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Molly White Reviews Blockchain Book

Schneier on Security

Molly White—of “ Web3 is Going Just Great ” fame— reviews Chris Dixon’s blockchain solutions book: Read Write Own : In fact, throughout the entire book, Dixon fails to identify a single blockchain project that has successfully provided a non-speculative service at any kind of scale. billion.

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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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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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Securing the Internet of Things through Class-Action Lawsuits

Schneier on Security

This law journal article discusses the role of class-action litigation to secure the Internet of Things. And it was inspired by my book, Click Here to Kill Everybody. Basically, the article postulates that (1) market realities will produce insecure IoT devices, and (2) political failures will leave that industry unregulated.

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Relax. Internet password books are OK

Malwarebytes

The big book of passwords. There’s one password management tool which experiences more than its fair share of derision—the oft-maligned Internet password book. These are, as you may expect, physical books which are little more than empty notepads with “Internet password book” written on the front.

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New Book Announcement: Click Here to Kill Everybody

Schneier on Security

I am pleased to announce the publication of my latest book: Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World. This is a book about technology, and it's also a book about policy. The regulation-free Internet that we've enjoyed for the past decades will not survive this new, more dangerous, world.

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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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