How Apple could lock down the iPhone to thwart government unlock orders
The new iOS devices with the Secure Enclave were supposed to be unhackable, even by Apple, but they aren't. What could Apple do to fix this?
The new iOS devices with the Secure Enclave were supposed to be unhackable, even by Apple, but they aren't. What could Apple do to fix this?
We've had a steady parade of Federal cybersecurity initiatives and special officials and it's not clear that they've accomplished anything. It's possible a Federal CISO with authority to spend money could be a good thing.
Analysis: Tor admins say that CloudFlare security makes the service unusable. CloudFlare said there is no way for them to placate Tor users while protecting their customers.
Opinion: The FBI's attempt to order Apple to help them crack an iPhone has brought out the hysterical in many of us.
Anyone anywhere can access unauthenticated APIs exposed by the car turn climate control on and off, access driving records.
The best identity management systems use multiple factors, not taking any one as authoritative. The newest factor monitors keystroke patterns.
A Google researcher has been reporting severe vulnerabilities in security suites from Kaspersky, Trend Micro, MalwareBytes, FireEye, AVG, ESET and now Comodo.
Password cracking can now be done at a reasonable price with enormous computing resources. At the same time encryption is getting better, is used more widely, and brute force will lose in the long term.
OPINION: Back doors in encryption are inherently bad. The FBI is NOT telling Apple to put a backdoor in iOS.
The Adobe Flash browser plugin is a dynamite product. Incredibly useful and easy to use, but do the wrong thing and BOOM! I've been trying, with only limited success, to free myself of it.