Collaborate Disseminate
Former FBI agent Asha Rangappa @AshaRangappa_ has a smart post debunking the Nunes Memo, then takes it all back again with an op-ed on the NYTimes blaming us privacy activists. She presents an obviously false narrative that the FBI and FISA c… Continue reading Blame privacy activists for the Memo??
Former FBI agent Asha Rangappa @AshaRangappa_ has a smart post debunking the Nunes Memo, then takes it all back again with an op-ed on the NYTimes blaming us privacy activists. She presents an obviously false narrative that the FBI and FISA c… Continue reading Blame privacy activists for the Memo??
Last month, the US government officially “attributed” the Wannacry ransomware worm to North Korea. This attribution has three flaws, which are a good lesson for attribution in general.
It was an accident
The most important fact about Wannacry is that i… Continue reading The problematic Wannacry North Korea attribution
Last month, the US government officially “attributed” the Wannacry ransomware worm to North Korea. This attribution has three flaws, which are a good lesson for attribution in general.It was an accidentThe most important fact about Wannacry is that it … Continue reading The problematic Wannacry North Korea attribution
After the Meltdown/Spectre attacks, somebody created a website promising related “Skyfall/Solace” attacks. They revealed today that it was a “hoax”.
It was a bad hoax. It wasn’t a clever troll, parody, or commentary. It was childish behavior seeking a… Continue reading “Skyfall attack” was attention seeking
After the Meltdown/Spectre attacks, somebody created a website promising related “Skyfall/Solace” attacks. They revealed today that it was a “hoax”.It was a bad hoax. It wasn’t a clever troll, parody, or commentary. It was childish behavior seeking att… Continue reading "Skyfall attack" was attention seeking
I thought I’d write up some notes.
You don’t have to worry if you patch. If you download the latest update from Microsoft, Apple, or Linux, then the problem is fixed for you and you don’t have to worry. If you aren’t up to date, then there’s a lot of o… Continue reading Some notes on Meltdown/Spectre
I thought I’d write up some notes.You don’t have to worry if you patch. If you download the latest update from Microsoft, Apple, or Linux, then the problem is fixed for you and you don’t have to worry. If you aren’t up to date, then there’s a lot of ot… Continue reading Some notes on Meltdown/Spectre
So I thought I’d answer this question. I’m not a “chipmaker”, but I’ve been optimizing low-level assembly x86 assembly language for a couple of decades.
I’d love a blogpost written from the perspective of a chipmaker – Why this issue exists. I&#… Continue reading Why Meltdown exists
So I thought I’d answer this question. I’m not a “chipmaker”, but I’ve been optimizing low-level assembly x86 assembly language for a couple of decades.I’d love a blogpost written from the perspective of a chipmaker – Why this issue exists. I’d never q… Continue reading Why Meltdown exists