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For an interesting fraud and security case see this page on Anthony Kleinsmith (a.k.a. Dr. Kleinsmith).

In this issue:

  • "Liars and Outliers": The Big Idea
  • "Liars and Outliers": Interview on The Browser
  • "Liars and Outliers" Update
  • Lousy Random Numbers Cause Insecure Public Keys
  • Video Shows TSA Full-Body Scanner Failure
  • Themes from the RSA Conference
  • How Changing Technology Affects Security

from the March 15, 2012 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-12-03.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 10:12 AM

In this issue:

  • Liars and Outliers Update
  • Possibly the Most Incompetent TSA Story Yet
  • What Happens When the Court Demands You Decrypt a Document and You Forget the Key?
  • Authentication by "Cognitive Footprint"
  • The Failure of Two-Factor Authentication

from the February 15, 2012 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-12-02.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 11:11 AM

In this issue:

  • The TSA Proves its Own Irrelevance
  • Abolishing the Department of Homeland Security
  • "Going Dark" vs. a "Golden Age of Surveillance"
  • "Chinese Hacking" of iBahn Internet Services
  • Liars and Outliers News

from the January 15, 2012 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-12-01.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 9:09 AM

In this issue:

  • Status Report: Liars and Outliers
  • Malware on Smart Phones
  • The SCADA Attack that Wasn't
  • Carrier IQ Spyware
  • Biological Link Between Altruism and Fairness
  • Iranians Capture U.S. Drone
  • Recent Developments in Full Disclosure

from the December 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-12.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 8:24 AM

In this issue:

  • Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
  • Another ATM Theft Tactic
  • Remotely Opening Prison Doors
  • Fake Documents that Alarm if Opened

from the November 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-11.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 7:11 AM

In this issue:

  • Three Emerging Cyber Threats
  • Status Report: Liars and Outliers
  • Official Malware from the German Police
  • Domain-in-the-Middle Attacks
  • Insider Attack Against Diebold Voting Machines
  • National Cybersecurity Awareness Month

from the October 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-10.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 4:30 PM

In this issue:

  • Terrorism in the U.S. Since 9/11
  • The Efficacy of Post-9/11 Counterterrorism
  • Funniest Joke at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
  • Unredacted U.S. Diplomatic WikiLeaks Cables Published
  • A Status Report: "Liars and Outliers"

from the September 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-09.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 4:02 PM

In this issue:

  • Developments in Facial Recognition
  • Is There a Hacking Epidemic?

from the August 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-08.mp3
Category:podcasts -- posted at: 2:23 PM

In this issue:

  • Man Flies with Someone Else's Ticket and No Legal ID
  • Court Ruling on "Reasonable" Electronic Banking Security
  • Protecting Private Information on Smart Phones
  • Yet Another "People Plug in Strange USB Sticks" Story

from the July 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-07.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 2:07 PM

In this issue:

  • New Siemens SCADA Vulnerabilities Kept Secret
  • Yet Another Way to Avoid TSA's Full-Body Scanners
  • Keeping Sensitive Information Out of the Hands of Terrorists Through Self-Restraint
  • Man-in-the-Middle Attack Against the MCAT Exam
  • Open-Source Software Feels Insecure

from the June 15, 2011 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage

Direct download: crypto-gram-11-06.mp3
Category:podcast -- posted at: 1:09 PM