Nicholas WeaverVote Chaos Monkeys 2018By now it is obvious what the Russian strategy was in 2016. Hurting Clinton (and thereby helping Trump) was only part of a larger plan to…Nov 15, 2017Nov 15, 2017
Nicholas WeaverAn Anatomy of A Nice PhishI fear we will never robustly stop phishing, as much because we seem to insist on training users to be phished. Even generic phishing has a…Jun 20, 2016Jun 20, 2016
Nicholas WeaverWhy I believe the NSA broke DH…The “Weak Diffie-Hellman” paper is almost certainly correct in the implication that this is how the NSA is breaking a large amount of…Oct 15, 2015Oct 15, 2015
Nicholas WeaverMetadata and MadisonBrian Krebs recently identified a significant party of interest in the Ashley-Madison case, “Thadeus Zu”, and located the associated…Aug 26, 2015Aug 26, 2015
Nicholas WeaverHow To Destroy the Dark Web MarketsAt the recent Usenix Security, Kyle Soska and Nicolas Christian presented their detailed survey of the on-line drug markets that followed…Aug 19, 2015Aug 19, 2015
Nicholas WeaverThe (in)security of iCloud BackupI’m currently working on developing a guide to securing iOS devices in a hostile environment (basically, “iPads for activists”). Although…Jul 14, 20151Jul 14, 20151
Nicholas WeaverHow to Arrest Someone with an iPhoneFBI Director Comey appears to think that an iPhone is a brick to law enforcement. This is not the case. I’ve been looking into iOS…Jul 8, 2015Jul 8, 2015
Nicholas WeaverIs Discus Fish Attacking Bitcoin?Reddit has an alternate theory, which is probably more likely:Jul 7, 2015Jul 7, 2015
Nicholas WeaverExtra Unofficial XKEYSCORE GuideJihobbiests, Mojahaden Secrets, and PGPJul 5, 2015Jul 5, 2015
Nicholas WeaverThe Dread Pirate Ulbricht’s Hail MaryI’m not a lawyer, but I’ve been watching the Ross Ulbricht, aka the Dread Pirate Roberts, case since the moment the FBI tackled him in the…Mar 7, 2015Mar 7, 2015
