Friday Squid Blogging: The Far Side Squid Comic
December 10 2021The Far Side is always good for a squid reference. Here’s a recent one. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...
Read moreLaw Enforcement Access to Chat Data and Metadata
December 10 2021A January 2021 FBI document outlines what types of data and metadata can be lawfully obtained by the FBI from messaging apps. Rolling Stone broke the story...
Read moreGoogle Shuts Down Glupteba Botnet, Sues Operators
December 9 2021Google took steps to shut down the Glupteba botnet, at least for now. (The botnet uses the bitcoin blockchain as a backup command-and-control mechanism, making it hard to get...
Read moreNew German Government is Pro-Encryption and Anti-Backdoors
December 8 2021I hope this is true:
According to Jens Zimmermann, the German coalition negotiations had made it “quite clear” that the incoming government of the Social Democrats (SPD), the Greens...
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Someone Is Running Lots of Tor Relays
December 7 2021Since 2017, someone is running about a thousand — 10% of the total — Tor servers in an attempt to deanonymize the network:
Grouping these servers under the KAX17...
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Thieves Using AirTags to “Follow” Cars
December 6 2021From Ontario and not surprising:
Since September 2021, officers have investigated five incidents where suspects have placed small tracking devices on high-end vehicles so they can later locate and...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squeeze the Squid
December 3 2021Squeeze the Squid is a band. It just released its second album. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
Read moreTesting Faraday Cages
December 3 2021Matt Blaze tested a variety of Faraday cages for phones, both commercial and homemade.
The bottom line:
A quick and likely reliable “go/no go test” can be done with an...
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