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Fraudulent Academic Papers

Schneier on Security

SIMON is a block cipher designed by the National Security Agency (NSA) and made public in 2013. Last week, a paper appeared on the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR) ePrint archive purporting to demonstrate a much more effective break of SIMON, one that would affect actual implementations.

Paper 87
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On the Subversion of NIST by the NSA

Schneier on Security

Nadiya Kostyuk and Susan Landau wrote an interesting paper: “ Dueling Over DUAL_EC_DRBG: The Consequences of Corrupting a Cryptographic Standardization Process “: Abstract: In recent decades, the U.S. government, has emerged as the de facto international source for cryptographic standards. government process.

Paper 96
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Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Commission Publishes Consultation Paper

Hunton Privacy

On February 5, 2013, Singapore’s new data protection agency, the Personal Data Protection Commission , published its first consultation paper (the “Paper”) articulating proposals for a data protection regulation. The PDPA was passed by the Singapore Parliament in October 2012 and became law in January 2013.

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FAQ Redux: Can a state agency destroy a paper original after scanning?

The Texas Record

We originally published an article addressing this question back in 2013, but some state agencies have wondered if the answer has changed since the administrative rules were updated this year. From here, we can look at the rules around convenience copies to see how to treat those paper source documents.

Paper 40
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Hong Kong’s Reform of the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (the “PDPO”): Bridging Troubled Waters

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

On Monday 20 January, the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau (“CMAB”), jointly with the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data (“PCPD”), presented a paper outlining topics for review of the PDPO to the members of the Legislative Council Panel on Constitutional Affairs (“PDPO Review Paper”).

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Here’s Some Bitcoin: Oh, and You’ve Been Served!

Krebs on Security

Not so long ago, you had track down your defendant and hire someone to physically serve them with a copy of the court papers. For example, in 2013 the U.S. The investigator said they would have called sooner, but that it had taken that long for the IRS to gain legal access to the funds seized in the 2013 Liberty Reserve takedown.

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Centre Releases Paper on Big Data and Analytics

Hunton Privacy

The paper, which is the product of an industry-sponsored initiative led by the Centre, suggests a two-phase approach that separates how organizations discover what data can reveal from how those insights are applied to knowledge development and decisionmaking. View the paper.