Finnish Data Theft and Extortion
December 10 2020
The Finnish psychotherapy clinic Vastaamo was the victim of a data breach and theft. The criminals tried extorting money from the clinic. When that failed, they started extorting money...
Read moreOpen Source Does Not Equal Secure
December 3 2020
Way back in 1999, I wrote about open-source software:
First, simply publishing the code does not automatically mean that people will examine it for security flaws. Security researchers are...
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Cyber Public Health
November 25 2020In a lecture, Adam Shostack makes the case for a discipline of cyber public health. It would relate to cybersecurity in a similar way that public health relates to...
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 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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2020 Was a Secure Election
November 10 2020
Over at Lawfare: “2020 Is An Election Security Success Story (So Far).”
What’s more, the voting itself was remarkably smooth. It was only a few months ago that professionals...
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Cybersecurity Visuals
October 20 2020The Hewlett Foundation just announced its top five ideas in its Cybersecurity Visuals Challenge. The problem Hewlett is trying to solve is the dearth of good visuals for cybersecurity....
Read moreSwiss-Swedish Diplomatic Row Over Crypto AG
October 6 2020
Previously I have written about the Swedish-owned Swiss-based cryptographic hardware company: Crypto AG. It was a CIA-owned Cold War operation for decades. Today it is called
CEO of NS8 Charged with Securities Fraud
September 25 2020The founder and CEO of the Internet security company NS8 has been arrested and “charged in a Complaint in Manhattan federal court with securities fraud, fraud in the offer...
Read moreUS Space Cybersecurity Directive
September 9 2020The Trump Administration just published “Space Policy Directive – 5“: “Cybersecurity Principles for Space Systems.” It’s pretty general:
Principles. (a) Space systems and their supporting infrastructure, including software, should...
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