Security technology, squid, Uncategorized
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Security technology, Uncategorized
“Google Maps Adds Shortcuts through Houses of People Google Knows Aren’t Home Right Now.” Excellent satire. Powered by WPeMatico
bluetooth, cars, hacking, locks, Security technology, Uncategorized
Locks that use Bluetooth Low Energy to authenticate keys are vulnerable to remote unlocking. The research focused on Teslas, but the exploit is generalizable. In a video shared with Reuters, NCC Group researcher Sultan Qasim Khan was able to open and then drive a Tesla using a small relay device attached to a laptop which … Read More “Bluetooth Flaw Allows Remote Unlocking of Digital Locks” »
academic papers, data collection, key logging, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized
A surprising number of websites include JavaScript keyloggers that collect everything you type as you type it, not just when you submit a form. Researchers from KU Leuven, Radboud University, and University of Lausanne crawled and analyzed the top 100,000 websites, looking at scenarios in which a user is visiting a site while in the … Read More “Websites that Collect Your Data as You Type” »
bluetooth, iphone, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized
Researchers have demonstrated iPhone malware that works even when the phone is fully shut down. t turns out that the iPhone’s Bluetooth chip — which is key to making features like Find My work — has no mechanism for digitally signing or even encrypting the firmware it runs. Academics at Germany’s Technical University of Darmstadt … Read More “iPhone Malware that Operates Even When the Phone Is Turned Off” »
advanced persistent threats, cybersecurity, infrastructure, national security policy, Security technology, Uncategorized
CISA, NSA, FBI, and similar organizations in the other Five Eyes countries are warning that attacks on MSPs — as a vector to their customers — are likely to increase. No details about what this prediction is based on. Makes sense, though. The SolarWinds attack was incredibly successful for the Russian SVR, and a blueprint … Read More “Attacks on Managed Service Providers Expected to Increase” »
encryption, nist, nsa, quantum computing, Security technology, Uncategorized
Rob Joyce, the director of cybersecurity at the NSA, said so in an interview: The NSA already has classified quantum-resistant algorithms of its own that it developed over many years, said Joyce. But it didn’t enter any of its own in the contest. The agency’s mathematicians, however, worked with NIST to support the process, trying … Read More “The NSA Says that There are No Known Flaws in NIST’s Quantum-Resistant Algorithms” »
Security technology, squid, Uncategorized
The Squidmobile. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered by WPeMatico
cars, police, privacy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
San Francisco police are using autonomous vehicles as mobile surveillance cameras. Privacy advocates say the revelation that police are actively using AV footage is cause for alarm. “This is very concerning,” Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) senior staff attorney Adam Schwartz told Motherboard. He said cars in general are troves of personal consumer data, but autonomous … Read More “Surveillance by Driverless Car” »
national security policy, privacy, reports, secrecy, Security technology, surveillance, Uncategorized
Georgetown has a new report on the highly secretive bulk surveillance activities of ICE in the US: When you think about government surveillance in the United States, you likely think of the National Security Agency or the FBI. You might even think of a powerful police agency, such as the New York Police Department. But … Read More “ICE Is a Domestic Surveillance Agency” »