The US Director of National Intelligence is reporting that the UK government is dropping its backdoor mandate against the Apple iPhone. For now, at least, assuming that Tulsi Gabbard is reporting this accurately.| Schneier on Security
I wrote about this in 2023. Here’s the story: Three Dutch security analysts discovered the vulnerabilities—five in total—in a European radio standard called TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio), which is used in radios made by Motorola, Damm, Hytera, and others. The standard has been used in radios since the ’90s, but the flaws remained unknown because encryption algorithms used in TETRA were kept secret until now. There’s new news: In 2023, Carlo Meijer, Wouter Bokslag, and Jos We...| Schneier on Security
Users face the risk of installing a malicious program in the system. Cybercriminals increasingly use pirated software to deliver backdoors and ransomware.| Gridinsoft Blogs
★ No, cracked games have ❶ Invisible Viruses and Malware ❷ Harmful Web Content ❸ Software Instability ❹ Legal Implications ...| Gridinsoft Blogs
Last week, the Internet dodged a major nation-state attack that would have had catastrophic cybersecurity repercussions worldwide. It’s a catastrophe that didn’t happen, so it won’t get much attention—but it should. There’s an important moral to the story of the attack and its discovery: The security of the global Internet depends on countless obscure pieces of software written and maintained by even more obscure unpaid, distractible, and sometimes vulnerable volunteers. It’s an u...| Schneier on Security
On March 23 I was invited to participate in a panel discussion at the European Internet Services Providers Association (EuroISPA). The focus of this discussion was on recent legislative proposals, …| A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering