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Current and Future Assessment of U.S U.K and German Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Surveillance Programs and Tradecraft – An Analysis

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Spooked by evil aliens? Did the Klingons did it again? Worry about your latest and very greatest porn collection leaking online? Thinking about your IP (Intellectual Property) as if it were U.S National Security? Want to find a meaningful way to contri… Continue reading Current and Future Assessment of U.S U.K and German Cyber Intelligence and Cyber Surveillance Programs and Tradecraft – An Analysis→

Chinese Hackers Stole an NSA Windows Exploit in 2014

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Check Point has evidence that (probably government affiliated) Chinese hackers stole and cloned an NSA Windows hacking tool years before (probably government affiliated) Russian hackers stole and then published the same tool. Here’s the timeline:

The timeline basically seems to be, according to Check Point:

  • 2013: NSA’s Equation Group developed a set of exploits including one called EpMe that elevates one’s privileges on a vulnerable Windows system to system-administrator level, granting full control. This allows someone with a foothold on a machine to commandeer the whole box.
    …

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From “The Underground” With Love – A Compilation of Cybercrime Underground Chatter Referencing My Research

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Dear blog readers,I’ve decided to make a quick compilation of underground chatter including references of my research courtesy of high-profile cybercriminals internationally with the idea to raise awareness on their existence and to provoke more resear… Continue reading From “The Underground” With Love – A Compilation of Cybercrime Underground Chatter Referencing My Research→

Dancho Danchev’s Primary Contact Points – 2021

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Dear blog readers,Welcome to 2021. I’ve decided to share my primary contact points for 2021 in a separate post with the idea to allow everyone to add me as a contact or actually send me an instant message or an email regarding possible inquiry about so… Continue reading Dancho Danchev’s Primary Contact Points – 2021→

Dancho Danchev’s Security Research Compilation at his Medium Account – Official E-Book Compilation

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 Dear blog readers,I wanted to let everyone know that I’ve just made all of my Medium account articles currently available in multiple offline E-book formats available online for free which you can grab from here.Topics covered include:- U.S and U.K In… Continue reading Dancho Danchev’s Security Research Compilation at his Medium Account – Official E-Book Compilation→

NSA Urges SysAdmins to Replace Obsolete TLS Protocols

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The NSA released new guidance providing system administrators with the tools to update outdated TLS protocols. Continue reading NSA Urges SysAdmins to Replace Obsolete TLS Protocols→

Military Cryptanalytics, Part III

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The NSA has just declassified and released a redacted version of Military Cryptanalytics, Part III, by Lambros D. Callimahos, October 1977.

Parts I and II, by Lambros D. Callimahos and William F. Friedman, were released decades ago — I believe repeatedly, in increasingly unredacted form — and published by the late Wayne Griswold Barker’s Agean Park Press. I own them in hardcover.

Like Parts I and II, Part III is primarily concerned with pre-computer ciphers. At this point, the document only has historical interest. If there is any lesson for today, it’s that modern cryptanalysis is possible primarily because people make mistakes…

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