Security Leftovers
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Bruce Schneier ☛ Child Exploitation and the Crypto Wars
Susan Landau published an excellent essay on the current justification for the government breaking end-to-end-encryption: child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE). She puts the debate into historical context, discusses the problem of CSAE, and explains why breaking encryption isn’t the solution.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Cisco issues new fixes for second IOS XE vulnerability
Cisco Systems Inc. was busy last week shoring up the security of its IOS XE routers and switches as a vulnerability in their web user interface allowed remote attackers to gain control over some these systems, which could number around 40,000.
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University of Michigan ☛ Social Security numbers compromised in August cybersecurity attack [Ed: Microsoft should be sued. It's likely hiding all this while profiting from "consulting" to clean up its own mess, harming rather than compensating the many victims.]
Social Security numbers and financial details were among the pieces of information compromised in the August 2023 cybersecurity attack, the University of Michigan revealed in a statement released Monday afternoon.
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Silicon Angle ☛ Okta shares drop after identity company discloses yet another data breach [Ed: Windows TCO]
Shares in Okta Inc. dropped Friday after the identity and access management company disclosed yet another data breach. The breach is officially described by Okta as involving “adversarial activity that leveraged access to a stolen credential to access Okta’s support case management system.”