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MasterCard DNS Error Went Unnoticed for Years

Krebs on Security

The payment card giant MasterCard just fixed a glaring error in its domain name server settings that could have allowed anyone to intercept or divert Internet traffic for the company by registering an unused domain name. “We have looked into the matter and there was not a risk to our systems,” a MasterCard spokesperson wrote.

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Hi, robot: Half of all internet traffic now automated

Malwarebytes

If you sometimes feel that the internet isn’t the same vibrant place it used to be, you’re not alone. Bad bots comprised 37% of internet traffic in 2024, up from 32% the year prior. Good bots accounted for just 14% of the internet’s traffic. Bad bots do all kinds of unpleasant things.

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Public Hearing on IoT Risks

Schneier on Security

The US Consumer Product Safety Commission is holding hearings on IoT risks: The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC, Commission, or we) will conduct a public hearing to receive information from all interested parties about potential safety issues and hazards associated with internet-connected consumer products.

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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. In the digital age, however, secrecy is bringing greater risk because emerging technologies are blurring nearly all the old boundaries of geopolitics.

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New Book Coming in September: "Click Here to Kill Everybody"

Schneier on Security

My next book is still on track for a September 2018 publication. Risks are Becoming Catastrophic. What a Secure Internet+ Looks Like 8. How We Can Secure the Internet+ 9. How to Engender Trust on the Internet+. It also needs to telegraph: "everyone needs to read this book." Norton is still the publisher.

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10 Behaviors That Will Reduce Your Risk Online

Daniel Miessler

In that piece I wanted to link to some safe internet practices—which some used to call Safe Hex—but I couldn’t find anything newer than nine years old. What follows is a set of basic security hygiene steps that will significantly reduce your risk online. don’t install software from random places on the internet.

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Fire Doesn't Innovate by Kip Boyle (Book Review)

Adam Shostack

An unexpected book review. I hate reviewing books by people I know, because I am a picky reader, and if you can't say anything nice, don't say anything at all. I also tend to hate management books, because they often substitute jargon for crisp thinking. It is not a book for the CSO. Here's how to interpret results.

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