Law enforcement needs to protect citizens and their data
Robert Anderson served for 21 years in the FBI, retiring as executive assistant director of the Criminal, Cyber, Response and Services …
Post-Quantum Cryptography Becoming Relevant in Pre-Quantum World
Quantum computers will be able to instantly break the encryption of sensitive data protected by today’s strongest security, warns Arvind …
Donated devices are doxing your data, says new research
In the space of six months, one security researcher found thousands of files from dozens of computers, phones and flash drives — most of …
The Importance of Forward Secrecy in TLS 1.3
I recently wrote a blog about why TLS 1.3 is such a huge improvement over previous versions. Basically, it was rewritten from the ground up …
The responsibility for a sustainable digital future
Mounir Mahjoubi Contributor Share on Twitter Mounir Mahjoubi is the French Secretary of State for Digital Affairs. On March 12, 2019, we …
The End of CoinHive and the Rise of Cryptojacking
CoinHive is a service that was created in September 2017. It allows users to mine Monero cryptocurrency using …
At RSAC 2019, It’s Clear the World Needs More Public Interest Technologists
In a world where technology and culture are one and the same, public interest technologists are critical to a better …
Developer-only iPhones help reveal Apple’s secret security sauce
In August 2016, at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, well-known security researcher Mathew Solnik dangled an answer in front …
For sale: Gray-market iPhones that yield secrets to encryption
In August 2016, at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas, well-known security researcher Mathew Solnik dangled an answer in front …
An Attack on RSA With Exponent 3
As I noted in this post, RSA encryption is often carried out reusing exponents. Sometimes, the exponent is exponent 3, which is subject to …
Homeland Security hasn’t done enough to protect election infrastructure, says watchdog
reported a “mistrust of federal government assistance,” which also hampered Homeland Security’s efforts to provide security …
For sale: iPhone hacking tool, one previous (not very careful) owner
Here’s a second-hand Cellebrite UFED device showing off its capabilities, courtesy of security researcher Matthew Hickey: Hickey is …
Naming Elliptic Curves Used in Cryptography
There is an infinite number of elliptic curves, but a small number are used in cryptography, and these special curves have names. …
Cryptographic Hash Function Menagerie
Here’s an oversimplified survey of cryptographic hash functions: everyone used to use MD5, now they use some variation on …
Cloudflare expands its government warrant canaries
When the government comes for your data, tech companies can’t always tell you. But thanks to a legal loophole, companies can say if they …
What business leaders can learn from Jeff Bezos’ leaked texts
We live in the chapter of computing when data is mostly unprotected because of corporate indifference. The leaders of our new economy – …
Judge won’t unseal legal docs in fight to break Messenger encryption
On Monday, a federal judge ordered that legal documents about the government’s fight to force Facebook to break Messenger encryption will …
A week in security (February 4 – 8)
Last week on Malwarebytes Labs, we took a closer look at the technical and reputational challenges for Facebook as it tries to integrate …