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EU bodies agree on new EU export rules for dual-use technology

Security Affairs

European Parliament votes to tighten up rules for the sale and export of surveillance and encryption technology. The term “ dual-use ” refers to technology that can be used for both peaceful and military aims. EU authorities also request countries more transparency about the export licenses they grant. .

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Security Vulnerabilities in US Weapons Systems

Schneier on Security

The US Government Accounting Office just published a new report: " Weapons Systems Cyber Security: DOD Just Beginning to Grapple with Scale of Vulnerabilities " (summary here ). From the summary: Automation and connectivity are fundamental enablers of DOD's modern military capabilities.

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Snowden Ten Years Later

Schneier on Security

It definitely had an effect on me. Chatting with Snowden on an encrypted IM connection, I joked that the NSA cafeteria menu probably has code names for menu items. Neither were any of the algorithm names I knew, not even algorithms I knew that the US government used. Transferring files electronically is what encryption is for.

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A Cyber Insurance Backstop

Schneier on Security

After Merck filed its $700 million claim, the pharmaceutical giant’s insurers argued that they were not required to cover the malware’s damage because the cyberattack was widely attributed to the Russian government and therefore was excluded from standard property and casualty insurance coverage as a “hostile or warlike act.”

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The Week in Cyber Security and Data Privacy: 4 – 10 March 2024

IT Governance

Glosbe dictionary exposes almost 7 million records The multilingual online dictionary Glosbe left a MongoDB instance unsecured last year, exposing nearly 7 million users’ information, including personal data, encrypted passwords and social media identifiers. Only 3 definitely haven’t had data breached.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: The Hunt for Ghost #1

ForAllSecure

There is of course a lot of security around these digital releases, for example, there's watermarks, digital certificates, and even keys at the code, the encrypted copies of the films in specific theaters for specific periods of time. It is totally controlled by the government by the censors. Yet, somewhere in China.

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The Hacker Mind Podcast: Going Passwordless

ForAllSecure

For example, here’s Jerry Lewis in a scene from a 1950s film, where he’s trying to break into a Nazi German military base. That's quite a narrow definition. Moffatt: Oh, it's a really good one and you can ask 10 people and you'll easily get five different answers and you definitely get the two counts. Lewis: Good.