Collaborate Disseminate
Here’s a fascinating history of cryptography that has plenty to teach you – and you don’t need a degree in mathematics to follow along! Continue reading Serious Security: What 2000 years of cryptography can teach us
While researching my next edition of Elementary Information Security I came a this posting from last January. It comes from the “netmux” web site and describes a $5,000 design for a password hash cracker. It also links to other state o… Continue reading State of the Art Password Cracking
The new strategy allows an attacker to instead lift ID information directly from the router, within minutes. Continue reading Fresh Approach to WiFi Cracking Uses Packet-Sniffing
Investigators can’t get into 7,775 devices? Nah, the FBI admits: it’s more like 1,200… or 2000… pending an audit, it’s not really sure. Continue reading FBI admits to inflating number of crime-related devices it can’t crack
Earlier this year, we posted a link to an interactive Web page. Most people seemed to like it, but we got at least one comment about how they would never be so incautious as to allow JavaScript to run on their computers. You can argue the relative merit of that statement, but it did remind us that just disabling JavaScript is no panacea when it comes to Internet security. You might wonder how you could steal data without scripting, assuming you don’t directly control the server or browser, of course. The answer is by using a cascading style sheet (CSS). …read more
Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese journalist whose anti-corruption investigations exposed powerful people. She was murdered in October by a car bomb. Galizia used WhatsApp to communicate securely with her sources. Now that she is dead, the Maltese police want to break into her phone or the app, and find out who those sources were. One journalist reports: Part of… Continue reading Daphne Caruana Galizia’s Murder and the Security of WhatsApp
Denuvo is probably the best digital-rights management system, used to protect computer games. It’s regularly cracked within a day. If Denuvo can no longer provide even a single full day of protection from cracks, though, that protection is going to look a lot less valuable to publishers. But that doesn’t mean Denuvo will stay effectively useless forever. The company has… Continue reading Denuvo DRM Cracked within a Day of Release
Denuvo is probably the best digital-rights management system, used to protect computer games. It’s regularly cracked within a day. If Denuvo can no longer provide even a single full day of protection from cracks, though, that protection is going to loo… Continue reading Denuvo DRM Cracked within a Day of Release
Robots can crack safes faster than humans — and differently: So Seidle started looking for shortcuts. First he found that, like many safes, his SentrySafe had some tolerance for error. If the combination includes a 12, for instance, 11 or 13 would work, too. That simple convenience measure meant his bot could try every third number instead of every single… Continue reading Robot Safecracking
Wait, what? Android’s Pattern Lock can be easily cracked? Here’s some advice to help you secure your phone Continue reading Android Pattern Lock ‘can be cracked in five attempts’ – here’s what to do