 In this issue:
- Ass Bomber
- Unauthentication
- The Futility of Defending the Targets
- Texas Instruments Signing Keys Broken
- The Doghouse
- UK Defense Security Manual Leaked
from the
October 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- Eighth Anniversary of 9/11
- Skein News
- Real-World Access Control
- File Deletion
- On London's Surveillance Cameras
- Robert Sawyer's Alibis
- Stealing 130 Million Credit Card Numbers
- "The Cult of Schneier"
from the
September 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- Risk Intuition
- Privacy Salience and Social Networking Sites
- Building in Surveillance
- Laptop Security while Crossing Borders
- Self-Enforcing Protocols
- Another New AES Attack
- Lockpicking and the Internet
from the
August 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Imagining Threats
- Security, Group Size, and the Human Brain
- North Korean Cyberattacks
- Why People Don't Understand Risks
- Fraud on eBay
- Authenticating Paperwork
- The Pros and Cons of Password Masking
- The "Hidden Cost" of Privacy
- Fixing Airport Security
- Homomorphic Encryption Breakthrough
- New Attack on AES
- MD6 Withdrawn from SHA-3 Competition
- Ever Better Cryptanalytic Results Against SHA-1
from the
July 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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 In this issue:
- Obama's Cybersecurity Speech
- "Lost" Puzzle in Wired Magazine
- Last Month's Terrorism Arrests
- Me on Full-Body Scanners in Airports
- The Doghouse: Net1
- Cloud Computing
- The Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Security and Human Behaviour
from the
June 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- Fourth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
- Book Review: The Science of Fear
- An Expectation of Online Privacy
- Malicious Contamination of the Food Supply
- Unfair and Deceptive Data Trade Practices
- Mathematical Illiteracy
- Conficker
from the
May 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- Fourth Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest
- Who Should be in Charge of U.S. Cybersecurity?
- Privacy and the Fourth Amendment
- The Definition of "Weapon of Mass Destruction"
- Stealing Commodities
from the
April 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Perverse Security Incentives
- Privacy in the Age of Persistence
- Insiders
- The Doghouse: Singularics
- Three Security Anecdotes from the Insect World
- The Kindness of Strangers
- New eBay Fraud
- IT Security: Blaming the Victim
- Balancing Security and Usability in Authentication
from the
March 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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 In this issue:
- Helping the Terrorists
- Monster.com Data Breach
- The Exclusionary Rule and Security
- BitArmor's No-Breach Guarantee
- Breach Notification Laws
from the
February 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Impersonation
- Forging SSL Certificates
- Biometrics
from the
January 15, 2009 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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 In this issue:
- Lessons from Mumbai
- Communications During Terrorist Attacks are *Not* Bad
- Mumbai Terrorists Used Google Earth, Boats, Food
- Audit
- The Future of Ephemeral Conversation
- "Here Comes Everybody" Review
- FBI Stoking Fear
- Schneier for TSA Administrator?
- Skein and SHA-3 News
from the
December 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- The Skein Hash Function (pronounce: SKAIN)
- Me and the TSA
- Quantum Cryptography
- The Economics of Spam
- The Psychology of Con Men
- Movie-Plot Threat: Terrorists Using Twitter
- Giving Out Replacement Hotel Room Keys
- P = NP?
from the
November 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- The Seven Habits of Highly Ineffective Terrorists
- The Two Classes of Airport Contraband
- The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same
- NSA's Warrantless Eavesdropping Targets Innocent Americans
- Taleb on the Limitations of Risk Management
- "New Attack" Against Encrypted Images
- Nonviolent Activists Are Now Terrorists
- Does Risk Management Make Sense?
from the
October 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- New Book: Schneier on Security
- Identity Farming
- BT, Phorm, and Me
- Security ROI
- Diebold Finally Admits its Voting Machines Drop Votes
- Full Disclosure and the Boston Fare Card Hack
- Contest: Cory Doctorow's Cipher Wheel Rings
- Photo ID Checks at Airport
- Mental Illness and Murder
- Movie-Plot Threats
from the
September 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- Memo to the Next President
- TSA Proud of Confiscating Non-Dangerous Item
- Homeland Security Cost-Benefit Analysis
- Hacking Mifare Transport Cards
- Information Security and Liabilities
- Software Liabilities and Free Software
- Congratulations to Our Millionth Terrorist!
- TrueCrypt's Deniable File System
- The DNS Vulnerability
from the
August 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- CCTV Cameras
- Kill Switches and Remote Control
- LifeLock and Identity Theft
- The First Interdisciplinary Workshop on Security and Human Behavior
- The Truth About Chinese Hackers
- Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
from the
July 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- The War on Photography
- Crossing Borders with Laptops and PDAs
- E-Mail After the Rapture
- Fax Signatures
- The War on T-Shirts
- More on Airplane Seat Cameras
- How to Sell Security
from the
June 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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 In this issue:
- Happy Ten-Year Anniversary
- Dual-Use Technologies and the Equities Issue
- Crossing Borders with Laptops and PDAs
- Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
- The RSA Conference
- Risk Preferences in Chimpanzees and Bonobos
- The Doghouse: Passwordsafe.com
- The Ethics of Vulnerability Research
- Our Data, Ourselves
from the
May 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Third Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest
- The Security Mindset
- The Feeling and Reality of Security
- Web Entrapment
- Speeding Tickets and Agenda
- Seat Belts and Compensating Behavior
- Internet Censorship
from the
April 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Privacy and Power
- Israel Implementing IFF System for Commercial Aircraft
- Third Parties Controlling Information
- Amtrak to Start Passenger Screening
- The Doghouse: Drecom
- Security Products: Suites vs. Best-of-Breed
from the
March 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Security vs. Privacy
- MySpace and U.S. Attorneys General Agree to Fight Sexual Predators
- Anti-Missile Technology on Commercial Aircraft
- Lock-In
- Hacking Power Networks
- Mujahideen Secrets 2
- TSA News
- DHS Warns of Female Suicide Bombers
- Giving Driver's Licenses to Illegal Immigrants
from the
February 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Anonymity and the Netflix Dataset
- "Where Should Airport Security Begin?"
- Airport Security Study
- My Open Wireless Network
from the
January 15, 2008 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- How to Secure Your Computer, Disks, and Portable Drives
- Defeating the Shoe Scanning Machine at Heathrow Airport
- Gitmo Manual Leaked
- Security in Ten Years
from the
December 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- The War on the Unexpected
- Security Risks of Online Political Contributing
- Chemical Plant Security and Externalities
- Switzerland Protects its Vote with Quantum Cryptography
- Security by Letterhead
- Cyberwar: Myth or Reality?
- Understanding the Black Market in Internet Crime
- The Strange Story of Dual_EC_DRBG
from the
November 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- The Storm Worm
- Fraudulent Amber Alerts
- UK Police Can Now Demand Encryption Keys
- Anonymity and the Tor Network
- Remote-Controlled Toys and the TSA
- Staged Attack Causes Generator to Self-Destruct
from the
October 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- First Responders
- Basketball Referees and Single Points of Failure
- Interview with National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell
- Home Users: A Public Health Problem?
- Vague Threat Prompts Overreaction
- Stupidest Terrorist Overreaction?
- Wholesale Automobile Surveillance Comes to New York City
- U.S. Government Threatens Retaliation Against States who Reject REAL ID
- Computer Forensics Case Study
- Getting Free Food at a Fast-Food Drive-In
from the
September 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Assurance
- More Voting News
- New Harry Potter Book Leaked on BitTorrent
- Avian Flu and Disaster Planning
- TSA Warns of Terrorist Dry Runs
- Security-Theater Cameras Coming to New York
- Airport Security Breach
- Details on the U.K. Liquid Terrorist Plot
- House of Lords on Computer Security
- Conversation with Kip Hawley
from the
August 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Correspondent Inference Theory and Terrorism
- TSA and the Sippy Cup Incident
- Ubiquity of Communication
- 4th Amendment Rights Extended to E-Mail
- Credit Card Gas Limits
- Designing Voting Machines to Minimize Coercion
- Risks of Data Reuse
from the
July 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Rare Risk and Overreactions
- Tactics, Targets, and Objectives
- Portrait of the Modern Terrorist as an Idiot
- Teaching Viruses
- Bush's Watch Stolen?
- Second Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
- Perpetual Doghouse: Meganet
- Non-Security Considerations in Security Decisions
from the
June 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- A Security Market for Lemons
- Is Big Brother a Big Deal?
- Citizen-Counterterrorist Training Video
- Recognizing "Hinky" vs. Citizen Informants
- More on REAL ID
- Least Risk Bomb Location
- Social Engineering Notes
- 1933 Anti-Spam Doorbell
- Does Secrecy Help Protect Personal Information?
- Is Penetration Testing Worth It?
- Do We Really Need a Security Industry?
from the
May 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Announcing: Second Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest
- The U.S. Terrorist Database
- JavaScript Hijacking
- Bank Botches Two-Factor Authentication
- U.S. Government Contractor Injects Malicious Software into Critical Military Computers
- The Doghouse: Brutuslib
- Cyber-Attack
from the
April 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- CYA Security
- Copycats
- U.S Terrorism Arrests/Convictions Significantly Overstated
- Movie Plot Threat in Vancouver
- The Doghouse: Onboard Threat Detection System
- Private Police Forces
- The Doghouse: Sniffex
- Drive-By Pharming
- Cloning RFID Chips Made by HID
from the
March 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this SPECIAL issue:
- About "The Psychology of Security"
- THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SECURITY
from the
February 28, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- In Praise of Security Theater
- Real-ID: Costs and Benefits
- Debating Full Disclosure
- Sending Photos to 911 Operators
- “Clear" Registered Traveler Program
- DRM in Windows Vista
- Psychology of Security
- A New Secure Hash Standard
from the
February 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Automated Targeting System
- Surveillance Cameras Catch a Cold-Blooded Killer
- Auditory Eavesdropping
- Tracking Automobiles Through their Tires
- Licensing Boaters
- Wal-Mart Stays Open During Bomb Scare
- NSA Helps Microsoft with Windows Vista
- Microsoft Anti-Phishing and Small Businesses
- Not Paying Attention at the Virginia DMV
- More on the Unabomber's Code
- Radio Transmitters in Canadian Coins
- Choosing Secure Passwords
from the
January 15, 2007 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Revoting
- Real-World Passwords
- Tracking People by their Sneakers
- Notary Fraud
- Separating Data Ownership and Device Ownership
- Fighting Fraudulent Transactions
- Cybercrime Hype Alert
from the
December 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Voting Technology and Security
- More on Electronic Voting Machines
- The Inherent Inaccuracy of Voting
- The Need for Professional Election Officials
- Perceived Risk vs. Actual Risk
- Total Information Awareness Is Back
- Forge Your Own Boarding Pass
- The Death of Ephemeral Conversation
- Airline Passenger Profiling for Profit
- Architecture and Security
- The Doghouse: Skylark Utilities
- Heathrow Tests Biometric ID
- Please Stop My Car
- Air Cargo Security
- Cheyenne Mountain Retired
from the
November 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Screening People with Clearances
- Did Hezbollah Crack Israeli Secure Radio?
- Renew Your Passport Now!
- Faulty Data and the Arar Case
- Expensive Cameras in Checked Luggage
- Facebook and Data Control
- Indexes to NSA Publications Declassified and Online
- Pupillometer
- On-Card Displays
- Screaming Cell Phones
- FairUse4WM News
- Voting Software and Secrecy
- Torture Bill as C Code
- The Doghouse: SecureRF
- Bureau of Industry and Security Hacked
- University Networks and Data Security
from the
October 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- What the Terrorists Want
- Details on the British Terrorist Arrest
- More Than 10 Ways to Avoid the Next 9/11
- Educating Users
- Human/Bear Security Trade-Off
- Land Title Fraud
- Is There Strategic Software?
- Media Sanitization and Encryption
- What is a Hacker?
- TrackMeNot
- USBDumper
- Microsoft and FairUse4WM
from the
September 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Last Week's Terrorism Arrests
- Remote-Control Airplane Software
- Doping in Professional Sports
- iPod Thefts
- Security Certifications
- A Month of Browser Bugs
- HSBC Insecurity Hype
- Updating the Traditional Security Model
- Bot Networks
from the
August 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Economics and Information Security
- Google and Click Fraud
- A Minor Security Lesson from Mumbai Terrorist Bombings
- Getting a Personal Unlock Code for Your O2 Cell Phone
- The League of Women Voters Supports Voter-Verifiable Paper Trails
- Brennan Center and Electronic Voting
from the
July 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- The Value of Privacy
- Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
- Diebold Doesn't Understand the Security Threat
- Hacking Computers Over USB
- The Doghouse: KRYPTO 2.0
- Aligning Interest with Capability
from the
June 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Movie Plot Threat Contest: Status Report
- Who Owns Your Computer?
- Identity-Theft Disclosure Laws
- When "Off" Doesn't Mean Off
- RFID Cards and Man-in-the-Middle Attacks
- Software Failure Causes Airport Evacuation
- Microsoft's BitLocker
- The Security Risk of Special Cases
from the
May 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- Movie-Plot Threat Contest
- Airport Passenger Screening
- 80 Cameras for 2,400 People
- VOIP Encryption
- Security through Begging
- DHS Privacy and Integrity Report
- KittenAuth
- Terrorism Risks of Google Earth
- New Kind of Door Lock
- Evading Copyright Through XOR
- iJacking
- Security Screening for New York Helicopters
from the
April 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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In this issue:
- The Future of Privacy
- Face Recognition Comes to Bars
- Security, Economics, and Lost Conference Badges
- Data Mining for Terrorists
- Airport Security Failure
- Police Department Privilege Escalation
- Database Error Causes Unbalanced Budget
- Credit Card Companies and Agenda
- Proof that Employees Don't Care About Security
- U.S. Port Security and Proxies
from the
March 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
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In this issue:
- Risks of Losing Portable Devices
- Multi-Use ID Cards
- Ben Franklin on the Feeling of Security
- Valentine's Day Security
- U.S. Customs Opening International Mail
- The Failure of US-VISIT
- Identity Theft in the UK
- Passlogix Misquotes Me in Their PR Material
- Privatizing Registered Traveler
- Security Problems with Controlled Access Systems
- Countering "Trusting Trust"
- Security in the Cloud
from the
February 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
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from the
January 15, 2006 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
In this issue:
- Anonymity and Accountability
- Cell Phone Companies and Security
- Dutch Botnet
- Internet Explorer Sucks
- Security Notes from All Over: Electronic Shackles and Telephone Communications
- Insider Threat Statistics
- Are Computer-Security Export Controls Back?
- Vehicle Tracking in the UK
- NSA and Bush's Illegal Eavesdropping
- The Security Threat of Unchecked Presidential Power
- Project Shamrock
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from the
December 15, 2005 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
In this issue:
- Airplane Security
- Australian Minister's Sensible Comments on Airline Security Spark Outcry
- Sky Marshal Shooting in Miami
- New Airplane Security Regulations
- Sony's DRM Rootkit: The Real Story
- CME in Practice
- OpenDocument Format and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- Surveillance and Oversight
- Truckers Watching the Highways
- Snake-Oil Research in the Magazine "Nature"
- Twofish Cryptanalysis Rumors
- Totally Secure Classical Communications?
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from the
November 15, 2005 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
In this issue:
- The Security of RFID Passports
- Liabilities and Software Vulnerabilities
- Preventing Identity Theft: The Living and the Dead
- Banks and Two-Factor Authentication
- Sony Secretly Installs Rootkit on Computers
- DMCA Review
- Taser Cam
- A "Typical" Terrorist
- The Zotob Worm
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from the
October 15, 2005 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
In this issue:
- Phishing
- Major Security at a Minor Ferry
- DUI Cases Thrown Out Due to Closed-Source Breathalyzer
- Automatic License Plate Scanners
- Terrorism Laws Used to Stifle Political Speech
- Jamming Aircraft Navigation Near Nuclear Power Plants
- Secure Flight Working Group Report
- The Doghouse: CryptIt
- Hurricane Security and Airline Security Collide
- Tax Breaks for Good Security
- Forging Low-Value Paper Certificates
- Judge Roberts, Privacy, and the Future
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from
the September 15, 2005 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
In this issue:
- Movie-Plot Threats
- Katrina and Security
- The Keys to the Sydney Subway
- New Cryptanalytic Results Against SHA-1
- Zotob
- Airline Security, Trade-offs, and Agenda
- Cameras in the New York City Subways
- Lance Armstrong Accused of Doping
- Peggy Noonan and Movie-Plot Terrorist Threats
- Trusted Computing Best Practices
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from the
August 15, 2005 Crypto-Gram Newsletter
by Bruce Schneier
read by Dan Henage
In this issue:
- Profiling
- Cisco and ISS Harass Security Researcher
- E-Mail Interception Decision Reversed
- Stealing Imaginary Things
- Turning Cell Phones off in Tunnels
- Searching Bags in Subways
- Plagiarism and Academia: Personal Experience
- RFID Passport Security Revisited
- Risks of Losing Portable Devices
- How to Not Fix the ID Problem
- Secure Flight
- Shoot-to-Kill
- Visa and Amex Drop CardSystems
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