Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp
December 24 2024A judge has found that NSO Group, maker of the Pegasus spyware, has violated the US Computer Fraud and Abuse Act by hacking WhatsApp in order to spy on...
Read moreCriminal Complaint against LockBit Ransomware Writer
December 24 2024The Justice Department has published the criminal complaint against Dmitry Khoroshev, for building and maintaining the LockBit ransomware.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Sticker
December 21 2024A sticker for your water bottle. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreMailbox Insecurity
December 19 2024It turns out that all cluster mailboxes in the Denver area have the same master key. So if someone robs a postal carrier, they can open any mailbox. I get...
Read moreNew Advances in the Understanding of Prime Numbers
December 19 2024Really interesting research into the structure of prime numbers. Not immediately related to the cryptanalysis of prime-number-based public-key algorithms, but every little bit matters.
Read moreHacking Digital License Plates
December 18 2024Not everything needs to be digital and “smart.” License plates, for example:
Josep Rodriguez, a researcher at security firm IOActive, has revealed a technique to “jailbreak” digital license plates...
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Short-Lived Certificates Coming to Let’s Encrypt
December 16 2024Starting next year:
Our longstanding offering won’t fundamentally change next year, but we are going to introduce a new offering that’s a big shift from anything we’ve done before—short-lived...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Biology and Ecology of the Colossal Squid
December 14 2024Good survey paper. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreUltralytics Supply-Chain Attack
December 14 2024Last week, we saw a supply-chain attack against the Ultralytics AI library on GitHub. A quick summary:
On December 4, a malicious version 8.3.41 of the popular AI library...
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