Details of an NSA Hacking Operation
March 3 2022Pangu Lab in China just published a report of a hacking operation by the Equation Group (aka the NSA). It noticed the hack in 2013, and was able to...
Read moreInsurance Coverage for NotPetya Losses
February 28 2022Tarah Wheeler and Josephine Wolff analyze a recent court decision that the NotPetya attacks are not considered an act of war under the wording of Merck’s insurance policy, and...
Read moreA New Cybersecurity “Social Contract”
February 22 2022The US National Cyber Director Chris Inglis wrote an essay outlining a new social contract for the cyber age:
The United States needs a new social contract for the...
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Me on App Store Monopolies and Security
February 1 2022There are two bills working their way through Congress that would force companies like Apple to allow competitive app stores. Apple hates this, since it would break its monopoly,...
Read moreRolling Stone is reporting that the UK government has hired the M&C Saatchi advertising agency to launch an anti-encryption advertising campaign. Presumably they’ll lean heavily on the “think of...
Read moreSFW! The Top N Cybersecurity Stories of 2021 (for small positive integer values of N)
December 24 2021Happy Holidays! Our Top N stories, all totally SFW!
Read moreGoogle Shuts Down Glupteba Botnet, Sues Operators
December 9 2021Google took steps to shut down the Glupteba botnet, at least for now. (The botnet uses the bitcoin blockchain as a backup command-and-control mechanism, making it hard to get...
Read moreS3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast]
December 2 2021Latest episode - listen now!
Read moreS3 Ep61: Call scammers, cloud insecurity, and facial recognition creepiness [Podcast]
December 2 2021Latest episode - listen now!
Read moreIntel 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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