Crypto-Gram Newsletter

Crypto-Gram is a free monthly e-mail digest of posts from Bruce Schneier's Schneier on Security blog.

Recent Issues

June 15, 2020

In this issue:

  1. On Marcus Hutchins
  2. Ramsay Malware
  3. AI and Cybersecurity
  4. Criminals and the Normalization of Masks
  5. Bart Gellman on Snowden
  6. Ann Mitchell, Bletchley Park Cryptanalyst, Dies
  7. Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS
  8. Websites Conducting Port Scans
  9. Thermal Imaging as Security Theater
  10. Facebook Announces Messenger Security Features that Don't Compromise Privacy
  11. Bogus Security Technology: An Anti-5G USB Stick
  12. Password Changing After a Breach
  13. "Sign in with Apple" Vulnerability
  14. Wallpaper that Crashes Android Phones
  15. Zoom's Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not
  16. New Research: "Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships"
  17. Phishing Attacks against Trump and Biden Campaigns
  18. Gene Spafford on Internet Voting
  19. Security Analysis of the Democracy Live Online Voting System
  20. Availability Attacks against Neural Networks
  21. Another Intel Speculative Execution Vulnerability
  22. Facebook Helped Develop a Tails Exploit

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May 15, 2020

In this issue:

  1. California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic
  2. The DoD Isn't Fixing Its Security Problems
  3. Vulnerability Finding Using Machine Learning
  4. Another Story of Bad 1970s Encryption
  5. New iPhone Zero-Day Discovered
  6. Chinese COVID-19 Disinformation Campaign
  7. Global Surveillance in the Wake of COVID-19
  8. Automatic Instacart Bots
  9. Fooling NLP Systems Through Word Swapping
  10. How Did Facebook Beat a Federal Wiretap Demand?
  11. Securing Internet Videoconferencing Apps: Zoom and Others
  12. Me on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
  13. Denmark, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands and France SIGINT Alliance
  14. Malware in Google Apps
  15. ILOVEYOU Virus
  16. iOS XML Bug
  17. Used Tesla Components Contain Personal Information
  18. Another California Data Privacy Law
  19. Attack Against PC Thunderbolt Port
  20. New US Electronic Warfare Platform
  21. US Government Exposes North Korean Malware

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April 15, 2020

In this issue:

  1. TSA Admits Liquid Ban Is Security Theater
  2. The Insecurity of WordPress and Apache Struts
  3. Work-from-Home Security Advice
  4. Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis
  5. Hacking Voice Assistants with Ultrasonic Waves
  6. Internet Voting in Puerto Rico
  7. Facial Recognition for People Wearing Masks
  8. On Cyber Warranties
  9. Story of Gus Weiss
  10. Privacy vs. Surveillance in the Age of COVID-19
  11. Clarifying the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act
  12. Dark Web Hosting Provider Hacked
  13. Marriott Was Hacked -- Again
  14. Bug Bounty Programs Are Being Used to Buy Silence
  15. Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom
  16. Emotet Malware Causes Physical Damage
  17. Cybersecurity During COVID-19
  18. RSA-250 Factored
  19. Microsoft Buys Corp.com
  20. Kubernetes Security
  21. Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps
  22. Ransomware Now Leaking Stolen Documents
  23. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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