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Cyber-extortion on the rise - but targets the 'fringe'
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has warned that cyber-extortion is on the rise, but gave the caveat that it mainly affects "fringe" industries, such as online gambling, rather than critical national infrastructure organisations. [24 Jan 2008]
Top 10 security stories of the year
News Schneier questioned the very existence of the security industry in his first interview and when silicon.com caught up with him again at the RSA Conference Europe 2007, Schneier went on to give his opinions on the security of biometrics, how... [13 Dec 2007]
Q&A: Bruce Schneier, CTO of BT Counterpane
Comment Security expert Bruce Schneier is well-known for his candid views on the security industry - one of the reasons he was named as one of this year's Agenda Setters.silicon.com caught up with Schneier at the RSA Conference Europe 2007 to find out how... [23 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: Wi-fi at conference and more
Comment Last autumn those on silicon.com who cover security were a little surprised when news came through that BT had acquired Counterpane, where security guru Bruce Schneier is the life and soul. Schneier had at the time said he'd been working on a deal... [05 Mar 2007]
Biometric passport cracked and cloned
News According to security guru Bruce Schneier, Grunwald's job was made all the more easy by the publication of standards for ePassports on the website of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. The biggest problem, Schneier wrote on his blog, is... [04 Aug 2006]
Should security companies be regulated?
News Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane, told silicon.com legislators must force security companies to accept regulation. Microsoft is not in the business of being a charity and that's why its software is buggy," said Schneier, who claimed companies... [19 Oct 2005]
'Cyberterrorists poised to attack', warns Labour peer
News At another briefing at Infosecurity Europe, security guru Bruce Schneier claimed that cyberterrorism was a myth, promoted by security companies looking to boost their sales. Nobody's getting blown to bits," said Schneier. [28 Apr 2005]
ISPs urged to clean up the internet
News Speaking at InfoSecurity, security guru Bruce Schneier, CTO of Counterpane, said the ISPs are too preoccupied with making money to concern themselves with the welfare of their customers. ISPs have come in for fresh criticism at the InfoSecurity... [28 Apr 2005]
"Two-factor authentication won't stop ID theft"
News Schneier's no-confidence vote comes a day after Microsoft renewed calls at the CeBit conference in Hannover, Germany, to supplement passwords with another identity check. Two-factor authentication, or the use of a method in addition to a password... [16 Mar 2005]
Is it time to regulate software security?
News Other panellists, such as encryption expert and author Bruce Schneier, also called for more action in prompting software vendors to vet through their code before releasing it to the market. You need to find a set of financial incentives," Schneier... [17 Feb 2005]
People 'too thick' to cope with viruses
News Then again, this system could be difficult to administer as increasing amounts of spam are sent from unwitting drone computers, pointed out Bruce Schneier, chief technology officer at Counterpane Internet Security. [25 Feb 2004]
Microsoft critic loses his security day job
News Security expert Bruce Schneier, another co-author of the report, said Geer had believed he was still employed when the two of them discussed their report on a conference call with reporters on Wednesday. [26 Sep 2003]
PGP defect reveals encrypted messages
News If I use this, I get one message - I don't get your (secret) key," said Bruce Schneier, founder and chief technology officer of network protection provider Counterpane Internet Security. Schneier proved the existence of the flaw with Jonathan Katz... [13 Aug 2002]
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