Security News

Former US Embassy employee imprisoned for sextortion (Help Net Security)
2016-03-23 21:36

Former US State Department employee Michael C. Ford has been sentenced to four years, and nine months in prison for perpetrating a widespread, international e-mail phishing, computer hacking,...

1981 US Document on Encryption Policy (Schneier on Security)
2016-03-23 11:20

This was newly released under FOIA at my request: Victor C. Williams, Jr., Donn B. Parker, and Charles C. Wood, "Impacts of Federal Policy Options for Nonmilitary Cryptography," NTIA-CR-81-10,...