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Control Fraud
From Schneier on Security

Control Fraud

I had never heard the term "control fraud" before: Control fraud theory was developed in the savings and loan debacle. It explained that the person controlling...

Halloween and the Irational Fear of Stranger Danger
From Schneier on Security

Halloween and the Irational Fear of Stranger Danger

From the Wall Street Journal: Take "stranger danger," the classic Halloween horror. Even when I was a kid, back in the "Bewitched" and "Brady Bunch" costume era...

Cargo Security
From Schneier on Security

Cargo Security

The New York Times writes: "Despite the increased scrutiny of people and luggage on passenger planes since 9/11, there are far fewer safeguards for packages and...

Friday Squid Blogging: Dissecting a Giant Squid
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Dissecting a Giant Squid

Interesting television program from UK Channel 4.

Me at TED
From Schneier on Security

Me at TED

Okay, it's not TED. It's one of the independent regional TED events: TEDxPSU. My talk was "Reconceptualizing Security," a condensation of the hour-long talk into...

The Militarization of the Internet
From Schneier on Security

The Militarization of the Internet

Good blog post.

New Orleans Scrapping Surveillance Cameras
From Schneier on Security

New Orleans Scrapping Surveillance Cameras

They're not worth it: In seven years, New Orleans' crime camera program has yielded six indictments: three for crimes caught on video and three for bribes and...

FBI Bugging Embassies in 1940
From Schneier on Security

FBI Bugging Embassies in 1940

Old -- but recently released -- document discussing the bugging of the Russian embassy in 1940. The document also mentions bugging the embassies of France, Germany...

Firesheep
From Schneier on Security

Firesheep

Firesheep is a new Firefox plugin that makes it easy for you to hijack other people's social network connections. Basically, Facebook authenticates clients with...

Seymour Hersh on Cyberwar
From Schneier on Security

Seymour Hersh on Cyberwar

Excellent article from The New Yorker.

Declassified NSA Documents
From Schneier on Security

Declassified NSA Documents

It's a long list. These items are not online; they're at the National Archives and Records Administration in College Park, MD. You can either ask for copies by...

Steganography in the Longfin Inshore Squid
From Schneier on Security

Steganography in the Longfin Inshore Squid

Really: While the notion that a few animals produce polarization signals and use them in communication is not new, M

Video Interview with Me from RSA Europe
From Schneier on Security

Video Interview with Me from RSA Europe

I was interviewed this week at RSA Europe.

FaceTime for Mac Security Hole
From Schneier on Security

FaceTime for Mac Security Hole

Once a user has logged into FaceTime, anyone with access to the machine can change the user's Apple ID password without knowing the old password.

Electronic Car Lock Denial-of-Service Attack
From Schneier on Security

Electronic Car Lock Denial-of-Service Attack

Clever: Inspector Richard Haycock told local newspapers that the possible use of the car lock jammers would help explain a recent spate of thefts from vehicles...

Workshop on the Economics of Information Security
From Schneier on Security

Workshop on the Economics of Information Security

I am the program chair for WEIS 2011, which is to be held next June in Washington, DC. Submissions are due at the end of February. Please forward and repost the...

Predator Software Pirated?
From Schneier on Security

Predator Software Pirated?

This isn't good: Intelligent Integration Systems (IISi), a small Boston-based software development firm, alleges that their Geospatial Toolkit and Extended SQL...

Hiding in Plain Sight
From Schneier on Security

Hiding in Plain Sight

Ha! When he's out and about near his Denver home, former Broncos quarterback John Elway has come up with a novel way to travel incognito

Fingerprinting Telephone Calls
From Schneier on Security

Fingerprinting Telephone Calls

This is clever: The tool is called PinDr0p, and works by analysing the various characteristic noise artifacts left in audio by the different types of voice network...

Indian OS
From Schneier on Security

Indian OS

India is writing its own operating system so it doesn't have to rely on Western technology: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) wants...
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