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Bruce Schneier is an internationally renowned security technologist and author. Described by The Economist as a "security guru"

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Bank Card "Master Key" Stolen
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Someone Is Learning How to Take Down the Internet: Over the past year or two, someone has been probing the de...
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“Crypto” Means “Cryptography,” not “Cryptocurrency”
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ISO Rejects NSA Encryption Algorithms
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Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer
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Facebook Plans on Backdooring WhatsApp
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Fake Cell Towers Found in Norway: In yet another example of what happens when you build an insecure communicat... http://t.co/qxfL1XR1Sx
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Changes in Password Best Practices
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WTF: Signal Adds Cryptocurrency Support
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New SSH Vulnerability
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Excellent Analysis of the Boeing 737 MAX Software Problems
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Me on COVAD-19 Contact Tracing Apps
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ISIS Cyberattacks: Citizen Lab has a new report on a probable ISIS-launched cyberattack: This report describes... http://t.co/nIaMxOUMeJ
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Security Design: Stop Trying to Fix the User: Every few years, a researcher replicates a security study by li...
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Signal Will Leave the UK Rather Than Add a Backdoor
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On the Equifax Data Breach
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Cisco Can’t Stop Using Hard-Coded Passwords
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New German Government is Pro-Encryption and Anti-Backdoors
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I'm Leaving IBM
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Your Personal Data is Already Stolen
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Security Vulnerabilities in Star Wars
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How the SolarWinds Hackers Bypassed Duo’s Multi-Factor Authentication
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Facebook and Cambridge Analytica
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Russia’s SolarWinds Attack
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Securing a Raspberry Pi
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Three of My Books Are Available in DRM-Free E-Book Format
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Apple’s NeuralHash Algorithm Has Been Reverse-Engineered
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Security and Privacy Implications of Zoom
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My Priorities for the Next Four Years
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Facebook Is Using Your Two-Factor Authentication Phone Number to Target Advertising
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Frequent Password Changes Is a Bad Security Idea: I've been saying for years that it's bad security advice, t...
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Hey Secret Service: Don't Plug Suspect USB Sticks into Random Computers
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Half a Million IoT Passwords Leaked
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The 600+ Companies PayPal Shares Your Data With
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Who Are the Shadow Brokers?
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Spectre and Meltdown Attacks Against Microprocessors
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Zoom Lied about End-to-End Encryption
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Apple Adds a Backdoor to iMesssage and iCloud Storage
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Backdoors in Cisco Routers
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Let's Encrypt Is Making Web Encryption Easier
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Massive Brazilian Data Breach
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Who is Publishing NSA and CIA Secrets, and Why?
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I Have Joined the Board of Directors of the Tor Project: This week, I have joined the board of directors of t...
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Bitcoin Explanation: This is the best explanation of the Bitcoin protocol that I have read.... http://t.co/go8ZUMTKnj
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New KRACK Attack Against Wi-Fi Encryption
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On the Dangers of Cryptocurrencies and the Uselessness of Blockchain
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Breaking 256-bit Elliptic Curve Encryption with a Quantum Computer
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Security and Privacy Guidelines for the Internet of Things
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How Signal Is Evading Censorship
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DDoS Attacks against Dyn: Yesterday's DDoS attacks against Dyn are being reported everywhere. I have received...
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Paris Terrorists Use Double ROT-13 Encryption: That is, no encryption at all. The Intercept has the story: "Ye...
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Drone Denial-of-Service Attack against Gatwick Airport
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TSA Admits Liquid Ban Is Security Theater
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How DNA Databases Violate Everyone's Privacy
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In Memoriam: Ross Anderson, 1956-2024
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No, RSA Is Not Broken
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Me on the Equifax Breach
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EU Court of Human Rights Rejects Encryption Backdoors
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NSO Group Hacked
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Adding a Russian Keyboard to Protect against Ransomware
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Major NSA/Equation Group Leak: The NSA was badly hacked in 2013, and we're just now learning about it. A grou...
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How the US Secret Service Breaks into Smart Phones
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New Book Coming in September: "Click Here to Kill Everybody"
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Good Primer on Two-Factor Authentication Security
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The US Senate Is Using Signal
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Child Arrested Because Adults Are Stupid: A Texas 9th-grader makes an electronic clock and brings it to school... http://t.co/fOAyWzd6HL
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Zoom's Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not
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Do-It-Yourself Online Privacy/Safety Guide
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Microsoft Accidentally Leaks Key to Windows Backdoor: In a cautionary tale to those who favor government-mand...
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Security Analysis of Apple’s “Find My…” Protocol
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NIST is No Longer Recommending Two-Factor Authentication Using SMS: NIST is no longer recommending two-factor...
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Chinese Hackers Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication
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DARPA Is Developing an Open-Source Voting System
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Tesla Remotely Hacked from a Drone
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Blockchain and Trust
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On the Security of Password Managers
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2020 Was a Secure Election
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The Importance of Strong Encryption to Security: Encryption keeps you safe. Encryption protects your financial...
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Privacy Implications of Windows 10: The EFF has a good analysis of all the ways Windows 10 violates your privacy....
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New C++ Secure Coding Standard
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Man-in-the-Middle Attack against Electronic Car-Door Openers
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Details on a New PGP Vulnerability
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Tracking People Without GPS
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Risks of Password Managers
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I Am Not Satoshi Nakamoto
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IEEE Statement on Strong Encryption vs. Backdoors
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New Book Announcement: Click Here to Kill Everybody
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Privacy vs. Surveillance in the Age of COVID-19
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Why I Hate Password Rules
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SMS Phishing Attacks are on the Rise
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New Ways to Track Internet Browsing
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Security Flaw in Estonian National ID Card
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Tracking People by their MAC Addresses
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Apple's FaceID
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Spectre and Meltdown Attacks
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The NSA is Breaking Most Encryption on the Internet: The new Snoden revelations are explosive. Basically, the ... http://t.co/r4iIJw7fhQ
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MD5 and SHA-1 Still Used in 2018
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Ransomware Is Getting Ugly
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Chinese Supply-Chain Attack on Computer Systems
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Norton’s Antivirus Product Now Includes an Ethereum Miner
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