April

Remember that California bill to ban the sale of encrypted phones? It just got worse (ZDNet)

2016-04-01 15:20

#california #encrypted #phone

6 Ways The Internet Of Things Is Creating The City Of The Future (Forbes)

2016-04-01 15:20

#internet #internetofthings

Has Reddit been served with a National Security Letter? (Help Net Security)

2016-04-01 15:10

Reddit has published its 2015 Transparency Report, and there is one thing missing from it: the entire section about national security requests. The same report for 2014 included the following...

#nationalsecurity #reddit #security

Hackers Can Unlock Doors via Flaw in HID Controllers (SecurityWeek)

2016-04-01 15:00

#hacker #securityweek

Hacking Elections in Latin America (Schneier on Security)

2016-04-01 14:50

Long and interesting article about a fixer who hacked multiple elections in Latin America. This isn't election hacking as in manipulate the voting machines or the vote counting, but hacking and...

#america #election #hacking #security

Flaw in HID door controllers lets attackers unlock doors, deactivate alarms (Help Net Security)

2016-04-01 14:22

Trend Micro researcher Ricky Lawshae has unearthed a critical vulnerability in HID’s VertX and Edge door controllers. Exploiting the flaw is easy, and could result in attackers gaining complete...

#security

Encryption we can trust: Are we there yet? (Help Net Security)

2016-04-01 14:02

Encryption is arguably the most important single security tool that we have, but it still has some serious growing up to do. The current debate about the pros and cons of ubiquitous encryption and...

#encryption #security