The Story of Colossus
May 6 2021Nice video of a talk by Chris Shore on the history of Colossus.
Read moreNew Spectre-Like Attacks
May 5 2021
There’s new research that demonstrates security vulnerabilities in all of the AMD and Intel chips with micro-op caches, including the ones that were specifically engineered to be resistant...
Read moreTesla Remotely Hacked from a Drone
May 4 2021
This is an impressive hack:
Security researchers Ralf-Philipp Weinmann of Kunnamon, Inc. and Benedikt Schmotzle of Comsecuris GmbH have found remote zero-click security vulnerabilities in an open-source software component...
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Identifying the Person Behind Bitcoin Fog
May 3 2021
The person behind the Bitcoin Fog was identified and arrested. Bitcoin Fog was an anonymization service: for a fee, it mixed a bunch of people’s bitcoins up so...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: On Squid Coloration
April 30 2021Nice excerpt from Martin Wallin’s book Squid. 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...
Read moreSerious MacOS Vulnerability Patched
April 30 2021
Apple just patched a MacOS vulnerability that bypassed malware checks.
The flaw is akin to a front entrance that’s barred and bolted effectively, but with a cat door at...
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Identifying People Through Lack of Cell Phone Use
April 29 2021In this entertaining story of French serial criminal Rédoine Faïd and his jailbreaking ways, there’s this bit about cell phone surveillance: After Faïd’s helicopter breakout, 3,000 police officers took part...
Read moreSecond Click Here to Kill Everybody Sale
April 28 2021For a limited time, I am selling signed copies of Click Here to Kill Everybody in hardcover for just $6, plus shipping. I have 600 copies of the book available....
Read moreSecurity Vulnerabilities in Cellebrite
April 27 2021
Moxie Marlinspike has an intriguing blog post about Cellebrite, a tool used by police and others to break into smartphones. Moxie got his hands on one of...
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