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Is India's Aadhaar System Really "Hack-Proof"? Assessing a Publicly Observable Security Posture

Troy Hunt

I've implemented CAA on HIBP and it's simply a matter of some DNS records and a check with a CAA validator : Unfortunately, there are no such records for Aadhaar: Now in fairness to Aadhaar, CAA is very new and the take-up is low ; we cannot be critical of them for not having implemented it yet. Blocking Paste.

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The cybersecurity researcher Dan Kaminsky has died

Security Affairs

One of the brightest lights in infosec and probably the kindest soul I knew. He is best known for his study on DNS cache poisoning and for his investigation into the Sony Rootkit attacks. At the moment the causes of death are not known, but it does not matter. I guess theres no hiding it now. We lost @dakami yesterday.