Bruce Schneier
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Schneier warns of marketers and dancing pigs
Insight newsmaker Security guru Bruce Schneier pokes fun at U.S. National Cyber Security Month and says when it comes to privacy, marketers are scarier than governments or criminals.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Facebook, Security, Computer, NSA, Schneier, Hard Drive Encryption, Information Broker, Security Consideration
Experts: Don't clamp down on social media
News Iranian news leaking out via Twitter shows that people will get around communication roadblocks, and experts say businesses can learn lessons from this.
Tags: Web 2.0, Security implementation/standards, Business security, Twitter, Security, Mobile, Howard Schmidt, Iran, Social Media, Mobile Device
Schneier questions need for security industry
News Speaking at a trade show in London, security guru sparks debate about the sources of and responses to security problems.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
Leaking crypto keys from mobile devices
News Attackers could steal keys used for encryption and authentication on mobile devices by analyzing electromagnetic signals and radio frequency emissions, researcher says.
Tags: Mobile, Authentication and encryption, cable box, Key, Phone, bank, mobile, Authentication and encryption, Attack, Mobile Device
Schneier research team cracks TrueCrypt
News Security expert Bruce Schneier says standard software such as Vista interferes with deniable file systems, designed to hide data on users' systems.
Tags: Windows Vista, Security, Authentication and encryption, Data, Google Inc., Deniable File System, File System, Password, operating system, sensitive information
Moore's Law is the enemy of privacy
News Security guru Bruce Schneier claims processing power has increased to such a degree that data has become a "pollutant".
Does Wi-Fi security matter?
Techguide Researchers at Indiana University say Wi-Fi networks are insecure and warn that more education is needed.
Tags: Wireless LANs, 802.11/Wi-Fi
Security expert: 'We are losing the battle'
News Cryptographer Bruce Schneier today reiterated his managed security services gospel in a talk here on the opening day of the RSA Security Conference.
Schneier: 'Zero benefit' from US border biometrics
News The Department of Homeland Security has disputed Bruce Schneier's claim that the U.S.-Visit program has had no impact on reducing criminal and terrorist threats.
Tags: Security, Biometrics, U.S. Department Of Homeland Security, British Telecommunications, Officer, Program, RSA Security Inc., undersecretary, Iraq, blog
Does Wi-Fi security matter?
News A large number of Wi-Fi networks are "horribly insecure," researchers say, but what that means is up for debate.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Data security, Network security, Security applications/tools, Security implementation/standards
US Senate approves electronic ID card bill
News Last-minute attempt fails to derail the bill, which with President Bush's signature would require federalized IDs for all Americans.
Tags: Security, Biometrics
Schneier: Cyber-extortion on the rise
News The security expert has warned of an increase in cyber-extortion, but added there is no need for panic about attacks on critical national infrastructures.
Tags: Security
Wireless 'piggybacking' threatens remote workers
Techguide More and more staff are using the Internet to work remotely but this rise is being matched by an increase in people tapping into their neighbours' wireless networks
Tags: Wireless LANs, 802.11/Wi-Fi, Hacking
Staff not to blame for breaches, says security guru
News Security specialist Bruce Schneier has hit out at the trend of blaming staff for security breaches, suggesting it's companies which must always face the strongest criticism.
Marketing hype has no place in security
News Hyping a product's ability to withstand attack is a disservice to us all, and can make our systems and data vulnerable when they don't have to be.
