Security technology, squid
A short SF story in a tweet. 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
dataprotection, dataretention, medicine, privacy, schneiernews, Security technology, videos
Last November, I gave a talk at the TEDMED Conference on health and medical data privacy. The talk is online. Powered by WPeMatico
edwardsnowden, espionage, nationalsecuritypolicy, nsa, Security technology
The Intercept has a long article on the relationship between Palantir Technologies and the NSA, based on the Snowden documents. Powered by WPeMatico
cryptanalysis, cryptography, hashes, Security technology, sha1
The first collision in the SHA-1 hash function has been found. This is not a surprise. We’ve all expected this for over a decade, watching computing power increase. This is why NIST standardized SHA-3 in 2012. Powered by WPeMatico
cyberattack, cybersecurity, edwardsnowden, nsa, Security technology, tradecraft
These days, it’s rare that we learn something new from the Snowden documents. But Ben Buchanan found something interesting. The NSA penetrates enemy networks in order to enhance our defensive capabilities. The data the NSA collected by penetrating BYZANTINE CANDOR’s networks had concrete forward-looking defensive value. It included information on the adversary’s “future targets,” including … Read More “NSA Using Cyberattack for Defense” »
children, espionage, germany, Security technology, spyware
This is interesting: The My Friend Cayla doll, which is manufactured by the US company Genesis Toys and distributed in Europe by Guildford-based Vivid Toy Group, allows children to access the internet via speech recognition software, and to control the toy via an app. But Germany’s Federal Network Agency announced this week that it classified … Read More “German Government Classifies Doll as Illegal Spyware” »
academicpapers, Security technology, squid
The evolutionary reasons why the strawberry squid has two different eyes. Additional articles. Original paper. 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
internetofthings, schools, Security technology, spam, verizon
Verizon’s Data Brief Digest 2017 describes an attack against an unnamed university by attackers who hacked a variety of IoT devices and had them spam network targets and slow them down: Analysis of the university firewall identified over 5,000 devices making hundreds of Domain Name Service (DNS) look-ups every 15 minutes, slowing the institution’s entire … Read More “IoT Attack Against a University Network” »
cybercrime, kaspersky, malware, nsa, Security technology, stuxnet, zeroday
Duqu 2.0 is a really impressive piece of malware, related to Stuxnet and probably written by the NSA. One of its security features is that it stays resident in its host’s memory without ever writing persistent files to the system’s drives. Now, this same technique is being used by criminals: Now, fileless malware is going … Read More “Duqu Malware Techniques Used by Cybercriminals” »
academicpapers, alqaeda, propaganda, Security technology, terrorism
Interesting article in Science discussing field research on how people are radicalized to become terrorists. The potential for research that can overcome existing constraints can be seen in recent advances in understanding violent extremism and, partly, in interdiction and prevention. Most notable is waning interest in simplistic root-cause explanations of why individuals become violent extremists … Read More “Research into the Root Causes of Terrorism” »