Dropsafe

by Alec Muffett

Tag: security

“News: There Were BGP Anomalies During The Venezuela Blackout”

2026/01/07
Privacy will be under unprecedented attack in 2026 | Computer Weekly

2026/01/07
Two teenagers arrested over cyber-attack on nursery chain | BBC News

2025/10/08
Memory Integrity Enforcement: A complete vision for memory safety in Apple devices | Apple Security Research

2025/09/09
A “political blackmail” – the EU Parliament is pressing for new mandatory scanning of your private chats | TechRadar

2025/08/07
ChatGPT apparently worked out that somebody was typing with their hand shifted-right by one set of keys – see picture – this has security impact because…

2025/08/04
Google Online Security Blog: Advanced Protection: Google’s Strongest Security for Mobile Devices

2025/05/16
When you learn the lengths that Government & Law Enforcement will go to in order to get you to unlock your phone, you will partly understand why they are so attracted to “digital driver’s licences”

2025/02/09
I hope one day that our Online Digital Rights, Civil Society, Safety & Privacy advocates will remember that “online harms” fall into *three* categories:

2025/02/07
Linux Kernel: TOCTOU in Exec System | …I am sure that there was a vulnerability of this exact kind in Unix circa 1988 +/- 4yrs

2024/12/09
Runa Sandvik: “Introduction to Investigative Journalism: Digital Security” | Global Investigative Journalism Network

2024/11/27
Via @TheEconomist, Rick Jones of the Britain’s National Crime Agency (@NCA_UK) asks “Why does a 13-year-old need [end-to-end] encryption?” | …because everyone needs good security, Rick /HT @ShashJ

2024/09/06