Caution: Misuse of security tools can turn against you
We have a saying in Greece: “They assigned the wolf to watch over the sheep.” In a security context, this is a word of caution about …
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Some Signal Disappearing Messages Are Not Disappearing
On Thursday, the New York Times reported that government prosecutors had seized years’ worth of a national security reporter’s phone …
The NSA Just Released 136 Historical Propaganda Posters
The National Security Agency isn’t just concerned with spying on the bad guys—and sometimes the good guys—or creating powerful …
New Tool Automatically Finds and Hacks Vulnerable Internet-Connected Devices
Hacking isn’t always hard. Some lower-tier hackers use programs to automatically churn through breached login details to break into other …
Strava user heatmap reveals patterns of life in western military bases
In November 2017, online fitness tracker Strava published a heatmap of the activity many of its users around the world engage in (and …
This Custom-Made Jihadi Encryption App Hides Messages in Images
Jihadis and their supporters have long made use of encryption to communicate securely, and in some cases even make their own, branded …
An Anonymous YouTube Video Has Started a Battle in the Secretive Secure Phone Industry
“Inside information has been leaked!” the caption beneath an anonymous video, uploaded last month to YouTube, reads. In the clip, …
Snowden’s App Probably Can’t Protect You From Targeted State Surveillance
Right before Christmas, NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden launched a new app to turn an Android phone into an internet-connected alarm …
Security vs. convenience? IoT requires another level of thinking about risk
Enlarge / IoT products like Amazon Key come with a whole set of risks that consumers aren’t equipped to assess themselves. …
KRACK For Dummies
For years security experts have advised users to only connect to password-protected wireless networks to prevent traffic snooping attempts …