Testing Faraday Cages
December 3 2021Matt Blaze tested a variety of Faraday cages for phones, both commercial and homemade.
The bottom line:
A quick and likely reliable “go/no go test” can be done with an...
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Smart Contract Bug Results in $31 Million Loss
December 2 2021A hacker stole $31 million from the blockchain company MonoX Finance , by exploiting a bug in software the service uses to draft smart contracts.
Specifically, the hack used...
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Intel Is Maintaining Legacy Technology for Security Research
November 30 2021Intel’s issue reflects a wider concern: Legacy technology can introduce cybersecurity weaknesses. Tech makers constantly improve their products to take advantage of speed and power increases, but customers...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Bobtail Squid and Vibrio Bacteria
November 26 2021Research on the Vibrio bacteria and its co-evolution with its bobtail squid hosts. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
Read moreProposed UK Law Bans Default Passwords
November 26 2021Following California’s lead, a new UK law would ban default passwords in IoT devices.
Read moreApple Sues NSO Group
November 24 2021Piling more on NSO Group’s legal troubles, Apple is suing it:
The complaint provides new information on how NSO Group infected victims’ devices with its Pegasus spyware. To prevent...
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“Crypto” Means “Cryptography,” Not “Cryptocurrency”
November 22 2021I have long been annoyed that the word “crypto” has been co-opted by the blockchain people, and no longer refers to “cryptography.” I’m not the only one.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Bigfin Squid Captured on Video
November 19 2021“Eerie video captures elusive, alien-like squid gliding in the Gulf of Mexico.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
Read moreNew Rowhammer Technique
November 19 2021Rowhammer is an attack technique involving accessing — that’s “hammering” — rows of bits in memory, millions of times per second, with the intent of causing bits in...
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