Crypto-Gram Newsletter

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Recent Issues

March 15, 2019

In this issue:

  1. Cataloging IoT Vulnerabilities
  2. I Am Not Associated with Swift Recovery Ltd.
  3. Estonia's Volunteer Cyber Militia
  4. Details on Recent DNS Hijacking
  5. Reverse Location Search Warrants
  6. Gen. Nakasone on US Cyber Command
  7. On the Security of Password Managers
  8. Attacking Soldiers on Social Media
  9. "Insider Threat" Detection Software
  10. Can Everybody Read the US Terrorist Watch List?
  11. Data Leakage from Encrypted Databases
  12. The Latest in Creepy Spyware
  13. Cybersecurity for the Public Interest
  14. Digital Signatures in PDFs Are Broken
  15. Letterlocking
  16. Detecting Shoplifting Behavior
  17. Cybersecurity Insurance Not Paying for NotPetya Losses
  18. Videos and Links from the Public-Interest Technology Track at the RSA Conference
  19. Russia Is Testing Online Voting
  20. On Surveillance in the Workplace
  21. Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift
  22. DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System
  23. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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February 15, 2019

In this issue:

  1. Alex Stamos on Content Moderation and Security
  2. El Chapo's Encryption Defeated by Turning His IT Consultant
  3. Prices for Zero-Day Exploits Are Rising
  4. Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal
  5. Clever Smartphone Malware Concealment Technique
  6. Hacking Construction Cranes
  7. The Evolution of Darknets
  8. Military Carrier Pigeons in the Era of Electronic Warfare
  9. Hacking the GCHQ Backdoor
  10. Japanese Government Will Hack Citizens' IoT Devices
  11. iPhone FaceTime Vulnerability
  12. Security Analysis of the LIFX Smart Light Bulb
  13. Security Flaws in Children's Smart Watches
  14. Public-Interest Tech at the RSA Conference
  15. Facebook's New Privacy Hires
  16. Major Zcash Vulnerability Fixed
  17. Using Gmail "Dot Addresses" to Commit Fraud
  18. China's AI Strategy and its Security Implications
  19. Blockchain and Trust
  20. Cyberinsurance and Acts of War
  21. USB Cable with Embedded Wi-Fi Controller
  22. Reconstructing SIGSALY

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January 15, 2019

In this issue:

  1. New Shamoon Variant
  2. Teaching Cybersecurity Policy
  3. Congressional Report on the 2017 Equifax Data Breach
  4. Fraudulent Tactics on Amazon Marketplace
  5. Drone Denial-of-Service Attack against Gatwick Airport
  6. MD5 and SHA-1 Still Used in 2018
  7. Glitter Bomb against Package Thieves
  8. Human Rights by Design
  9. Stealing Nativity Displays
  10. Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Relied on BGP Hijacking
  11. Click Here to Kill Everybody Available as an Audiobook
  12. China's APT10
  13. Long-Range Familial Searching Forensics
  14. Podcast Interview with Eva Galperin
  15. New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets
  16. Machine Learning to Detect Software Vulnerabilities
  17. EU Offering Bug Bounties on Critical Open-Source Software
  18. Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems
  19. Using a Fake Hand to Defeat Hand-Vein Biometrics
  20. Why Internet Security Is So Bad
  21. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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