Ransomware is Not the Problem
Arbitrarily powerful software -- applications, operating systems -- is a problem, as is preventing it from running on enterprise systems.
Shostack + Friends Blog
Thoughts on the Executive Order
A new article by Steve Bellovin and myself at Lawfare.
Van Buren
The Supreme Court has ruled in the van Buren case, and there's a good summary on the Eff's blog.
Recording Lectures
People sometimes ask me about my recording setup, and I wanted to share some thoughts about recording good learning content.
Review: Practical Cybersecurity Architecture
Adam Shostack's review of the book Practical Cybersecurity Architecture
Using Threat Modeling to Improve Compliance (TM Thursday)
Threat model Thursday is not just back, but live again!
NSF Wants Data on Your Data Needs
The National Science Foundation is looking for information on needs for datasets.
Colonial Pipeline, Darkside and Models
The Colonial Pipeline shutdown story is interesting in all sorts of ways, and I can't delve into all of it.I did want to talk about one small aspect, which is the way responders talk about Darkside.
Pacific Northwest Appsec Conference
AppSec Pacific Northwest Conference is a free application security conference that will be held Saturday, June 19th. It is a virtual, online event sponsored by the OWASP chapters of Portland, Vancouver, and Victoria.
Tracking Company Says 96% of iPhone Users Block Tracking
So there's some good news and some bad news in this story: 'Too Bad, Zuck: Just 4% of U.S. iPhone Users Let Apps Track Them After iOS Update'.
Apple Guidance on Intimate Partner Surveillance
Apple has released ‘Device and Data Access when Personal Safety is At Risk’ and I wanted to explore it a bit.
Threat Model Thursday: Technology Consumers
“It depends on your threat model...”
'Stop Vaccine Finger Wagging'
Just stop.
This time for sure, Pinky!
If everyone agrees on what we should do, why do we seem incapable of doing it?
IoT Security & Threat Modeling
Expanding on the UK Government's ‘The Uk Code of Practice for Consumer IoT Security’ and how it aligns with Threat Modeling.