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GCHQ implements World War II cipher machines in encryption app CyberChef

Security Affairs

UK intelligence agency GCHQ released emulators for World War II cipher machines (Enigma, Typex and The Bombe) that can be executed in the encryption app CyberChef. We've brought technology from our past into the present by creating emulators for Enigma, Typex and The Bombe in #CyberChef. .” Pierluigi Paganini.

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GUEST ESSAY – Notable events in hacking history that helped transform cybersecurity assessment

The Last Watchdog

Assessing the risks involved in using the latest technology is something our culture had to adopt in the early days of the computer. New technologies come with risks — there’s no denying that. military officials hired data analysts to crack the Japanese secret code known as JN-25. The Creeper Virus (1971).

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Indicators of compromise (IOCs): how we collect and use them

SecureList

It is a highly demanding activity, which requires time, multidisciplinary skills, efficient technology, innovation and dedication. We have been doing so since 2008, benefiting from Kaspersky’s decades of cyberthreat data management, and unrivaled technologies. But why are we offering cyber threat intelligence at all?

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Thinking About the Future of InfoSec (v2022)

Daniel Miessler

The ideas will cover multiple aspects of InfoSec, from organizational structure to technology. Technology. In the next 15-30 years we’ll see a move from wizardry to accounting—and a much more Operational Technology approach to the discipline in general. Technology. Introduction. Org Structure. Regulation.

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