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, 2022

In this issue:

  1. The NSA Says that There are No Known Flaws in NIST’s Quantum-Resistant Algorithms
  2. Attacks on Managed Service Providers Expected to Increase
  3. iPhone Malware that Operates Even When the Phone Is Turned Off
  4. Websites that Collect Your Data as You Type
  5. Bluetooth Flaw Allows Remote Unlocking of Digital Locks
  6. The Onion on Google Map Surveillance
  7. Forging Australian Driver’s Licenses
  8. The Justice Department Will No Longer Charge Security Researchers with Criminal Hacking
  9. Manipulating Machine-Learning Systems through the Order of the Training Data
  10. Malware-Infested Smart Card Reader
  11. Security and Human Behavior (SHB) 2022
  12. The Limits of Cyber Operations in Wartime
  13. Clever -- and Exploitable -- Windows Zero-Day
  14. Remotely Controlling Touchscreens
  15. Me on Public-Interest Tech
  16. Long Story on the Accused CIA Vault 7 Leaker
  17. Leaking Military Secrets on Gaming Discussion Boards
  18. Smartphones and Civilians in Wartime
  19. Twitter Used Two-Factor Login Details for Ad Targeting
  20. Cryptanalysis of ENCSecurity’s Encryption Implementation
  21. Hacking Tesla’s Remote Key Cards
  22. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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May 15, 2022

In this issue:

  1. Undetectable Backdoors in Machine-Learning Models
  2. Clever Cryptocurrency Theft
  3. Long Article on NSO Group
  4. Java Cryptography Implementation Mistake Allows Digital-Signature Forgeries
  5. SMS Phishing Attacks are on the Rise
  6. Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Are on the Rise
  7. Microsoft Issues Report of Russian Cyberattacks against Ukraine
  8. Video Conferencing Apps Sometimes Ignore the Mute Button
  9. Using Pupil Reflection in Smartphone Camera Selfies
  10. New Sophisticated Malware
  11. 15.3 Million Request-Per-Second DDoS Attack
  12. Corporate Involvement in International Cybersecurity Treaties
  13. Apple Mail Now Blocks Email Trackers
  14. ICE Is a Domestic Surveillance Agency
  15. Surveillance by Driverless Car
  16. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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April 15, 2022

In this issue:

  1. US Critical Infrastructure Companies Will Have to Report When They Are Hacked
  2. Breaking RSA through Insufficiently Random Primes
  3. "Change Password"
  4. Why Vaccine Cards Are So Easily Forged
  5. Developer Sabotages Open-Source Software Package
  6. White House Warns of Possible Russian Cyberattacks
  7. NASA’s Insider Threat Program
  8. Linux Improves Its Random Number Generator
  9. Gus Simmons’s Memoir
  10. A Detailed Look at the Conti Ransomware Gang
  11. Stalking with an Apple Watch
  12. Chrome Zero-Day from North Korea
  13. Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication
  14. Wyze Camera Vulnerability
  15. Hackers Using Fake Police Data Requests against Tech Companies
  16. Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer FinFisher Shuts Down
  17. US Disrupts Russian Botnet
  18. AirTags Are Used for Stalking Far More than Previously Reported
  19. De-anonymizing Bitcoin
  20. John Oliver on Data Brokers
  21. Russian Cyberattack against Ukrainian Power Grid Prevented
  22. Industrial Control System Malware Discovered
  23. Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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