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Is Security Human Factors Research Skewed Towards Western Ideas and Habits?

Posted on March 18, 2025 By infossl
academic papers, Security technology, Uncategorized, usability

Really interesting research: “How WEIRD is Usable Privacy and Security Research?” by Ayako A. Hasegawa Daisuke Inoue, and Mitsuaki Akiyama: Abstract: In human factor fields such as human-computer interaction (HCI) and psychology, researchers have been concerned that participants mostly come from WEIRD (Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, and Democratic) countries. This WEIRD skew may hinder understanding … Read More “Is Security Human Factors Research Skewed Towards Western Ideas and Habits?” »

On Passkey Usability

Posted on February 12, 2024 By infossl
passwords, Security technology, Uncategorized, usability

Matt Burgess tries to only use passkeys. The results are mixed. Powered by WPeMatico

Apple’s Lockdown Mode

Posted on July 26, 2022 By infossl
apple, cybersecurity, ios, Security technology, Uncategorized, usability, vulnerabilities

I haven’t written about Apple’s Lockdown Mode yet, mostly because I haven’t delved into the details. This is how Apple describes it: Lockdown Mode offers an extreme, optional level of security for the very few users who, because of who they are or what they do, may be personally targeted by some of the most … Read More “Apple’s Lockdown Mode” »

Hiding Vulnerabilities in Source Code

Posted on November 1, 2021 By infossl
academic papers, operating systems, security engineering, Security technology, steganography, Uncategorized, usability, vulnerabilities

Really interesting research demonstrating how to hide vulnerabilities in source code by manipulating how Unicode text is displayed. It’s really clever, and not the sort of attack one would normally think about. From Ross Anderson’s blog: We have discovered ways of manipulating the encoding of source code files so that human viewers and compilers see … Read More “Hiding Vulnerabilities in Source Code” »

SIM Hijacking

Posted on January 21, 2020 By infossl
academicpapers, authentication, cellphones, fraud, Security technology, simcards, smartphones, usability

SIM hijacking — or SIM swapping — is an attack where a fraudster contacts your cell phone provider and convinces them to switch your account to a phone that they control. Since your smartphone often serves as a security measure or backup verification system, this allows the fraudster to take over other accounts of yours. … Read More “SIM Hijacking” »

Lessons Learned Trying to Secure Congressional Campaigns

Posted on June 5, 2019 By infossl
computersecurity, riskassessment, risks, Security technology, securityawareness, securityeducation, socialmedia, twofactorauthentication, usability, voting

Really interesting first-hand experience from Maciej Cegłowski. Powered by WPeMatico

Good Primer on Two-Factor Authentication Security

Posted on August 22, 2018 By infossl
authentication, Security technology, twofactorauthentication, usability

Stuart Schechter published a good primer on the security issues surrounding two-factor authentication. While it’s often an important security measure, it’s not a panacea. Stuart discusses the usability and security issues that you have to think about before deploying the system. Powered by WPeMatico

Perverse Vulnerability from Interaction between 2-Factor Authentication and iOS AutoFill

Posted on June 20, 2018 By infossl
apple, authentication, banking, ios, Security technology, sms, twofactorauthentication, usability

Apple is rolling out an iOS security usability feature called Security code AutoFill. The basic idea is that the OS scans incoming SMS messages for security codes and suggests them in AutoFill, so that people can use them without having to memorize or type them. Sounds like a really good idea, but Andreas Gutmann points … Read More “Perverse Vulnerability from Interaction between 2-Factor Authentication and iOS AutoFill” »

Password Masking

Posted on July 19, 2017 By infossl
internetofthings, passwords, Security technology, usability

Slashdot asks if password masking — replacing password characters with asterisks as you type them — is on the way out. I don’t know if that’s true, but I would be happy to see it go. Shoulder surfing, the threat is defends against, is largely nonexistent. And it is becoming harder to type in passwords … Read More “Password Masking” »

WhatsApp Security Vulnerability

Posted on January 17, 2017 By infossl
backdoors, encryption, facebook, Security technology, signal, usability, vulnerabilities, whatsapp

Back in March, Rolf Weber wrote about a potential vulnerability in the WhatsApp protocol that would allow Facebook to defeat perfect forward secrecy by forcibly change users’ keys, allowing it — or more likely, the government — to eavesdrop on encrypted messages. It seems that this vulnerability is real: WhatsApp has the ability to force … Read More “WhatsApp Security Vulnerability” »

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