Security News > 2015 > November

A History of Privacy (Schneier on Security)
2015-11-30 18:47

This New Yorker article traces the history of privacy from the mid 1800s to today: As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy can be stated in an axiom: the...

Embedded Devices Share, Reuse Private SSH Keys, HTTPs Certificates (Threatpost)
2015-11-30 18:15

Thousands of embedded devices share cryptographic keys and certificates, exposing millions of connections to man-in-the-middle attacks.

Data on 5 Million Users Compromised in Breach at Toy Maker VTech (Threatpost)
2015-11-30 18:04

Electronics company VTech, perhaps best known for manufacturing children's toys, announced Monday that information on five million accounts were compromised in a breach this month.