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Security News for the Week Ending November 24, 2023

Post Quantum Crypto Isn’t The Only Problem – Pre Stone Age Crypto is Also a Problem While some folks are worried about what is going to happen to encryption when quantum computing becomes real, other companies are still using antique crypto. Unfortunately, many of the companies who are using antiques are medical devices and higher […]

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Customs Buys Massive Surveillance Power

Customs and Border protection signed a contract with LexisNexis Risk Solutions last year and it is scary both in terms of how much data they have access to and how cheap the cost is. Anyone is free to execute a similar contract at the company’s discretion as there are very limited laws anywhere prohibiting this. […]

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UK’s Online Safety Regulator Puts Out First Guidance

King Charles approved the Online Safety Act last month and its regulator, known as Ofcom, has already issued its first regulation in draft form. Among other “features” of this law is a requirement to scan end to end encrypted messages for CSAM, even though that is impossible. The act also requires platforms to execute a […]

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Intelligence Chiefs Warn of Commercial Espionage

The domestic intelligence chiefs of the “Fives Eyes” – Australia, Canada, US, New Zealand and UK – say that they are seeing a sharp rise in attempts by hostile states to steal intellectual property. The intelligence chiefs spoke at an event hosted by Stanford University’s Hoover Institution. This is a little different that what the […]

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UK Updates Post-Quantum Crypto Guidance

I have written several times about the need to start thinking about post-quantum crypto. At this point, “Q-Day” is somewhere between this year and ten years from now. If you believe my blog last week, Q-Day could be today. NIST has published draft post quantum standards, but there is a lot more to do besides […]

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