by Bruce Schneier | Feb 18, 2021 | Welcome
Virginia is about to get a data privacy law, modeled on California’s law. by BrianKrebs | Feb 8, 2021 | Welcome
Cyber cops in Ukraine carried out an arrest and several raids last week in connection with the author of a U-Admin, a software package used to administer what’s being called “one of the world’s largest phishing services.” The operation was... by Bruce Schneier | Jan 29, 2021 | Welcome
New research: Pile driving occurs during construction of marine platforms, including offshore windfarms, producing intense sounds that can adversely affect marine animals. We quantified how a commercially and economically important squid (Doryteuthis pealeii: Lesueur... by BrianKrebs | Jan 29, 2021 | Welcome
The unprecedented volume of unemployment insurance fraud witnessed in 2020 hasn’t abated, although news coverage of the issue has largely been pushed off the front pages by other events. But the ID theft problem is coming to the fore once again: Countless... by Bruce Schneier | Jan 29, 2021 | Welcome
This essay makes the point that actual computer hackers would be a useful addition to NATO wargames: The international information security community is filled with smart people who are not in a military structure, many of whom would be excited to pose as independent... by BrianKrebs | Jan 21, 2021 | Welcome
Parler, the beleaguered social network advertised as a “free speech” alternative to Facebook and Twitter, has had a tough month. Apple and Google removed the Parler app from its stores, and Amazon blocked the platform from using its hosting services....
