Surveillance of the Internet Backbone
August 25 2021
Vice has an article about how data brokers sell access to the Internet backbone. This is netflow data. It’s useful for cybersecurity forensics, but can also be used...
Read moreThat's funny. I could have sworn I didn't run a print job yesterday... but will you look at that?
Read moreMore on Apple’s iPhone Backdoor
August 20 2021
In this post, I’ll collect links on Apple’s iPhone backdoor for scanning CSAM images. Previous links are here and here.
Apple says that hash collisions in its...
Read moreLastest episode - listen, laugh and learn! This week, Chester Wisniewski joins us on the show.
Read moreForewarned is forearmed. Here's our advice on dealing with "copyright infringement" scammers.
Read moreApple Adds a Backdoor to iMessage and iCloud Storage
August 10 2021
Apple’s announcement that it’s going to start scanning photos for child abuse material is a big deal. (Here are five news stories.) I...
Read moreParagon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer
August 3 2021
Forbes has the story:
Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted...
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De-anonymization Story
July 28 2021
This is important:
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking priest in the US who is not a bishop,...
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Commercial Location Data Used to Out Priest
July 23 2021
A Catholic priest was outed through commercially available surveillance data. Vice has a good analysis:
The news starkly demonstrates not only the inherent power of location data, but how...
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Colorado Passes Consumer Privacy Law
July 15 2021First California. Then Virginia. Now Colorado. Here’s a good comparison of the three states’ laws.
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