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Schneier on Security
New Attack on VPNs
May 7, 2024 - 11:32am
Bruce Schneier
<p>This <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/05/novel-attack-against-virtually-all-vpn-apps-neuters-their-entire-purpose/">attack</a> has been feasible for over two decades:</p> <blockquote><p>Researchers have devised an attack against nearly all virtual private network applications that forces them to send and receive some or all traffic outside of the encrypted tunnel designed to protect it from snooping or tampering.</p> <p>TunnelVision, as the researchers have named their attack, largely negates the entire purpose and selling point of VPNs, which is to encapsulate incoming and outgoing Internet traffic in an encrypted tunnel and to cloak the user’s IP address. The researchers believe it affects all VPN applications when they’re connected to a hostile network and that there are no ways to prevent such attacks except when the user’s VPN runs on Linux or Android. They also said their attack technique may have been possible since 2002 and may already have been discovered and used in the wild since then...</p></blockquote>
New Lawsuit Attempting to Make Adversarial Interoperability Legal
May 5, 2024 - 10:25pm
Bruce Schneier
<p>Lots of complicated details here: too many for me to summarize well. It involves an obscure Section 230 provision—and an even more obscure typo. Read <a href="https://www.techdirt.com/2024/05/02/was-there-a-trojan-horse-hidden-in-section-230-all-along-that-could-enable-adversarial-interoperability/">this</a>.</p>
My TED Talks
May 3, 2024 - 2:13pm
Bruce Schneier
<p>I have spoken at several TED conferences over the years.</p> <ul> <li>TEDxPSU 2010: “<a href="https://www.ted.com/talks/bruce_schneier_the_security_mirage?language=en">Reconceptualizing Security</a>” <li>TEDxCambridge 2013: “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0d_QDgl3gI">The Battle for Power on the Internet</a>” <li>TEDMed 2016: “<a href="https://www.tedmed.com/talks/show?id=627334">Who Controls Your Medical Data</a>?”</ul> <p>I’m putting this here because I want all three links in one place.</p>
Rare Interviews with Enigma Cryptanalyst Marian Rejewski
May 2, 2024 - 12:12pm
Bruce Schneier
<p>The Polish Embassy has <a href="https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=56989">posted</a> a series of short interview segments with Marian Rejewski, the first person to crack the Enigma.</p> <p>Details from his <a href="https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=49767">biography</a>.</p>
The UK Bans Default Passwords
May 2, 2024 - 12:01am
Bruce Schneier
<p>The UK is the first country to <a href="https://therecord.media/united-kingdom-bans-defalt-passwords-iot-devices">ban default passwords</a> on IoT devices.</p> <blockquote><p>On Monday, the United Kingdom became the first country in the world to ban default guessable usernames and passwords from these IoT devices. Unique passwords installed by default are still permitted.</p> <p>The <a href="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/46/contents/enacted">Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure Act 2022</a> (PSTI) introduces new minimum-security standards for manufacturers, and demands that these companies are open with consumers about how long their products will receive security updates for.</p></blockquote> <p>The UK may be the first country, but as far as I know, California is the first jurisdiction. It ...</p>
Krebson Security
Why Your VPN May Not Be As Secure As It Claims
May 6, 2024 - 10:24am
BrianKrebs
Virtual private networking (VPN) companies market their services as a way to prevent anyone from snooping on your Internet usage. But new research suggests this is a dangerous assumption when connecting to a VPN via an untrusted network, because attackers on the same network could force a target's traffic off of the protection provided by their VPN without triggering any alerts to the user.
Man Who Mass-Extorted Psychotherapy Patients Gets Six Years
April 30, 2024 - 9:34am
BrianKrebs
A 26-year-old Finnish man was sentenced to more than six years in prison today after being convicted of hacking into an online psychotherapy clinic, leaking tens of thousands of patient therapy records, and attempting to extort the clinic and patients.
FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data
April 29, 2024 - 4:56pm
BrianKrebs
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers -- including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon -- for illegally sharing access to customers' location information without consent.
Russian FSB Counterintelligence Chief Gets 9 Years in Cybercrime Bribery Scheme
April 22, 2024 - 4:07pm
BrianKrebs
The head of counterintelligence for a division of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) was sentenced last week to nine years in a penal colony for accepting a USD $1.7 million bribe to ignore the activities of a prolific Russian cybercrime group that hacked thousands of e-commerce websites. The protection scheme was exposed in 2022 when Russian authorities arrested six members of the group, which sold millions of stolen payment cards at flashy online shops like Trump's Dumps.
Who Stole 3.6M Tax Records from South Carolina?
April 16, 2024 - 7:26am
BrianKrebs
For nearly a dozen years, residents of South Carolina have been kept in the dark by state and federal investigators over who was responsible for hacking into the state's revenue department in 2012 and stealing tax and bank account information for 3.6 million people. The answer may no longer be a mystery: KrebsOnSecurity found compelling clues suggesting the intrusion was carried out by the same Russian hacking crew that stole of millions of payment card records from big box retailers like Home Depot and Target in the years that followed.
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