Schneier on Security: Wanted: Cryptography Products for Worldwide Survey
In 1999, Lance Hoffman, David Balenson, and others published a survey of non-US cryptographic products. The point of the survey was to illustrate that there was a robust international market in these...
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Darknet - The Darkside: AIDE – Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment
AIDE (Advanced Intrusion Detection Environment) is a file and directory integrity checker, it was initially developed as a free replacement for Tripwire licensed under the terms of the GNU General...
View ArticleSchneier on Security: Friday Squid Blogging: The Chemistry of Squid Camouflage
Interesting research. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
View ArticleLWN.net: Library Suspends Tor Node After DHS Intimidation (EFF DeepLinks)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is running a story on its DeepLinks blog that the Kilton Public Library in Lebanon, New Hampshire has suspended its Tor node deployment—at least...
View ArticleLauren Weinstein's Blog: Why We Positively, Absolutely, Can’t Trust the...
By now you're hopefully aware that the U.S. federal government is engaged in a major effort to pressure technology firms like Google and Apple to provide "backdoors" into encryption systems...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Streaming Sites Warned Not to Pirate Mayweather Fight
Sites preparing to offer free streams of this Saturday's Mayweather v Berto boxing match have been warned that they're being watched. Anti-piracy outfit KLipCorp says it has sent out emails putting...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Sony Pictures Considered Buying BitTorrent Inc.
Sony Pictures considered BitTorrent Inc. as a potential acquisition opportunity to diversify its business, leaked information reveals. The file-sharing company made it onto a shortlist together with...
View ArticleLWN.net: Kernel prepatch 4.3-rc1
Linus has released 4.3-rc1 and closed the 4.3 merge window one day ahead of the usual schedule. "I decided that I'm not interested in catering to anything that comes in tomorrow, and I might as well...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Is Running a Pirate Site Worse Than Stealing £8.5m From a Bank?
This week an Irish man was handed a four-year sentence for running a pirate linking site. The Court accepted that he led no lavish lifestyle. In contrast, a man who stole almost £9m from a bank and...
View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: Some password advice, (Sun, Sep...
No not from me, but from the UK government. GZ (thanks) sent a link through to this document"...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: 283 Developers Have Contributed to Popcorn Time, So Far
Thanks to its slick and easy-to-use interface, Popcorn Time has gained an impressive userbase since its launch early last year. In addition, there's no shortage of interest from developers. Since early...
View ArticleLWN.net: Python 3.5.0 released
The Python 3.5.0 release is out. "Python 3.5.0 is the newest version of the Python language, and it contains many exciting new features and optimizations." See the what's new page and this LWN article...
View ArticleLWN.net: Some stable kernel releases
The 4.1.7, 3.14.52, and 3.10.88 stable kernel updates have been released. Each contains the usual collection of important fixes.
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Intellectual Property? Why Words Matter In The Copyright Debate
Language matters. Whether we get to keep our liberties or not depends on whether those liberties are generally named in positive words. The same thing goes for the privileges of corporations.Source:...
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View ArticleSANS Internet Storm Center, InfoCON: green: ISC StormCast for Monday,...
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View ArticleKrebs on Security: Tracking a Bluetooth Skimmer Gang in Mexico
-Sept. 9, 12:30 p.m. CT, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico: Halfway down the southbound four-lane highway from Cancun to the ancient ruins in Tulum, traffic inexplicably slowed to a halt. There was some sort...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Top 10 Most Pirated Movies of The Week – 09/14/15
The top 10 most downloaded movies on BitTorrent are in again. 'Avengers: Age of Ultron' tops the chart this week, followed by ‘Minions.' 'Entourage' completes the top three.Source: TorrentFreak, for...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: Dotcom Fails in Last-Ditch Bid to Delay U.S. Extradition Hearing
The former operators of Megaupload have failed in a last-ditch effort to delay their U.S. extradition hearing. Kim Dotcom and his associates argued for more time to prepare but the Court of Appeal said...
View ArticleTorrentFreak: FBI Seizes Domains Of Two Pre-Release Music Sites
The FBI has seized domains belonging to sites involved in pre-release music piracy. ShareBeast.com and AlbumJams.com now display the infamous Department of Justice banner informing visitors that the...
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