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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The US Military Buys Commercial Location Data
November 19 2020
Vice has a long article about how the US military buys commercial location data worldwide.
The U.S. military is buying the granular movement data of people around the world,...
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Michael Ellis as NSA General Counsel
November 18 2020
Over at Lawfare, Susan Hennessey has an excellent primer on how Trump loyalist Michael Ellis got to be the NSA General Counsel, over the objections of NSA Director...
Read moreOn Blockchain Voting
November 16 2020
Blockchain voting is a spectacularly dumb idea for a whole bunch of reasons. I have generally quoted Matt Blaze:
Why is blockchain voting a dumb idea? Glad you asked.
For...
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
November 14 2020
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
- I’m speaking at the (ISC)² Security Congress 2020, November 16, 2020.
- I’ll be on a panel... Read more
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