Collaborate Disseminate
While the world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are out in full force with a multitude of scams designed to take advantage of the confusion and panic. COVID-19 has — by necessity — made us all more comfortable working, playing, a… Continue reading Cyberattacks Evolve as the Hospitality and Travel Industry Adapts
While the world fights against the COVID-19 pandemic, cybercriminals are out in full force with a multitude of scams designed to take advantage of the confusion and panic. COVID-19 has — by necessity — made us all more comfortable working, playing, and buying online. Continue reading Cyberattacks Evolve as the Hospitality and Travel Industry Adapts
I just published a new paper with Karen Levy of Cornell: "Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships." Abstract: This article provides an overview of intimate threats: a class of privacy threats that can arise within our families, romantic partnerships, close friendships, and caregiving relationships. Many common assumptions about privacy are upended in the context of these relationships, and many otherwise effective… Continue reading New Research: "Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships"
SANS has made freely available its "Work-from-Home Awareness Kit." When I think about how COVID-19’s security measures are affecting organizational networks, I see several interrelated problems: One, employees are working from their home networ… Continue reading Work-from-Home Security Advice
SANS has made freely available its "Work-from-Home Awareness Kit." When I think about how COVID-19’s security measures are affecting organizational networks, I see several interrelated problems: One, employees are working from their home networks and sometimes from their home computers. These systems are more likely to be out of date, unpatched, and unprotected. They are more vulnerable to attack simply… Continue reading Work-from-Home Security Advice
From a FOIA request, over a hundred old NSA security awareness posters. Here are the BBC’s favorites. Here are Motherboard’s favorites. I have a related personal story. Back in 1993, during the first Crypto Wars, I and a handful of other academic cryptographers visited the NSA for some meeting or another. These sorts of security awareness posters were everywhere, but… Continue reading NSA Security Awareness Posters
Really interesting first-hand experience from Maciej Cegłowski…. Continue reading Lessons Learned Trying to Secure Congressional Campaigns
I recently read two different essays that make the point that while Internet security is terrible, it really doesn’t affect people enough to make it an issue. This is true, and is something I worry will change in a world of physically capable computers. Automation, autonomy, and physical agency will make computer security a matter of life and death, and… Continue reading Why Internet Security Is So Bad
There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. While I agree with some of it, this article contains some particularly bad advice: 1. Never, ever, ever use public (unsecured) Wi-Fi such as… Continue reading Bad Consumer Security Advice
There are lots of articles about there telling people how to better secure their computers and online accounts. While I agree with some of it, this article contains some particularly bad advice: 1. Never, ever, ever use public (unsecured) Wi-Fi such as the Wi-Fi in a café, hotel or airport. To remain anonymous and secure on the Internet, invest in… Continue reading Bad Consumer Security Advice