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Crypto Wars 2.0: Let the Trolling Commence (and don’t trust your phone)

An excellent article by Sven Tuerpe argues that we pay excessive attention to the problems of encryption and insufficient – to the problems of system security. I wholeheartedly agree with that statement. Read the original article: Crypto Wars 2.0: Let the Trolling Commence (and don’t trust your phone). Security cannot be based solely on the ...

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The Elderwood Report

Symantec reports very interesting findings in their report of the so-called “Elderwood Project”. A highly interesting paper that I can recommend as bedside reading. Here is a teaser: In 2009, Google was attacked by a group using the Hydraq (Aurora) Trojan horse. Symantec has monitored this group’s activities for the last three years as they ...

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