Collaborate Disseminate
Bruce Schneier and Orin Kerr have written a paper that explains the technological and legal issues associated with six encryption workarounds available to law enforcement. Continue reading Paper Spells Out Tech, Legal Options for Encryption Workarounds
Bruce Schneier talks about the early days of the RSA Conference, his campaign for IoT regulation, and more. Continue reading Bruce Schneier on IoT Regulation
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook recap RSA and discuss the news of the week including the impact of Cloudflare’s “Cloudbleed” bug, Google breaking SHA-1, and more. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, February 24, 2017
Citing IoT insecurity, Bruce Schneier called on technologists to get involved with IoT policy at RSA. Continue reading Schneier Brings Campaign for IoT Regulation to RSA
A coalition of researchers and cryptographers are urging the Guardian to retract a story it published last week which suggested the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp contained a backdoor. Continue reading Coalition of Cryptographers, Researchers Urge Guardian to Retract WhatsApp Story
A coalition of researchers and cryptographers are urging the Guardian to retract a story it published last week which suggested the encrypted messaging app WhatsApp contained a backdoor. Continue reading Coalition of Cryptographers, Researchers Urge Guardian to Retract WhatsApp Story
Things are about to get a lot safer on the internet with SHA-2, but there is plenty of work still to be done when it comes to SHA-1 deprecation. Continue reading SHA-1 End Times Have Arrived
A D.C. think tank recommends regulations that mandate IoT security by design before attacks infiltrate critical infrastructure, financial and health care organizations. Continue reading New Call to Regulate IoT Security By Design
Mike Mimoso and Chris Brook discuss the news of the week, including this week’s House hearing on the Internet of Things, Samy Kamkar’s PoisonTap tool, and Windows 10’s ransomware protections. Continue reading Threatpost News Wrap, November 18, 2016
A Chinese technology firm has been siphoning text messages and call records from cheap Android-based mobile smart phones and secretly sending the data to servers in China, researchers revealed this week. The revelations came the same day the White House and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued sweeping guidelines aimed at building security into Internet-connected devices, and just hours before a key congressional panel sought recommendations from industry in regulating basic security standards for so-called “Internet of Things” devices. Continue reading Chinese IoT Firm Siphoned Text Messages, Call Records