Crypto-Gram: 2005 Archives
December 15, 2005
In this issue:
- Airplane Security
- Australian Minister’s Sensible Comments on Airline Security Spark Outcry
- Sky Marshal Shooting in Miami
- New Airplane Security Regulations
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Sony’s DRM Rootkit: The Real Story
- CME in Practice
- OpenDocument Format and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- News
- Surveillance and Oversight
- Truckers Watching the Highways
- Snake-Oil Research in the Magazine “Nature”
- Counterpane News
- Twofish Cryptanalysis Rumors
- Totally Secure Classical Communications?
- Comments from Readers
November 15, 2005
In this issue:
- The Security of RFID Passports
- Liabilities and Software Vulnerabilities
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Preventing Identity Theft: The Living and the Dead
- Banks and Two-Factor Authentication
- News
- Sony Secretly Installs Rootkit on Computers
- DMCA Review
- Counterpane News
- Taser Cam
- A “Typical” Terrorist
- The Zotob Worm
October 15, 2005
In this issue:
- Phishing
- Major Security at a Minor Ferry
- DUI Cases Thrown Out Due to Closed-Source Breathalyzer
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Automatic License Plate Scanners
- NSA Watch
- Terrorism Laws Used to Stifle Political Speech
- News
- Jamming Aircraft Navigation Near Nuclear Power Plants
- Secure Flight Working Group Report
- The Doghouse: CryptIt
- Counterpane News
- Hurricane Security and Airline Security Collide
- Tax Breaks for Good Security
- Forging Low-Value Paper Certificates
- Judge Roberts, Privacy, and the Future
September 15, 2005
In this issue:
- Movie-Plot Threats
- Katrina and Security
- The Keys to the Sydney Subway
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- New Cryptanalytic Results Against SHA-1
- Zotob
- News
- Airline Security, Trade-offs, and Agenda
- Cameras in the New York City Subways
- Counterpane News
- Lance Armstrong Accused of Doping
- Peggy Noonan and Movie-Plot Terrorist Threats
- Trusted Computing Best Practices
- Comments from Readers
August 15, 2005
In this issue:
- Profiling
- Cisco and ISS Harass Security Researcher
- E-Mail Interception Decision Reversed
- Stealing Imaginary Things
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Turning Cell Phones off in Tunnels
- Searching Bags in Subways
- Plagiarism and Academia: Personal Experience
- RFID Passport Security Revisited
- Risks of Losing Portable Devices
- How to Not Fix the ID Problem
- Secure Flight
- News
- Shoot-to-Kill
- Counterpane News
- Visa and Amex Drop CardSystems
- Comments from Readers
July 15, 2005
In this issue:
- London Transport Bombings
- Terrorism Defense: A Failure of Imagination
- CardSystems Exposes 40 Million Identities
- Noticing Data Misuse
- Indian Call Center Sells Personal Information
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Write Down Your Password
- The Adaptability of Iraqi Insurgents
- News
- Organized Retail Theft
- The Doghouse: Privacy.li
- SHA-1 Cryptanalysis
- Security Skins
- Counterpane News
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Security Countermeasures
- Speeding Ticket Avoidance
- Redefining Spyware
- Talking to Strangers
- Comments from Readers
June 15, 2005
In this issue:
- 2005 Internet Attack Trends
- Stupid People Buy Fake Concert Tickets
- Backscatter X-Ray Technology
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Insider Attacks
- Accuracy of Commercial Data Brokers
- News
- Eric Schmidt on Secrecy and Security
- U.S. Medical Privacy Law Gutted
- Risks of Cell Phones on Airplanes
- Billions Wasted on Anti-Terrorism Security
- Counterpane News
- Attack on the Bluetooth Pairing Process
- Password Safe 2.11
- Public Disclosure of Personal Data Loss
- Holding Computer Files Hostage
- White Powder Anthrax Hoaxes
- Comments from Readers
May 15, 2005
In this issue:
- Blog: Schneier on Security
- REAL ID
- Should Terrorism be Reported in the News?
- New Risks of Automatic Speedtraps
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- Detecting Nuclear Material in Transport
- The Potential for an SSH Worm
- News
- Biometric Passports in the U.K.
- Lighters Banned on Airplanes
- Counterpane News
- Wi-Fi Minefields
- The PITAC Report on CyberSecurity
- State-Sponsored Identity Theft
- Combating Spam
- Comments from Readers
April 15, 2005
In this issue:
- More on Two-Factor Authentication
- Mitigating Identity Theft
- Crypto-Gram Reprints
- New Risks of Biometrics
- News
- Student Hacks System to Alter Grades
- Security Notes from All Over: Camouflage in Octopodes
- Hacking the Papal Election
- Counterpane News
- The Doghouse: ExeShield
- Secure Flight is in Trouble
- Comments from Readers
March 15, 2005
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Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.