Mozilla Reduces Threat of Export-Grade Crypto to Firefox article tells that Logjam was one of several downgrade attacks discovered in the last 18 months that could theoretically allow a resourced attacker to take advantage of lingering export-grade cryptography to read and modify data over a supposedly secure connection. Other related recent crypto problems are recent OpenSSL →
https://www.hackread.com/linux-mirai-trojan-a-ddos-nightmare/ →
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/types-cyber-attack-threats-deepak-kumar-d3pak-?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like This article has definitions of different cyber attack types. And there are many of them… →
http://sciencebulletin.org/archives/5445.html?utm_content=buffer1794f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Sounds like scifi, but is real, and can have applications in secure communications. →
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/09/30/fiveperson_hacking_gang_claimed_behind_breaches_of_3bn_logins/ →
http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/09/linux-kernel-security-needs-fixing/ Report from Linux security summit. Many security practices on modern devices are stick 90′s practices. There are improvements Linux kernel planned… but how can we convince IoT gadget makers to do their part in security puzzle? Linux kernel is not the only part that needs rethinking. →
http://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/security-awareness/europol-warns-of-the-top-8-cybercrime-trends-in-2016/ Cyber crime trends according to European police forces. →
http://electronicsofthings.com/research-articles/smart-phones-will-be-history-soon-says-ericsson-report/?utm_source=eotpage&utm_medium=eotpage&utm_campaign=eotpage&utm_content=eotposts If this prediction will hold true, there will be lot of work for converting embedded developers to IoT experts that understand security. Otherwise this prediction will fail big time with IoT bubble bursting. →
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2150281/REVEALED-Hundreds-words-avoid-using-online-dont-want-government-spying-you.html A list of keywords used few years back. →
Brian Krebs site hit with 665 Gbps DDoS attack is back. Why the silencing of KrebsOnSecurity opens a troubling chapter for the ‘Net? Let Brian Krebs answer to that with his The Democratization of Censorship article. Here is my short overview of that article showing some of the main points: John Gilmore, an American entrepreneur →