Update – Nefarious Pseudo Random Number Generator Never Actually Used in SSL
Posted on: 22 Dec 2013
(Updates with RSA denial) There has been a lot of furor over the Random Number Generator that the NSA, with a rather heavy hand, apparently forced NIST to accept into its…
Payment Card Manufacturer Datacard Group to Acquire Digital Certificate Pioneer Entrust
Posted on: 17 Dec 2013
Datacard Group today announced that they are acquiring Entrust a digital certificate and identity services provider. Financial details were withheld by both private entities, the companies said in a release. Entrust will be…
“I am Not Satoshi” – Security Researcher Debunks Rumors that He is the Elusive Inventor of Bitcoin
Posted on: 26 Nov 2013
(Updates with the reported retraction from the two researchers regarding a link between Bitcoin and the Silk Road marketplace.) Recent speculation that Dustin Trammel is the mysterious inventor of Bitcoin and…
Boom Times for Cloud Security
Posted on: 18 Nov 2013
Amazon announced several initiatives at its AWS re:Invent conference that are destined to disrupt several markets Held last week in Las Vegas, the Amazon Web Services’ conference hosted more than…
The Devil Inside the Beltway: Not for the Faint of Heart
Posted on: 13 Nov 2013
The Devil Inside the Beltway is a chilling memoir that documents the shambles made of Michael Daugherty’s life by apparent regulatory overreach on the part of the Federal Trade Commission…
Trustwave Acquires Application Security Inc.
Posted on: 11 Nov 2013
Trustwave announced on Monday that it had acquired data security provider Application Security Inc., for an undisclosed sum as Trustwave continues its strategy of acquiring security technology vendors to spur its…
I was Duped by Dilbert
Posted on: 06 Nov 2013
I was Duped By Dilbert. Or, more accurately, Scott Adams, the creator of the Dilbert comic strip, and the author of How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big, duped…
A Week of Rage Against the NSA
Posted on: 03 Nov 2013
If you are like me you completely discount official protests as posturing. In this age of suspicion of all politicians there is not much to be read into the President…
Two Secure Email Systems Shut Down in the Wake of Snowden Affair Announce Formation of Dark Mail Alliance
Posted on: 31 Oct 2013
Two secure email services, Lavabit and Silent Circle, on Wednesday announced the formation of the Dark Mail Alliance. The announcement at the Inbox Love email conference in Mountain View, California, follows the shuttering…
FirstNet Board Chooses Virginia for HQ, Boulder for Technical Center
Posted on: 29 Oct 2013
Speaking at the Michigan Cybersecurity Summit on October 25, Thomas MacLellan, Director, Homeland Security and Public Safety Division, National Governors Association (NGA) Center for Best Practices, called FirstNet the “largest…