Check Washing
November 30 2020I can’t believe that check washing is still a thing: “Check washing” is a practice where thieves break into mailboxes (or otherwise steal mail), find envelopes with checks, then use...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Diplomoceras Maximum
November 27 2020Diplomoceras maximum is an ancient squid-like creature. It lived about 68 million years ago, looked kind of like a giant paperclip, and may have had a lifespan of 200...
Read moreUndermining Democracy
November 27 2020
Last Thursday, Rudy Giuliani, a Trump campaign lawyer, alleged a widespread voting conspiracy involving Venezuela, Cuba, and China. Another lawyer, Sidney Powell, argued that Mr. Trump...
Read moreCyber Public Health
November 25 2020In a lecture, Adam Shostack makes the case for a discipline of cyber public health. It would relate to cybersecurity in a similar way that public health relates to...
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Wired has a detailed story about the ransomware attack on a Dusseldorf hospital, the one that resulted in an ambulance being redirected to a more distant hospital and...
Read moreMore on the Security of the 2020 US Election
November 23 2020
Last week I signed on to two joint letters about the security of the 2020 election. The first was as one of 59 election security experts, basically saying...
Read moreIndistinguishability Obfuscation
November 23 2020
Quanta magazine recently published a breathless article on indistinguishability obfuscation — calling it the “‘crown jewel’ of cryptography” — and saying that it had finally been achieved, based...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Ram’s Horn Squid Video
November 20 2020This is the first video footage of a ram’s horn squid (Spirula spirula) . As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...
Read moreSymantec Reports on Cicada APT Attacks against Japan
November 20 2020
Symantec is reporting on an APT group linked to China, named Cicada. They have been attacking organizations in Japan and elsewhere.
Cicada has historically been known to target Japan-linked...
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