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NIST Issues Call for "Lightweight Cryptography" Algorithms

Schneier on Security

Similar small electronics exist in the keyless entry fobs to newer-model cars and the Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags used to locate boxes in vast warehouses. All of these gadgets are inexpensive to make and will fit nearly anywhere, but common encryption methods may demand more electronic resources than they possess.

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Mar 27 – Apr 02 Ukraine – Russia the silent cyber conflict

Security Affairs

Mar 31 – Google TAG details cyber activity with regard to the invasion of Ukraine. The Google TAG uses uncovered phishing attacks targeting Eastern European and NATO countries, including Ukraine. Mar 28 – While Twitter suspends Anonymous accounts, the group hacked VGTRK Russian Television and Radio.

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RFID: Is it Secret? Is it Safe?

Approachable Cyber Threats

Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is not a new technology. RFID uses electromagnetic fields in the form of radio waves to establish communication links between an RFID tag or transmitter and an RFID reader or receiver. “What is RFID and what is it used for?” In fact, it’s been around since the 1940s. So what is RFID?

Risk 119
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Tracking the Trackers: For Better or Worse

SecureWorld News

These radios are being tracked and tagged by marketers, telecom companies and individuals in an effort to resell that data to parties willing to pay. Tiny BLE (Bluetooth Low Energy) tags are being placed in people’s vehicles, pockets, bags and other items on the move all the time.

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Some quick notes on SDR

Errata Security

I'm trying to create perfect screen captures of SDR to explain the world of radio around us. An SDR is a "software defined radio" which digitally samples radio waves and uses number crunching to decode the signal into data. Newer WiFi uses a different scheme to encode data into radio waves, using all the band given to it.

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AirTag stalking: What is it, and how can I avoid it?

Malwarebytes

Most recently, it’s reported that Ohio has proposed a new bill in relation to electronic tagging devices. Skip forward enough years, and we had similar concept but with Bluetooth and Radio Frequency. She only became aware of what was happening because her phone alerted her to the tag’s presence. What is an AirTag?

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Sophisticated attackers used DazzleSpy macOS backdoor in watering hole attacks

Security Affairs

The investigation started in November after Google TAG published a blogpost about watering-hole attacks targeting macOS users in Hong Kong. Google TAG researchers discovered that threat actors leveraged a zero-day vulnerability in macOS in a watering hole campaign aimed at delivering malware to users in Hong Kong.

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