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Data Privacy, One of These Days
For some odd reason, data privacy maven Bruce Schneier is an optimist. It’s odd because, according to Schneier, there’s practically no such thing as data privacy. Just about everything we do these days is under some form of electronic surveillance, with governments and corporations eager to record and analyze our every action.
But when Schneier holds forth on Friday at Harvard University, as part of the ongoing HUBweek festivities, he’ll reassure his listeners that the cause is not lost, that our online privacy will someday be ensured. Just give it a decade or two…
Internet das Coisas Poderá Criar Caos Em Segurança Digital, Diz Especialista
Um hacker pode invadir uma smarTV, uma geladeira com internet ou outro tipo de produto da chamada “internet das coisas” e, uma vez com acesso, roubar informações de um computador ou de um celular que estiverem conectados à mesma rede. E, por causa da propagação desse tipo de aparelho, nossa segurança digital pode ficar (ainda) mais vulnerável a criminosos.
Essa é a visão de Bruce Schneier, considerado por alguns o maior especialista em segurança na internet no mundo, que vem ao Brasil nesta semana para falar durante um evento de tecnologia, o Mind the Sec…
"A Lot of Attacks from Western Countries Go through China," Says Bruce Schneier
The attack on Sony Pictures over the film The Interview was perpetrated by North Korea, according to security expert Bruce Schneier.
The former chief technology officer of BT Managed Security Solutions, now CTO at Resilient Systems, had expressed scepticism at the time of the attack that the secretive dictatorship had been behind the attack, motivated by the theme of the film: two hapless American agents who were supposed to assassinate the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un.
But in a video keynote speech at LinuxCon 2015, Schneier claimed that he had changed his mind. “Many of us, including myself, were skeptical for several months. By now it does seem obvious that it was North Korea, as amazing as that sounds,” he said…
Bruce Schneier: The Cyberwar Arms Race Is On
Security expert says we're in a cyberwar arms race, and with the Sony attack, North Korea has already taken the first shot at the United States.
LinuxCon is about Linux, cloud, and containers, but it’s also about security. In the past year, programmers have been reminded that merely being “open-source” doesn’t mean that your code is safe. Assuming you’re secure is a mistake. Because, as security maven Bruce Schneier explained to the LinuxCon audience via Google Hangouts, we’re in a cyber-arms race.
In particular Schneier focused on last fall’s Sony cyber attack. At the time, Schneier said that when the FBI said North Korea was behind the attack, he didn’t believe them. Now, he does.
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Bruce Schneier: "We're in Early Years of a Cyber Arms Race"
Security guru Bruce Schneier says there’s a kind of cold war now being waged in cyberspace, only the trouble is we don’t always know who we’re waging it against.
Schneier appeared onscreen via Google Hangouts at the LinuxCon/CloudOpen/ContainerCon conference in Seattle on Tuesday to warn attendees that the modern security landscape is becoming increasingly complex and dangerous.
"We know, on the internet today, that attackers have the advantage," Schneier said. "A sufficiently funded, skilled, motivated adversary will get in. And we have to figure out how to deal with that."…
This Security Expert Reckons Mass Surveillance Doesn't Stop Terror Attacks
This interview originally appeared in French on VICE France.
Today’s terrorist attack in the Rhône-Alpes region of France, involving the decapitation of a man, has been met with widespread horror and condemnation. So have those in Tunisia, killing 28, and another in Kuwait killing 25. These horrific events are sure to fuel discussion about how to stop this kind of atrocity happening again.
Following January’s Charlie Hebdo attacks in Paris, the French government decided to expedite a new surveillance law. Two days ago, on Wednesday 24th of June, French officials at the National Assembly gave the green light to that new law. France’s new surveillance law has already been compared to the late American Patriot Act—an American anti-terrorism act passed after 9/11 which was …
Terrifying Action Movie Plots About… Encryption
Imagine this: It’s the morning of Election Day, 2020. Americans across the country cast secure, encrypted votes from their smartphones and laptops, electronically choosing their president for the first time in history. Turnout reaches record highs. Live results online show that it’s a close race between the two leading candidates. But by early afternoon, an independent candidate—a sketchy figure with ties to multiple terrorist organizations and no public support whatsoever—mysteriously takes the lead. At 4 p.m., he officially wins the election. The American people rise up in protest: Clearly, hacking, bribery, or other nefarious activity has taken place. However, because the voting software is designed with end-to-end encryption to ensure anonymity, no audit or recount is possible…
We Stand on the Brink of Global Cyber War, Warns Encryption Guru
Schneier: Sony hack "high skill, high focused"
We are in the early years of a cyber war arms race, security guru Bruce Schneier warned delegates at the Infosecurity Europe exhibition on Wednesday.
Schneier, CTO of Resilient Systems, said the much publicised Stuxnet attacks on Iran by the US and Israel in 2010, Iran’s attack on Saudi Aramco, China’s apparent role in hacking GitHub, and the North Korean assault on Sony Pictures last year are all examples of the phenomenon.
“These nations are building up for cyber war and now we’re all in the blast radius,” he warned, while speaking in London…
We Are in Early Years of International Cyber War Arms Race, Says Security Expert Bruce Schneier
Countries are not attacking each other but striking at the IT infrastructure of enterprises in rival states, says security pundit Bruce Schneier
Cyber attacks—such as that on Sony Pictures in 2014—suggest the world is in the early stages of a cyber war arms race.
So said Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer of Resilient Systems: “We are in the early years of a cyber war arms race.
“There is a lot of nation state rhetoric, and we are seeing a lot of nation state attacks against non nation states,” he told Infosecurity Europe 2015 in London.
Schneier cited North Korea’s attack on Sony Pictures, China’s attack on Github and Iran’s attack on Saudi Aramco as examples.
“There is a lot of this back and forth, where countries are not attacking each other, but attacking companies in those countries—and I think we are going to see more of that,” he said…
"Against an Adequately Skilled, Adequately Funded Adversary, Our Defenses Don't Work"
Cryptologist Bruce Schneier tells RSA conference that focus should be on dealing with fallout of cyberattacks
Last year’s massive cyberattack on Sony—presumed to have been a nation state attack orchestrated by North Korea—presents many of the most pressing issues of catastrophic risk, says well known cryptologist and author Bruce Schneier, chief security officer at security company Resilient. In a talk at the RSA security conference in San Francisco, Schneier considered the timeline of the attack, and the response to it. During the event, hackers penetrated Sony’s network, stole data, and then embarrassed the company by slowly releasing private emails from executives, salary details, copies of unreleased films, and other sensitive information. The hack, which occurred over several weeks in November and December 2014, is believed to have been done in response to the studio’s release of the Seth Rogen comedy …
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.