technology
The NSA has another contractor who stole classified documents. It’s a weird story: “But more than a month later, the authorities cannot say with certainty whether Mr. Martin leaked the information, passed them on to a third party or whether he simply downloaded them.” So maybe a potential leaker. Or a spy. Or just a … Read More “NSA Contractor Arrested for Stealing Classified Information” »
datacollection, email, filtering, fisa, nsa, privacy, Security technology, spam, surveillance, yahoo
News here and here. Other companies have been quick to deny that they did the same thing, but I generally don’t believe those carefully worded statements about what they have and haven’t done. We do know that the NSA uses bribery, coercion, threat, legal compulsion, and outright theft to get what they want. We just … Read More “Yahoo Scanned Everyone's E-mails for the NSA” »
academicpapers, quantumcryptography, Security technology, securitytokens, signatures
This paper wins “best abstract” award: “Quantum Tokens for Digital Signatures,” by Shalev Ben David and Or Sattath: Abstract: The fisherman caught a quantum fish. “Fisherman, please let me go,” begged the fish, “and I will grant you three wishes.” The fisherman agreed. The fish gave the fisherman a quantum computer, three quantum signing tokens … Read More “Quantum Tokens for Digital Signatures” »
creditcards, fraud, Security technology, securitytokens
There’s a new French credit card where the CVV code changes every hour. Powered by WPeMatico
hacking, maninthemiddleattacks, phishing, Security technology, whatsapp
Forbes is reporting that the Israeli cyberweapons arms manufacturer Wintego has a man-in-the-middle exploit against WhatsApp. It’s a weird story. I’m not sure how they do it, but something doesn’t sound right. Another possibility is that CatchApp is malware thrust onto a device over Wi-Fi that specifically targets WhatsApp. But it’s almost certain the product … Read More “Is WhatsApp Hacked?” »