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These days, it's rare that we learn something new from the Snowden documents. But Ben Buchanan found something interesting. The NSA penetrates enemy networks in...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 22, 2017 at 07:21 AM
This is interesting: The My Friend Cayla doll, which is manufactured by the US company Genesis Toys and distributed in Europe by Guildford-based Vivid Toy Group...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 20, 2017 at 07:55 AM
The evolutionary reasons why the strawberry squid has two different eyes. Additional articles. Original paper. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 17, 2017 at 05:03 PM
Verizon's Data Brief Digest 2017 describes an attack against an unnamed university by attackers who hacked a variety of IoT devices and had them spam network targets...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 17, 2017 at 09:30 AM
Duqu 2.0 is a really impressive piece of malware, related to Stuxnet and probably written by the NSA. One of its security features is that it stays resident in...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 16, 2017 at 11:28 AM
Interesting article in Science discussing field research on how people are radicalized to become terrorists. The potential for research that can overcome existing...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 15, 2017 at 07:31 AM
Pew Research just published their latest research data on Americans and their views on cybersecurity: This survey finds that a majority of Americans have directly...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 14, 2017 at 07:48 AM
There's a really interesting paper from George Washington University on hacking back: "Into the Gray Zone: The Private Sector and Active Defense against Cyber Threats...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 13, 2017 at 07:40 AM
Interesting research. (Popular article here.) As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.....Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 10, 2017 at 05:25 PM
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) published "From Awareness to Action: A Cybersecurity Agenda for the 45th President" (press release here)...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 10, 2017 at 01:01 PM
Interesting research: "De-anonymizing Web Browsing Data with Social Networks": Abstract: Can online trackers and network adversaries de-anonymize web browsing data...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 10, 2017 at 09:25 AM
Lately, I have been collecting IoT security and privacy guidelines. Here's everything I've found: "Internet of Things (IoT) Broadband Internet Technical Advisory...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 9, 2017 at 08:14 AM
This online safety guide was written for people concerned about being tracked and stalked online. It's a good resource....Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 8, 2017 at 02:20 PM
Wired is reporting on a new slot machine hack. A Russian group has reverse-engineered a particular brand of slot machine -- from Austrian company Novomatic -- and...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 8, 2017 at 07:48 AM
Here's a nice profile of Citizen Lab and its director, Ron Diebert. Citizen Lab is a jewel. There should be more of them....Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 7, 2017 at 03:08 PM
The Linux encryption app Cryptkeeper has a rather stunning security bug: the single-character decryption key "p" decrypts everything: The flawed version is in Debian...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 7, 2017 at 10:50 AM
In January we learned that a hacker broke into Cellebrite's network and stole 900GB of data. Now the hacker has dumped some of Cellebrite's phone-hacking tools...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 6, 2017 at 07:30 AM
A whale recently died in Norway because there were thirty plastic bags in its stomach. Researchers believe it may have mistaken the plastic bags for squid. As usual...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 3, 2017 at 06:25 PM
Here's an article about the US Secret Service and their Cell Phone Forensics Facility in Tulsa. I said it before and I'll say it again: the FBI needs technical...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 3, 2017 at 11:39 AM
Here's a story about data from a pacemaker being used as evidence in an arson conviction....Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 2, 2017 at 07:33 AM