A question on Twitter today got me thinking about Kerckhoffs’s principles, a favorite of mine when it comes to the intersection of security and design thinking (i.e. the point at which the attacker, the user, and the system interface).

A cryptosystem should be secure even if…

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the different types of thinking, approach, and generally mentality that different hackers bring to the table.

Broadly, there are two things that come into play: The level of experience, and the overall wiring of the hacker.

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan watched a screening of the movie WarGames. The movie painted an alarming picture of the risks of interconnectivity and resulted in the creation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) — a set of laws attempting…

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan watched a screening of the movie WarGames. The movie painted an alarming picture of the risks of interconnectivity and resulted in the creation of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) — a set of laws attempting…

Businesses and hackers are strange bedfellows. You would not expect large companies with valuable trade secrets, customer data and confidential financial information to trust and co-operate with a group of hackers…