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Keystroke Logger Disguised as a USB Charger
From Schneier on Security

Keystroke Logger Disguised as a USB Charger

It's called KeySweeper. More articles. Source code....

David Cameron's Plan to Ban Encryption in the UK
From Schneier on Security

David Cameron's Plan to Ban Encryption in the UK

In the wake of the Paris terrorist shootings, David Cameron has said that he wants to ban encryption in the UK. Here's the quote: "If I am prime minister I will...

The Risk of Unfounded Ebola Fears
From Schneier on Security

The Risk of Unfounded Ebola Fears

Good essay. Worry about Ebola (or anything) manifests physically as what's known as a fight, flight, or freeze response. Biological systems ramp up or down to focus...

Viking Runes as Encryption in the 1500s
From Schneier on Security

Viking Runes as Encryption in the 1500s

This is an interesting historical use of viking runes as a secret code. Yes, the page is all in Finnish. But scroll to the middle. There's a picture of the Stockholm...

How Surveillance Causes Writers to Self-Censor
From Schneier on Security

How Surveillance Causes Writers to Self-Censor

A worldwide survey of writers affiliated with PEN shows a significant level of self-censoring. From the press release: The report's revelations, based on a survey...

Friday Squid Blogging: Dumpling Squid and Sex
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Dumpling Squid and Sex

This just in: the threat of being eaten doesn't deter dumpling squid from having sex. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...

Smart Pipe
From Schneier on Security

Smart Pipe

Pretty impressive surveillance-economy satire....

Further Evidence Pointing to North Korea as Sony Hacker
From Schneier on Security

Further Evidence Pointing to North Korea as Sony Hacker

The FBI has provided more evidence: Speaking at a Fordham Law School cybersecurity conference Wednesday, Comey said that he has "very high confidence" in the FBI's...

How Browsers Store Passwords
From Schneier on Security

How Browsers Store Passwords

Good information on how Internet Explorer, Chrome, and Firefox store user passwords....

Hacking Attack Causes Physical Damage at German Steel Mill
From Schneier on Security

Hacking Attack Causes Physical Damage at German Steel Mill

This sort of thing is still very rare, but I fear it will become more common: ...hackers had struck an unnamed steel mill in Germany. They did so by manipulating...

Attack Attribution in Cyberspace
From Schneier on Security

Attack Attribution in Cyberspace

When you're attacked by a missile, you can follow its trajectory back to where it was launched from. When you're attacked in cyberspace, figuring out who did it...

Attributing the Sony Attack
From Schneier on Security

Attributing the Sony Attack

No one has admitted taking down North Korea's Internet. It could have been an act of retaliation by the US government, but it could just as well have been an ordinary...

Fidgeting as Lie Detection
From Schneier on Security

Fidgeting as Lie Detection

Sophie Van Der Zee and colleagues have a new paper on using body movement as a lie detector: Abstract: We present a new robust signal for detecting deception: full...

Attributing Cyberattacks
From Schneier on Security

Attributing Cyberattacks

New paper: "Attributing Cyber Attacks," by Thomas Rid and Ben Buchanan: Abstract: Who did it? Attribution is fundamental. Human lives and the security of the state...

Loitering as a Security System
From Schneier on Security

Loitering as a Security System

In Kyoto, taxi drivers are encouraged to loiter around convenience stores late at night. Their presence reduces crime. In Kyoto about half of the convenience stores...

Friday Squid Blogging: Easy Squid Recipes
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Easy Squid Recipes

Stewed squid with tomatoes, sauteed squid with parsley and garlic, and braised squid with garlic and herbs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...

Doxing as an Attack
From Schneier on Security

Doxing as an Attack

Those of you unfamiliar with hacker culture might need an explanation of "doxing." The word refers to the practice of publishing personal information about people...

More Data on Attributing the Sony Attack
From Schneier on Security

More Data on Attributing the Sony Attack

An analysis of the timestamps on some of the leaked documents shows that they were downloaded at USB 2.0 speeds -- which implies an insider. Our Gotnews.com investigation...

Leaked CIA Documents
From Schneier on Security

Leaked CIA Documents

I haven't seen much press mention about the leaked CIA documents that have appeared on Wikileaks this month. There are three: The CIA review of high-value target...

New Documents on NSA's Crypanalysis Capabilities
From Schneier on Security

New Documents on NSA's Crypanalysis Capabilities

Spiegel published a long article today on the NSA's analysis capabilities against encrypted systems, with a lot of new documents from the Snowden archive. I'm not...
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