Crypto-Gram Security Podcast

Crypto-Gram June 15, 20212021/06/15

In this issue:
AIs and Fake Comments The Misaligned Incentives for Cloud Security Vulnerabilities in Weapons Systems
from the June 15, 2021 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram May 15, 20212021/05/15

In this issue:
When AIs Start Hacking Security Vulnerabilities in Cellebrite Ransomware Is Getting Ugly
from the May 15, 2021 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram April 15, 20212021/04/15

In this issue:
Illegal Content and the Blockchain Details of a Computer Banking Scam The FBI Is Now Securing Networks Without Their Owners’ Permission
from the April 15, 2021 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram March 15, 20212021/03/15

In this issue:
National Security Risks of Late-Stage Capitalism More on the Chinese Zero-Day Microsoft Exchange Hack
from the March 15, 2021 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram February 15, 20212021/02/15

In this issue:
Cell Phone Location Privacy Presidential Cybersecurity and Pelotons
from the February 15, 2021 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram January 15, 20212021/01/15

In this issue:
Mexican Drug Cartels with High-Tech Spyware US Schools Are Buying Cell Phone Unlocking Systems Eavesdropping on Phone Taps from Voice Assistants Russia’s SolarWinds Attack and Software Security
from the January 15, 2021 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram December 15, 20202020/12/15

In this issue:
Indistinguishability Obfuscation More on the Security of the 2020 US Election Undermining Democracy Should There Be Limits on Persuasive Technologies?
from the December 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram November 15, 20202020/11/15

In this issue:
The Security Failures of Online Exam Proctoring “Privacy Nutrition Labels” in Apple’s App Store Inrupt’s Solid Announcement
from the November 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram October 15, 20202020/10/15

In this issue:
Documented Death from a Ransomware Attack COVID-19 and Acedia Google Responds to Warrants for “About” Searches
from the October 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram September 15, 20202020/09/15

In this issue:
Copying a Key by Listening to It in Action Identifying People by Their Browsing Histories Cory Doctorow on The Age of Surveillance Capitalism US Postal Service Files Blockchain Voting Patent
from the September 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram August 15, 20202020/08/15

In this issue:
On the Twitter Hack Survey of Supply Chain Attacks
from the August 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram July 15, 20202020/07/15

In this issue:
Eavesdropping on Sound Using Variations in Light Bulbs Zoom Will Be End-to-End Encrypted for All Users COVID-19 Risks of Flying iPhone Apps Stealing Clipboard Data Securing the International IoT Supply Chain The Security Value of Inefficiency
from the July 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram June 15, 20202020/06/15

In this issue:
Bart Gellman on Snowden Zoom's Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not
from the June 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram May 15, 20202020/05/15

In this issue:
Automatic Instacart Bots Securing Internet Videoconferencing Apps: Zoom and Others Me on COVID-19 Contact Tracing Apps
from the May 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram April 15, 20202020/04/15

In this issue:
Work-from-Home Security Advice Emergency Surveillance During COVID-19 Crisis Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom Contact Tracing COVID-19 Infections via Smartphone Apps Ransomware Now Leaking Stolen Documents
from the April 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram March 15, 20202020/03/15

In this issue:
Policy vs. Technology Inrupt, Tim Berners-Lee's Solid, and Me Security of Health Information
from the March 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram February 15, 20202020/02/15

In this issue:
Critical Windows Vulnerability Discovered by NSA Modern Mass Surveillance: Identify, Correlate, Discriminate
from the February 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram January 15, 20202020/01/15

In this issue:
Artificial Personas and Public Discourse 5G Security
from the January 15, 2020 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram December 15, 20192019/12/15

In this issue:
Reforming CDA 230 Scaring People into Supporting Backdoors
from the December 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram November 15, 20192019/11/15

In this issue:
Calculating the Benefits of the Advanced Encryption Standard Former FBI General Counsel Jim Baker Chooses Encryption Over Backdoors Technology and Policymakers
from the November 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram October 15, 20192019/10/15

In this issue:
Russians Hack FBI Comms System On Chinese "Spy Trains" Supply-Chain Security and Trust
from the October 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram September 15, 20192019/09/15

In this issue:
Influence Operations Kill Chain The Myth of Consumer-Grade Security Massive iPhone Hack Targets Uyghurs When Biology Becomes Software
from the September 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram August 15, 20192019/08/15

In this issue:
Palantir's Surveillance Service for Law Enforcement Zoom Vulnerability Attorney General William Barr on Encryption Policy How Privacy Laws Hurt Defendants Brazilian Cell Phone Hack
from the August 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram July 15, 20192019/07/15

In this issue:
Data, Surveillance, and the AI Arms Race Fake News and Pandemics
from the July 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram June 15, 20192019/06/15

In this issue:
First American Financial Corp. Data Records Leak Fraudulent Academic Papers Chinese Military Wants to Develop Custom OS Computers and Video Surveillance
from the June 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram May 15, 20192019/05/15

In this issue:
China Spying on Undersea Internet Cables G7 Comes Out in Favor of Encryption Backdoors Defending Democracies Against Information Attacks Protecting Yourself from Identity Theft First Physical Retaliation for a Cyberattack Leaked NSA Hacking Tools
from the May 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram April 15, 20192019/04/15

In this issue:
CAs Reissue Over One Million Weak Certificates Zipcar Disruption First Look Media Shutting Down Access to Snowden NSA Archives Mail Fishing TajMahal Spyware New Version of Flame Malware Discovered
from the April 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram March 15, 20192019/03/15

In this issue:
Judging Facebook's Privacy Shift
from the March 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram February 15, 20192019/02/15

In this issue:
Evaluating the GCHQ Exceptional Access Proposal Public-Interest Tech at the RSA Conference Blockchain and Trust
from the February 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram January 15, 20192019/01/15

In this issue:
New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets Machine Learning to Detect Software Vulnerabilities Using a Fake Hand to Defeat Hand-Vein Biometrics
from the January 15, 2019 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 December 20182019/01/04

In this issue:
Information Attacks against Democracies How Surveillance Inhibits Freedom of Expression Propaganda and the Weakening of Trust in Government
from the December 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 November 20182018/11/15

In this issue:
Cell Phone Security and Heads of State New IoT Security Regulations Oracle and "Responsible Disclosure"
from the November 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 October 20182018/10/15

In this issue:
Security in a World of Physically Capable Computers
from the October 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 September 20182018/09/15

In this issue:
Five-Eyes Intelligence Services Choose Surveillance Over Security Security Risks of Government Hacking Quantum Computing and Cryptography
from the September 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 August 20182018/08/15
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In this issue:
New Book Announcement: Click Here to Kill Everybody Reasonably Clever Extortion E-mail Based on Password Theft Defeating the iPhone Restricted Mode 1Password's Travel Mode SpiderOak's Warrant Canary Died Don't Fear the TSA Cutting Airport Security. Be Glad That They're Talking about It. Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking
from the August 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 July 20182018/07/15
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In this issue:
Ridiculously Insecure Smart Lock Are Free Societies at a Disadvantage in National Cybersecurity Perverse Vulnerability from Interaction between 2-Factor Authentication and iOS AutoFill The Effects of Iran's Telegram Ban Bypassing Passcodes in iOS Manipulative Social Media Practices Conservation of Threat California Passes New Privacy Law
from the July 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 June 20182018/06/15

In this issue:
Router Vulnerability and the VPNFilter Botnet E-Mail Vulnerabilities and Disclosure Russian Censorship of Telegram Another Spectre-Like CPU Vulnerability An Example of Deterrence in Cyberspace New Data Privacy Regulations
from the June 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 May 20182018/05/15

In this issue:
Securing Elections Details on a New PGP Vulnerability Two NSA Algorithms Rejected by the ISO Ray Ozzie's Encryption Backdoor Supply-Chain Security
from the May 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 April 20182018/04/15

In this issue:
Facebook and Cambridge Analytica Israeli Security Company Attacks AMD by Publishing Zero-Day Exploits Obscure E-Mail Vulnerability The Digital Security Exchange Is Live
from the April 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 March 20182018/04/03

In this issue:
Artificial Intelligence and the Attack/Defense Balance Can Consumers' Online Data Be Protected?
from the March 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 February 20182018/02/15

In this issue:
The Effects of the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities After Section 702 Reauthorization Cabinet of Secret Documents from Australia
from the February 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 January 20182018/01/15

In this issue:
Spectre and Meltdown Attacks Against Microprocessors Susan Landau's New Book: "Listening In" New Book Coming in September: "Click Here to Kill Everybody" Daniel Miessler on My Writings about IoT Security
from the January 15, 2018 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 December 20172017/12/15

In this issue:
Warrant Protections against Police Searches of Our Data Uber Data Hack NSA "Red Disk" Data Leak New White House Announcement on the Vulnerability Equities Process
from the December 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 November 20172017/11/15

In this issue:
Me on the Equifax Breach Daphne Caruana Galizia's Murder and the Security of WhatsApp New KRACK Attack Against Wi-Fi Encryption Fraud Detection in Pokemon Go IoT Cybersecurity: What's Plan B?
from the November 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 October 20172017/11/06

In this issue:
Yet Another Russian Hack of the NSA -- This Time with Kaspersky's Help Changes in Password Best Practices HP Shared ArcSight Source Code with Russians My Writing Department of Homeland Security to Collect Social Media of Immigrants and Citizens
from the October 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 September 20172017/10/10

In this issue:
On the Equifax Data Breach iPhone Changes to Frustrate the Police
from the September 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 August 20172017/08/15

In this issue:
Ethereum Hack Zero-Day Vulnerabilities against Windows in the NSA Tools Released by the Shadow Brokers Measuring Vulnerability Rediscovery
from the August 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 July 20172017/07/15

In this issue:
Book Review: "Twitter and Tear Gas," by Zeynep Tufekci Amazon Patents Measures to Prevent In-Store Comparison Shopping Separating the Paranoid from the Hacked
from the July 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 June 20172017/06/15
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In this issue:
The Future of Ransomware WannaCry and Vulnerabilities NSA Brute-Force Keysearch Machine NSA Abandons "About" Searches Extending the Airplane Laptop Ban Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2017) Passwords at the Border NSA Document Outlining Russian Attempts to Hack Voter Rolls Who Are the Shadow Brokers?
from the June 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 May 20172017/05/15

In this issue:
Who is Publishing NSA and CIA Secrets, and Why? The Quick vs. the Strong: Commentary on Cory Doctorow's "Walkaway" Securing Elections Surveillance and our Insecure Infrastructure
from the May 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 April 20172017/04/15
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In this issue:
The TSA's Selective Laptop Ban WikiLeaks Not Disclosing CIA-Hoarded Vulnerabilities to Companies Shadow Brokers Releases the Rest of Their NSA Hacking Tools Congress Removes FCC Privacy Protections on Your Internet Usage Incident Response as "Hand-to-Hand Combat" Fourth WikiLeaks CIA Attack Tool Dump Security Orchestration and Incident Response Commenting Policy for My Blog
from the April 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 March 20172017/03/15

In this issue:
WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools Botnets Defense Against Doxing Buzzword Watch: Prosilience The CIA's "Development Tradecraft DOs and DON'Ts"
from the March 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 February 20172017/02/15

In this issue:
Security and the Internet of Things Security and Privacy Guidelines for the Internet of Things
from the February 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 January 20172017/01/15

In this issue:
Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia Are We Becoming More Moral Faster Than We're Becoming More Dangerous? Security Risks of TSA PreCheck Law Enforcement Access to IoT Data Class Breaks A Comment on the Trump Dossier
from the January 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 December 20162016/12/15

In this issue:
My Priorities for the Next Four Years Hacking and the 2016 Presidential Election Dumb Security Survey Questions
from the December 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 November 20162016/11/15

In this issue:
Election Security Lessons From the Dyn DDoS Attack Regulation of the Internet of Things Virtual Kidnapping Intelligence Oversight and How It Can Fail Whistleblower Investigative Report on NSA Suite B Cryptography
from the November 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 October 20162016/10/15

In this issue:
Security Economics of the Internet of Things Cybersecurity Issues for the Next Administration Security Design: Stop Trying to Fix the User Recovering an iPhone 5c Passcode The Hacking of Yahoo
from the October 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 September 20162016/09/15

In this issue:
The NSA Is Hoarding Vulnerabilities Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet Organizational Doxing and Disinformation iPhone Zero-Day Used by UAE Government Apple's Cloud Key Vault
from the September 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 August 20162016/08/15

In this issue:
The Security of Our Election Systems Hacking the Vote Real-World Security and the Internet of Things Hacking Your Computer Monitor More on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process
from the August 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 July 20162016/07/15

In this issue:
CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography Doesn't Exist Report on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process Apple's Differential Privacy Google's Post-Quantum Cryptography
from the July 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 June 20162016/06/15

In this issue:
The Unfalsifiability of Security Claims Arresting People for Walking Away from Airport Security Suckfly Google Moving Forward on Automatic Logins Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2016)
from the June 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 May 20162016/05/15

In this issue:
Credential Stealing as an Attack Vector Helen Nissenbaum on Regulating Data Collection and Use Amazon Unlimited Fraud I'm Writing a Book on Security
from the May 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 April 20162016/04/15
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In this issue:

Lawful Hacking and Continuing Vulnerabilities
More Links on the San Bernardino iPhone Case
Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks
Memphis Airport Inadvertently Gets Security Right
New NIST Encryption Guidelines
Hacking Lottery Machines
IRS Security

from the April
15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter

by Bruce Schneier

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Crypto-Gram 15 March 20162016/03/15
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In this issue:

Data Is a Toxic Asset
The FBI vs. Apple: Decrypting an iPhone
The Importance of Strong Encryption to Security
Security Implications of Cash
WikiLeaks Publishes NSA Target List
Cheating at Professional Bridge
Simultaneous Discovery of Vulnerabilities

from the March 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 February 20162016/02/15
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In this issue:

The Internet of Things Will Be the World's Biggest Robot
Integrity and Availability Threats
Security vs. Surveillance
Paper on the Going Dark Debate
The 2016 National Threat Assessment
AT&T Does Not Care about Your Privacy
"Data and Goliath" Published in Paperback
NSA's TAO Head on Internet Offense and Defense
Worldwide Encryption Products Survey

from the February 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 January 20162016/01/15

In this issue:

The Internet of Things that Talk About You Behind Your Back
Using Law against Technology
DMCA and the Internet of Things
NSA Spies on Israeli Prime Minister
Replacing Judgment with Algorithms
IT Security and the Normalization of Deviance

from the January 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 December 20152015/12/15
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In this issue:

Policy Repercussions of the Paris Terrorist Attacks
NSA Collected Americans' E-mails Even After it Stopped Collecting Americans' E-mails
Reputation in the Information Age
On CISA
Voter Surveillance
Worldwide Cryptographic Products Survey: Edits and Additions Wanted
Security vs. Business Flexibility

from the December 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 November 20152015/11/15

In this issue:

The Doxing Trend
The Rise of Political Doxing
Breaking Diffie-Hellman with Massive Precomputation (Again)
Australia Is Testing Virtual Passports
The Effects of Surveillance on the Victims

from the November 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 October 20152015/10/15
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In this issue:

Volkswagen and Cheating Software
Living in a Code Yellow World
Obama Administration Not Pursuing a Backdoor to Commercial Encryption
Stealing Fingerprints
Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance
Bringing Frozen Liquids through Airport Security
SHA-1 Freestart Collision

from the October 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 September 20152015/09/15
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In this issue:

The Security Risks of Third-Party Data
NSA Plans for a Post-Quantum World
Drone Self-Defense and the Law
Hacking Team, Computer Vulnerabilities, and the NSA
TSA Master Keys
Oracle CSO Rant Against Security Experts
FBI and Apple's Encryption
Animals vs. Drones
Glenn Greenwald Debates Keith Alexander
Wanted: Cryptography Products for Worldwide Survey

from the September 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 August 20152015/08/15
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In this issue:

Backdoors Won't Solve Comey's Going Dark Problem
Another Salvo in the Second Crypto War (of Words)
Cosa Nostra Dead Drops
Bizarre High-Tech Kidnapping
Fugitive Located by Spotify
Intimidating Military Personnel by Targeting Their Families
Stagefright Vulnerability in Android Phones

from the August 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 July 20152015/07/15
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In this issue:

Organizational Doxing
Why We Encrypt
The Secrecy of the Snowden Documents
The Risks of Mandating Backdoors in Encryption Products
What is the DoD's Position on Backdoors in Security Systems?
Office of Personnel Management Data Hack
More about the NSA's XKEYSCORE
Hayden Mocks NSA Reforms
NSA French and German Intercepts
Hacking Team Is Hacked

from the July 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 June 20152015/06/15
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In this issue:

The Logjam (and Another) Vulnerability against Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange
NSA Running a Massive IDS on the Internet Backbone
Duqu 2.0
Why the Recent Section 215 Reform Debate Doesn't Matter Much
TSA Not Detecting Weapons at Security Checkpoints
Chris Roberts and Avionics Security
Encrypting Windows Hard Drives
Should Companies Do Most of Their Computing in the Cloud? (Part 1)
Should Companies Do Most of Their Computing in the Cloud? (Part 2)
Should Companies Do Most of Their Computing in the Cloud? (Part 3)
Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner

from the June 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 May 20152015/05/15
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In this issue:

Admiral Rogers Speaking at the Joint Service Academy Cyber Security Summit
The Further Democratization of QUANTUM
The Further Democratization of Stingray
Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semifinalists
Hacking Airplanes
Counting the US Intelligence Community Leakers
"Hinky" in Action

from the May 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 April 20152015/04/15

In this issue:

More "Data and Goliath" News
The Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest
Metal Detectors at Sports Stadiums
Cisco Shipping Equipment to Fake Addresses to Foil NSA Interception
New Zealand's XKEYSCORE Use
Australia Outlaws Warrant Canaries

from the April 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 March 20152015/03/15
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In this issue:

"Data and Goliath"'s Big Idea
"Data and Goliath" News
Everyone Wants You To Have Security, But Not from Them
The Democratization of Cyberattack
The Equation Group's Sophisticated Hacking and Exploitation Tools
Ford Proud that "Mustang" Is a Common Password
Attack Attribution and Cyber Conflict
Co3 Systems Changes Its Name to Resilient Systems
FREAK: Security Rollback Attack Against SSL
Can the NSA Break Microsoft's BitLocker?
Hardware Bit-Flipping Attack

from the March 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 February 20152015/02/15
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In this issue:

Samsung Television Spies on Viewers
Accountability as a Security System
When Thinking Machines Break the Law
Obama Says Terrorism Is Not an Existential Threat
National Academies Report on Bulk Intelligence Collection
My Superpower
New Book: "Data and Goliath"
DEA Also Conducting Mass Telephone Surveillance

from the February 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 January 20152015/01/15
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In this issue:

Lessons from the Sony Hack
Reacting to the Sony Hack
Did North Korea Really Attack Sony?
Attributing the Sony Attack
The Limits of Police Subterfuge
Leaked CIA Documents
Doxing as an Attack
Attack Attribution in Cyberspace
The Security of Data Deletion

from the January 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 December 20142014/12/15

In this issue:

Regin
FBI Agents Pose as Repairmen to Bypass Warrant Process
NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks
Comments on the Sony Hack
Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance
Corporations Misusing Our Data

from the December 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 November 20142014/11/15

In this issue:

Crypto Wars II
Hacking Team Documentation
The Future of Incident Response
How Did the Feds Identity Dread Pirate Roberts?
Spritz: A New RC4-Like Stream Cipher
NSA Classification ECI = Exceptionally Controlled Information

from the November 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 October 20142014/10/15

In this issue:

Data and Goliath Is Finished
iPhone Encryption and the Return of the Crypto Wars
Fake Cell Phone Towers Across the US
FOXACID Operations Manual
NSA Has Undercover Operatives in Foreign Companies
DEA Creates Fake Facebook Page in Woman's Name

from the October 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 September 20142014/09/15
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In this issue:

NSA/GCHQ/CSEC Infecting Innocent Computers Worldwide
The Security of al Qaeda Encryption Software
QUANTUM Technology Sold by Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers
The Concerted Effort to Remove Data Collection Restrictions
Cell Phone Kill Switches Mandatory in California
Security of Password Managers

from the September 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
Crypto-Gram 15 August 20142014/08/15

In this issue:

New Snowden Interview in Wired
The US Intelligence Community has a Third Leaker
Over a Billion Passwords Stolen?
Irrational Fear of Risks Against Our Children

from the August 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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GCHQ Catalog of Exploit Tools
NSA Spied on Prominent Muslim Americans
Web Activity Used in Court to Portray State of Mind
NSA Targets the Privacy-Conscious for Surveillance
Co3 Systems Is Hiring
Could Keith Alexander's Advice Possibly Be Worth $600K a Month?

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Disclosing vs. Hoarding Vulnerabilities
The NSA is Not Made of Magic
GCHQ Intercept Sites in Oman
Chinese Hacking of the US
The Human Side of Heartbleed
TrueCrypt
Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2014)
Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner

from the June 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 May 20142014/05/15

In this issue:

Internet Subversion
New Al Qaeda Encryption Software
Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semifinalists
Espionage vs. Surveillance

from the May 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Apr 20142014/04/15
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Heartbleed
Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest
MYSTIC: The NSA's Telephone Call Collection Program
The Continuing Public/Private Surveillance Partnership
New Book on Data and Power
An Open Letter to IBM's Open Letter
Ephemeral Apps
Details of the Target Credit Card Breach

from the April 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Mar 20142014/03/15
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Breaking Up the NSA
Computer Network Exploitation vs. Computer Network Attack
Metadata = Surveillance
Surveillance by Algorithm
Who Should Store NSA Surveillance Data
The Security of the Fortuna PRNG
RCS Spyware and Citizen Lab
Choosing Secure Passwords

from the March 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Feb 20142014/02/15
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Finding People's Locations Based on Their Activities in Cyberspace
The Insecurity of Secret IT Systems
Last Month I Briefed Congress on the NSA
US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) Condemns NSA Mass Surveillance
NSA/GCHQ Accused of Hacking Belgian Cryptographer
CSEC Surveillance Analysis of IP and User Data

from the February 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 Jan 20142014/01/15

In this issue:

How the NSA Threatens National Security
NSA Exploit of the Day
Tor User Identified by FBI
Security Risks of Embedded Systems
Schneier News: I've Joined Co3[“Co-Three”] Systems
Twitter Users: Please Make Sure You're Following the Right Feed

from the January 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 Dec 20132013/12/15

In this issue:

NSA Spying on Online Gaming Worlds
NSA Tracks People Using Google Cookies
How Antivirus Companies Handle State-Sponsored Malware
Surveillance as a Business Model
Evading Airport Security
The TQP Patent

from the December 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Nov 20132013/11/15
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NSA Harvesting Contact Lists
NSA Eavesdropping on Google and Yahoo Networks
Code Names for NSA Exploit Tools
Defending Against Crypto Backdoors
Why the Government Should Help Leakers
The Trajectories of Government and Corporate Surveillance
A Fraying of the Public/Private Surveillance Partnership
Book Review: "Cyber War Will Not Take Place"
Understanding the Threats in Cyberspace
SecureDrop
Dry Ice Bombs at LAX
The Battle for Power on the Internet

from the November 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Oct 20132013/10/15
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How the NSA Attacks Tor/Firefox Users With QUANTUM and FOXACID
Why It's Important to Publish the NSA Programs
The NSA's New Risk Analysis
Reforming the NSA
The Limitations of Intelligence
Metadata Equals Surveillance
Senator Feinstein Admits the NSA Taps the Internet Backbone
NSA Storing Internet Data, Social Networking Data, on Pretty Much Everybody
Air Gaps
Will Keccak = SHA-3?
Google Knows Every Wi-Fi Password in the World
Surreptitiously Tampering with Computer Chips

from the October 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Sep 20132013/09/15
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Take Back the Internet
More on the NSA Commandeering the Internet
Detaining David Miranda
Government Secrecy and the Generation Gap
Conspiracy Theories and the NSA
The NSA's Cryptographic Capabilities
How to Remain Secure Against the NSA
Protecting Against Leakers
Our Newfound Fear of Risk
Human-Machine Trust Failures
Excess Automobile Deaths as a Result of 9/11
iPhone Fingerprint Authentication
Hacking Consumer Devices
Syrian Electronic Army Cyberattacks
The Cryptopocalypse
Measuring Entropy and its Applications to Encryption

from the September 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Aug 20132013/08/15
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The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership
The NSA is Commandeering the Internet
Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet
Book Review: "Rise of the Warrior Cop"
Michael Hayden on the Effects of Snowden's Whistleblowing
Counterterrorism Mission Creep

from the August 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Jul 20132013/07/15
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Blowback from the NSA Surveillance
Evidence that the NSA Is Storing Voice Content, Not Just Metadata
NSA Secrecy and Personal Privacy
Petition the NSA to Subject its Surveillance Program to Public Comment
New Details on Skype Eavesdropping
Pre-9/11 NSA Thinking
How the NSA Eavesdrops on Americans
NSA E-Mail Eavesdropping
US Offensive Cyberwar Policy
Finding Sociopaths on Facebook
My Fellowship at the Berkman Center
Protecting E-Mail from Eavesdropping
Is Cryptography Engineering or Science?
Sixth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner

from the July 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Jun 20132013/06/15
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Government Secrets and the Need for Whistleblowers
Prosecuting Snowden
Trading Privacy for Convenience
Essays Related to NSA Spying Documents
The Politics of Security in a Democracy
More on Feudal Security
Surveillance and the Internet of Things
The Problems with CALEA-II
Sixth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Semifinalists
A Really Good Article on How Easy it Is to Crack Passwords
Bluetooth-Controlled Door Lock
Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2013)
The Cost of Terrorism in Pakistan

from the June 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 May 20132013/05/15

In this issue:

Refuse to be Terrorized
Intelligence Analysis and the Connect-the-Dots Metaphor
Transparency and Accountability
The Boston Marathon Bomber Manhunt
The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership
Michael Chertoff on Google Glass

from the May 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Crypto-Gram 15 Apr 20132013/04/15

In this issue:

Our Internet Surveillance State
Sixth Movie-Plot Threat Contest
IT for Oppression
When Technology Overtakes Security
Security Awareness Training
What I've Been Thinking About
Changes to My Blog

from the April 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
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Crypto-Gram 15 Mar 20132013/03/15
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Nationalism on the Internet
Automobile Data Surveillance and the Future of Black Boxes
The Court of Public Opinion
More on Chinese Cyberattacks
Technologies of Surveillance
Phishing Has Gotten *Very* Good
Hacking the Papal Election
Getting Security Incentives Right
All Those Companies that Can't Afford Dedicated Security

from the March 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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Be Glad That They're Talking about It. 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The Quick vs. the Strong: Commentary on Cory Doctorow's "Walkaway" Securing Elections Surveillance and our Insecure Infrastructure from the May 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 April 20172017/04/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: The TSA's Selective Laptop Ban WikiLeaks Not Disclosing CIA-Hoarded Vulnerabilities to Companies Shadow Brokers Releases the Rest of Their NSA Hacking Tools Congress Removes FCC Privacy Protections on Your Internet Usage Incident Response as "Hand-to-Hand Combat" Fourth WikiLeaks CIA Attack Tool Dump Security Orchestration and Incident Response Commenting Policy for My Blog from the April 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 March 20172017/03/15 In this issue: WikiLeaks Releases CIA Hacking Tools Botnets Defense Against Doxing Buzzword Watch: Prosilience The CIA's "Development Tradecraft DOs and DON'Ts" from the March 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 February 20172017/02/15 In this issue: Security and the Internet of Things Security and Privacy Guidelines for the Internet of Things from the February 15, 2017 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 January 20172017/01/15 In this issue: Attributing the DNC Hacks to Russia Are We Becoming More Moral Faster Than We're Becoming More Dangerous? 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Recovering an iPhone 5c Passcode The Hacking of Yahoo from the October 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 September 20162016/09/15 In this issue: The NSA Is Hoarding Vulnerabilities Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet Organizational Doxing and Disinformation iPhone Zero-Day Used by UAE Government Apple's Cloud Key Vault from the September 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 August 20162016/08/15 In this issue: The Security of Our Election Systems Hacking the Vote Real-World Security and the Internet of Things Hacking Your Computer Monitor More on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process from the August 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 July 20162016/07/15 In this issue: CIA Director John Brennan Pretends Foreign Cryptography Doesn't Exist Report on the Vulnerabilities Equities Process Apple's Differential Privacy Google's Post-Quantum Cryptography from the July 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 June 20162016/06/15 In this issue: The Unfalsifiability of Security Claims Arresting People for Walking Away from Airport Security Suckfly Google Moving Forward on Automatic Logins Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2016) from the June 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 May 20162016/05/15 In this issue: Credential Stealing as an Attack Vector Helen Nissenbaum on Regulating Data Collection and Use Amazon Unlimited Fraud I'm Writing a Book on Security from the May 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 April 20162016/04/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Lawful Hacking and Continuing Vulnerabilities More Links on the San Bernardino iPhone Case Cryptography Is Harder Than It Looks Memphis Airport Inadvertently Gets Security Right New NIST Encryption Guidelines Hacking Lottery Machines IRS Security from the April 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 March 20162016/03/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Data Is a Toxic Asset The FBI vs. Apple: Decrypting an iPhone The Importance of Strong Encryption to Security Security Implications of Cash WikiLeaks Publishes NSA Target List Cheating at Professional Bridge Simultaneous Discovery of Vulnerabilities from the March 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 February 20162016/02/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: The Internet of Things Will Be the World's Biggest Robot Integrity and Availability Threats Security vs. Surveillance Paper on the Going Dark Debate The 2016 National Threat Assessment AT&T Does Not Care about Your Privacy "Data and Goliath" Published in Paperback NSA's TAO Head on Internet Offense and Defense Worldwide Encryption Products Survey from the February 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 January 20162016/01/15 In this issue: The Internet of Things that Talk About You Behind Your Back Using Law against Technology DMCA and the Internet of Things NSA Spies on Israeli Prime Minister Replacing Judgment with Algorithms IT Security and the Normalization of Deviance from the January 15, 2016 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 December 20152015/12/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Policy Repercussions of the Paris Terrorist Attacks NSA Collected Americans' E-mails Even After it Stopped Collecting Americans' E-mails Reputation in the Information Age On CISA Voter Surveillance Worldwide Cryptographic Products Survey: Edits and Additions Wanted Security vs. Business Flexibility from the December 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 November 20152015/11/15 In this issue: The Doxing Trend The Rise of Political Doxing Breaking Diffie-Hellman with Massive Precomputation (Again) Australia Is Testing Virtual Passports The Effects of Surveillance on the Victims from the November 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 October 20152015/10/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Volkswagen and Cheating Software Living in a Code Yellow World Obama Administration Not Pursuing a Backdoor to Commercial Encryption Stealing Fingerprints Automatic Face Recognition and Surveillance Bringing Frozen Liquids through Airport Security SHA-1 Freestart Collision from the October 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 September 20152015/09/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: The Security Risks of Third-Party Data NSA Plans for a Post-Quantum World Drone Self-Defense and the Law Hacking Team, Computer Vulnerabilities, and the NSA TSA Master Keys Oracle CSO Rant Against Security Experts FBI and Apple's Encryption Animals vs. Drones Glenn Greenwald Debates Keith Alexander Wanted: Cryptography Products for Worldwide Survey from the September 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 August 20152015/08/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Backdoors Won't Solve Comey's Going Dark Problem Another Salvo in the Second Crypto War (of Words) Cosa Nostra Dead Drops Bizarre High-Tech Kidnapping Fugitive Located by Spotify Intimidating Military Personnel by Targeting Their Families Stagefright Vulnerability in Android Phones from the August 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 July 20152015/07/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Organizational Doxing Why We Encrypt The Secrecy of the Snowden Documents The Risks of Mandating Backdoors in Encryption Products What is the DoD's Position on Backdoors in Security Systems? Office of Personnel Management Data Hack More about the NSA's XKEYSCORE Hayden Mocks NSA Reforms NSA French and German Intercepts Hacking Team Is Hacked from the July 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 June 20152015/06/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: The Logjam (and Another) Vulnerability against Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange NSA Running a Massive IDS on the Internet Backbone Duqu 2.0 Why the Recent Section 215 Reform Debate Doesn't Matter Much TSA Not Detecting Weapons at Security Checkpoints Chris Roberts and Avionics Security Encrypting Windows Hard Drives Should Companies Do Most of Their Computing in the Cloud? (Part 1) Should Companies Do Most of Their Computing in the Cloud? (Part 2) Should Companies Do Most of Their Computing in the Cloud? (Part 3) Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner from the June 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 May 20152015/05/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Admiral Rogers Speaking at the Joint Service Academy Cyber Security Summit The Further Democratization of QUANTUM The Further Democratization of Stingray Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semifinalists Hacking Airplanes Counting the US Intelligence Community Leakers "Hinky" in Action from the May 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 April 20152015/04/15 In this issue: More "Data and Goliath" News The Eighth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Metal Detectors at Sports Stadiums Cisco Shipping Equipment to Fake Addresses to Foil NSA Interception New Zealand's XKEYSCORE Use Australia Outlaws Warrant Canaries from the April 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 March 20152015/03/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: "Data and Goliath"'s Big Idea "Data and Goliath" News Everyone Wants You To Have Security, But Not from Them The Democratization of Cyberattack The Equation Group's Sophisticated Hacking and Exploitation Tools Ford Proud that "Mustang" Is a Common Password Attack Attribution and Cyber Conflict Co3 Systems Changes Its Name to Resilient Systems FREAK: Security Rollback Attack Against SSL Can the NSA Break Microsoft's BitLocker? Hardware Bit-Flipping Attack from the March 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 February 20152015/02/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Samsung Television Spies on Viewers Accountability as a Security System When Thinking Machines Break the Law Obama Says Terrorism Is Not an Existential Threat National Academies Report on Bulk Intelligence Collection My Superpower New Book: "Data and Goliath" DEA Also Conducting Mass Telephone Surveillance from the February 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 January 20152015/01/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Lessons from the Sony Hack Reacting to the Sony Hack Did North Korea Really Attack Sony? Attributing the Sony Attack The Limits of Police Subterfuge Leaked CIA Documents Doxing as an Attack Attack Attribution in Cyberspace The Security of Data Deletion from the January 15, 2015 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 December 20142014/12/15 In this issue: Regin FBI Agents Pose as Repairmen to Bypass Warrant Process NSA Hacking of Cell Phone Networks Comments on the Sony Hack Over 700 Million People Taking Steps to Avoid NSA Surveillance Corporations Misusing Our Data from the December 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 November 20142014/11/15 In this issue: Crypto Wars II Hacking Team Documentation The Future of Incident Response How Did the Feds Identity Dread Pirate Roberts? Spritz: A New RC4-Like Stream Cipher NSA Classification ECI = Exceptionally Controlled Information from the November 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 October 20142014/10/15 In this issue: Data and Goliath Is Finished iPhone Encryption and the Return of the Crypto Wars Fake Cell Phone Towers Across the US FOXACID Operations Manual NSA Has Undercover Operatives in Foreign Companies DEA Creates Fake Facebook Page in Woman's Name from the October 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 September 20142014/09/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: NSA/GCHQ/CSEC Infecting Innocent Computers Worldwide The Security of al Qaeda Encryption Software QUANTUM Technology Sold by Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers The Concerted Effort to Remove Data Collection Restrictions Cell Phone Kill Switches Mandatory in California Security of Password Managers from the September 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 August 20142014/08/15 In this issue: New Snowden Interview in Wired The US Intelligence Community has a Third Leaker Over a Billion Passwords Stolen? Irrational Fear of Risks Against Our Children from the August 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 July 20142014/07/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: GCHQ Catalog of Exploit Tools NSA Spied on Prominent Muslim Americans Web Activity Used in Court to Portray State of Mind NSA Targets the Privacy-Conscious for Surveillance Co3 Systems Is Hiring Could Keith Alexander's Advice Possibly Be Worth $600K a Month? from the July 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Jun 20142014/06/16 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Disclosing vs. Hoarding Vulnerabilities The NSA is Not Made of Magic GCHQ Intercept Sites in Oman Chinese Hacking of the US The Human Side of Heartbleed TrueCrypt Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2014) Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner from the June 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 May 20142014/05/15 In this issue: Internet Subversion New Al Qaeda Encryption Software Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest Semifinalists Espionage vs. Surveillance from the May 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Apr 20142014/04/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Heartbleed Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest MYSTIC: The NSA's Telephone Call Collection Program The Continuing Public/Private Surveillance Partnership New Book on Data and Power An Open Letter to IBM's Open Letter Ephemeral Apps Details of the Target Credit Card Breach from the April 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Mar 20142014/03/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Breaking Up the NSA Computer Network Exploitation vs. Computer Network Attack Metadata = Surveillance Surveillance by Algorithm Who Should Store NSA Surveillance Data The Security of the Fortuna PRNG RCS Spyware and Citizen Lab Choosing Secure Passwords from the March 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Feb 20142014/02/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Finding People's Locations Based on Their Activities in Cyberspace The Insecurity of Secret IT Systems Last Month I Briefed Congress on the NSA US Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) Condemns NSA Mass Surveillance NSA/GCHQ Accused of Hacking Belgian Cryptographer CSEC Surveillance Analysis of IP and User Data from the February 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Jan 20142014/01/15 In this issue: How the NSA Threatens National Security NSA Exploit of the Day Tor User Identified by FBI Security Risks of Embedded Systems Schneier News: I've Joined Co3[“Co-Three”] Systems Twitter Users: Please Make Sure You're Following the Right Feed from the January 15, 2014 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Dec 20132013/12/15 In this issue: NSA Spying on Online Gaming Worlds NSA Tracks People Using Google Cookies How Antivirus Companies Handle State-Sponsored Malware Surveillance as a Business Model Evading Airport Security The TQP Patent from the December 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Nov 20132013/11/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: NSA Harvesting Contact Lists NSA Eavesdropping on Google and Yahoo Networks Code Names for NSA Exploit Tools Defending Against Crypto Backdoors Why the Government Should Help Leakers The Trajectories of Government and Corporate Surveillance A Fraying of the Public/Private Surveillance Partnership Book Review: "Cyber War Will Not Take Place" Understanding the Threats in Cyberspace SecureDrop Dry Ice Bombs at LAX The Battle for Power on the Internet from the November 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Oct 20132013/10/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: How the NSA Attacks Tor/Firefox Users With QUANTUM and FOXACID Why It's Important to Publish the NSA Programs The NSA's New Risk Analysis Reforming the NSA The Limitations of Intelligence Metadata Equals Surveillance Senator Feinstein Admits the NSA Taps the Internet Backbone NSA Storing Internet Data, Social Networking Data, on Pretty Much Everybody Air Gaps Will Keccak = SHA-3? Google Knows Every Wi-Fi Password in the World Surreptitiously Tampering with Computer Chips from the October 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Sep 20132013/09/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Take Back the Internet More on the NSA Commandeering the Internet Detaining David Miranda Government Secrecy and the Generation Gap Conspiracy Theories and the NSA The NSA's Cryptographic Capabilities How to Remain Secure Against the NSA Protecting Against Leakers Our Newfound Fear of Risk Human-Machine Trust Failures Excess Automobile Deaths as a Result of 9/11 iPhone Fingerprint Authentication Hacking Consumer Devices Syrian Electronic Army Cyberattacks The Cryptopocalypse Measuring Entropy and its Applications to Encryption from the September 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Aug 20132013/08/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership The NSA is Commandeering the Internet Restoring Trust in Government and the Internet Book Review: "Rise of the Warrior Cop" Michael Hayden on the Effects of Snowden's Whistleblowing Counterterrorism Mission Creep from the August 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Jul 20132013/07/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Blowback from the NSA Surveillance Evidence that the NSA Is Storing Voice Content, Not Just Metadata NSA Secrecy and Personal Privacy Petition the NSA to Subject its Surveillance Program to Public Comment New Details on Skype Eavesdropping Pre-9/11 NSA Thinking How the NSA Eavesdrops on Americans NSA E-Mail Eavesdropping US Offensive Cyberwar Policy Finding Sociopaths on Facebook My Fellowship at the Berkman Center Protecting E-Mail from Eavesdropping Is Cryptography Engineering or Science? Sixth Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner from the July 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Jun 20132013/06/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Government Secrets and the Need for Whistleblowers Prosecuting Snowden Trading Privacy for Convenience Essays Related to NSA Spying Documents The Politics of Security in a Democracy More on Feudal Security Surveillance and the Internet of Things The Problems with CALEA-II Sixth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Semifinalists A Really Good Article on How Easy it Is to Crack Passwords Bluetooth-Controlled Door Lock Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2013) The Cost of Terrorism in Pakistan from the June 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 May 20132013/05/15 In this issue: Refuse to be Terrorized Intelligence Analysis and the Connect-the-Dots Metaphor Transparency and Accountability The Boston Marathon Bomber Manhunt The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership Michael Chertoff on Google Glass from the May 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Apr 20132013/04/15 In this issue: Our Internet Surveillance State Sixth Movie-Plot Threat Contest IT for Oppression When Technology Overtakes Security Security Awareness Training What I've Been Thinking About Changes to My Blog from the April 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram 15 Mar 20132013/03/15 Info (Show/Hide) In this issue: Nationalism on the Internet Automobile Data Surveillance and the Future of Black Boxes The Court of Public Opinion More on Chinese Cyberattacks Technologies of Surveillance Phishing Has Gotten Very Good Hacking the Papal Election Getting Security Incentives Right All Those Companies that Can't Afford Dedicated Security from the March 15, 2013 Crypto-Gram Newsletter by Bruce Schneier read by Dan Henage Crypto-Gram Security Podcast http://crypto-gram.libsyn.comCrypto-Gram is a free monthly e-mail newsletter from security expert Bruce Schneier, with over 100,000 readers. 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