Tor on Campus | Tor Challenge - 2 views
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Derek Bruff on 10 Sep 14This might be something we look into for our class project on practical cryptography later in the semester.
NSA surveillance: A guide to staying secure - 3 views
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Some advice from security expert Bruce Schneier on how to keep the NSA from snooping on you. "Trust the math. Encryption if your friend."
Russian Hackers Behind World’s Biggest Internet Security Breach - NBC News.com - 0 views
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This video talks about a hack done by a group of Russian hackers that gained access to 1.2 billion records, and discusses the idea that perhaps passwords are no longer the best way to protect our information. It's a quick video, but what was interesting to me was that I hadn't even considered that something other than the current password system could protect our information.
3Qs: Password and cloud security - 3 views
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This article discusses the recent cloud hacks and security questions in general.
Hackers Breach Security of HealthCare.gov - NYTimes.com - 0 views
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Check out this article! It's about a recent security breach of heathcare.gov that was made possible due to a test server with a default password that hadn't been changed and a lack of regular security scans.
'Black Box' Software Could Be the Future of Cryptography - 2 views
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Securing data is how we currently operate, securing software could be the future of internet security.
Celeb Nude Leaks, the Future of Privacy and Copyright - 0 views
Apple - Press Info - Apple Media Advisory - 0 views
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"we have discovered that certain celebrity accounts were compromised by a very targeted attack on user names, passwords and security questions"
Surely the Daily Mail can't be cirrus with its iCloud explanation | Media Monkey | Medi... - 0 views
Blogging Like a Connected Courses Champion | Connected Courses - 0 views
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Some great advice on blogging as part of a learning community, like we're doing in this course.
Keurig's K-Cup coffee DRM cracked - Boing Boing - 0 views
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I think we can count this as cryptography. Keurig (the "K-cup" coffee maker) recently rolled out a new coffee maker that only works on coffee pods with special ink markers on their foil tops, meaning that knock-off coffee pods won't work on the new Keurig systems. (More info here: http://www.theverge.com/2014/6/30/5857030/keurig-digital-rights-management-coffee-pod-pirates.) This DRM-like scheme has now been hacked by competitors.
Beefing up public-key encryption | MIT News Office - 0 views
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Interesting article on how public-key encryption is used to keep information safe during financial transactions online. The article discusses weakness in basic public-key encryption schemes and how some of these schemes have been improved.
BA jihadist relied on Jesus-era encryption - 0 views
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Interesting article that shows how even though we think we're very advanced at cryptography, sometimes an old and outdated technique slips through the cracks in our defenses.
Russia hack is not that scary - 0 views
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interesting read about how dangerous a hack could be
The Black Chamber - Mary Queen of Scots - 0 views
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some extension about Marry Queen of Scots and cipher
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