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MyBook Users Urged to Unplug Devices from Internet

Krebs on Security

Hard drive giant Western Digital is urging users of its MyBook Live brand of network storage drives to disconnect them from the Internet, warning that malicious hackers are remotely wiping the drives using a critical flaw that can be triggered by anyone who knows the Internet address of an affected device.

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New Book: A Hacker’s Mind

Schneier on Security

I have a new book coming out in February. Just as a computer vulnerability can be exploited over the Internet because the code permits it, a tax loophole is “allowed” by the system because it follows the rules, even though it might subvert the intent of those rules. It’s about hacking. And I really like the cover.

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Paul van Oorschot’s Computer Security and the Internet

Schneier on Security

Paul van Oorschot’s webpage contains a complete copy of his book: Computer Security and the Internet: Tools and Jewels. It’s worth reading.

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Disconnect your WD My Book Live from the internet or face data deletion, says Western Digital

Graham Cluley

Storage drive maker Western Digital is telling owners of its WD My Book Live device to disconnect it from the internet, after reports that some have had their data erased by malicious software. Read more in my article on the Tripwire State of Security blog.

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Worthwhile books Q2 2020

Adam Shostack

These are the books that I read in Q2 2020 that I think are worth your time. Because Internet by Gretchen McCulloch. Let me be frank: I hate most business books. Sorry it’s late. They’re still worthwhile. You’ll See This Message When It Is Too Late , by Josephine Wolff. Leading Change by John Kotter.

Internet 147
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Declassified NSA Newsletters

Schneier on Security

And a 1994 review of Applied Cryptography by redacted : Applied Cryptography, for those who don’t read the internet news, is a book written by Bruce Schneier last year. Schneier has gathered academic research, internet gossip, and everything he could find on cryptography into one 600-page jumble. There are many redactions.

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Amy Zegart on Spycraft in the Internet Age

Schneier on Security

Amy Zegart has a new book: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence. Now everyone is racing for insight and the internet gives them tools to do it. I have not yet read the book. Wired has an excerpt : In short, data volume and accessibility are revolutionizing sensemaking.

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