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Friday Squid Blogging: Interview with a Squid Researcher

October 30 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Security

Interview with Mike Vecchione, Curator of Cephalopoda — now that’s a job title — at the Smithsonian Museum of National History.

One reason they’re so interesting is they are...
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The Legal Risks of Security Research

October 30 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Security

Sunoo Park and Kendra Albert have published “A Researcher’s Guide to Some Legal Risks of Security Research.”

From a summary:

Such risk extends beyond anti-hacking laws, implicating copyright law...
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Tracking Users on Waze

October 29 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Security, vulnerabilities

A security researcher discovered a wulnerability in Waze that breaks the anonymity of users:

I found out that I can visit Waze from any web browser at Read more

The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products

October 28 2020 By Bruce Schneier in nsa, Privacy, Security, surveillance

Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer:

The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which they would build special access for the spy agency...
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Reverse-Engineering the Redactions in the Ghislaine Maxwell Deposition

October 27 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Reverse Engineering, Security

Slate magazine was able to cleverly read the Ghislaine Maxwell deposition and reverse-engineer many of the redacted names. We’ve long known that redacting is hard in the modern age, but...

IMSI-Catchers from Canada

October 26 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Privacy, Security, surveillance

Gizmodo is reporting that Harris Corp. is no longer selling Stingray IMSI-catchers (and, presumably, its follow-on models Hailstorm and Crossbow) to local governments:

L3Harris Technologies, formerly known as the...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-like Nebula

October 23 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Security, squid

Pretty astronomical photo. 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 blog posting guidelines here.

New Report on Police Decryption Capabilities

October 23 2020 By Bruce Schneier in Security

There is a new report on police decryption capabilities: specifically, mobile device forensic tools (MDFTs). Short summary: it’s not just the FBI that can do it.

This report documents...
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NSA Advisory on Chinese Government Hacking

October 21 2020 By Bruce Schneier in China, nsa, Security, vulnerabilities

The NSA released an advisory listing the top twenty-five known vulnerabilities currently being exploited by Chinese nation-state attackers.

This advisory provides Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) known to be...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Interview with a Squid Researcher

The Legal Risks of Security Research

Tracking Users on Waze

The NSA is Refusing to Disclose its Policy on Backdooring Commercial Products

Reverse-Engineering the Redactions in the Ghislaine Maxwell Deposition

IMSI-Catchers from Canada

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-like Nebula

New Report on Police Decryption Capabilities

NSA Advisory on Chinese Government Hacking

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