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EU Defers Huawei Security Issue to Member States

The EU won't ban or limit Huawei from participating in 5G build outs. Instead, lingering national...

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There’s no evidence the Saudis hacked Jeff Bezos’s iPhone

There's no evidence the Saudis hacked Jeff Bezos's iPhone.

This is the conclusion of the all the independent experts who have reviewed the public report behind the U.N.'s accusations. That report failed to find evidence proving the theory, but instead simply found unknown things it couldn't explain, which it pretended was evidence.


This is a common flaw in such forensics reports. When there's evidence, it's usually found and reported. When there's no evidence, investigators keep looking. Todays devices are complex, so if you keep looking, you always find anomalies you can't explain. There's only two results from such investigations: proof of bad things or anomalies that suggest bad things. There's never any proof that no bad things exist (at least, not in my experience).

Bizarre and inexplicable behavior doesn't mean a hacker attack. Engineers trying to debug problems, and support technicians helping customers, find such behavior all the time. Pretty much every user of technology experiences this. Paranoid users often think there's a conspiracy against them when electronics behave strangely, but "behaving strangely" is perfectly normal.

When you start with the theory that hackers are involved, then you have an explanation for the all that's unexplainable. It's all Continue reading

How to decrypt WhatsApp end-to-end media files

At the center of the "Saudis hacked Bezos" story is a mysterious video file investigators couldn't decrypt, sent by Saudi Crown Prince MBS to Bezos via WhatsApp. In this blog post, I show how to decrypt it. Once decrypted, we'll either have a smoking gun proving the Saudi's guilt, or exoneration showing that nothing in the report implicated the Saudis. I show how everyone can replicate this on their own iPhones.

The steps are simple:
  • backup the phone to your computer (macOS or Windows), using one of many freely available tools, such as Apple's own iTunes app
  • extract the database containing WhatsApp messages from that backup, using one of many freely available tools, or just hunt for the specific file yourself
  • grab the .enc file and decryption key from that database, using one of many freely available SQL tools
  • decrypt the video, using a tool I just created on GitHub

End-to-end encrypted downloader

The FTI report says that within hours of receiving a suspicious video that Bezos's iPhone began behaving strangely. The report says:
...analysis revealed that the suspect video had been delivered via an encrypted downloader host on WhatsApp’s media server. Due to WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption, the contents Continue reading

Cloud, Software Revenues Prop Up Juniper’s Q4 Earnings

Cloud revenues continued to be a sweet spot for the networking vendor. The vertical saw strong...

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Huawei 5G Equipment Barred From UK Core Networks

The ban basically limits the use of Huawei equipment to the network RAN, and even then to just 35%...

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This Data Privacy Day It’s the Little Things That Count

Today we’re celebrating Data Privacy Day, which is all about empowering people and organizations to respect privacy, safeguard data, and enable trust.

Let’s face it, protecting your privacy can feel overwhelming. It can seem like we conduct our entire lives online and it’s hard not to notice headlines about our privacy being undermined, like law enforcement trying to gain access to encrypted data. But whether you know it or not, you’re making choices about what you share and how you share it each day. These seemingly-small actions can make a big impact.

You might already be doing some of these, but here are six actions you can take to protect your privacy:

  • Use end-to-end encrypted messaging apps. Switch to using messaging apps that offer end-to-end encryption, such as WhatsApp, Signal, Threema, and Telegram. Some are better than others, so make sure to read the reviews.
  • Turn on encryption on your devices or services. Some devices or services will offer encryption, but not set it as the default. Make sure to turn on encryption.
  • Use strong passwords. Do not just use a default password, a simple guessable password, or a password that uses personal information, such as your pet’s name. Continue reading

Cisco Study: Businesses Must Pony Up on Data Privacy

The 2020 data privacy study shows tangible, financial benefits in being more than a minimally...

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Fortinet Wins an SD-WAN Whopper

Also, CMC, Neutrona combine their SD-WAN resources; and Criterion Networks launches an SD-WAN...

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ExtraHop CEO: We’ve Doubling Down on Cloud

Looking ahead to 2020, “our top priority is becoming the unquestioned leader" in cloud-based...

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Weekly Wrap: Arista Networks Buys Big Switch

SDxCentral Weekly Wrap for Jan. 24, 2020: Big Switch will bolster Arista's enterprise play; IBM...

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250M Microsoft Customer Records Exposed; Cisco Prescribes Patches

In the past three weeks, Microsoft, Cisco, Oracle, and Citrix have announced a slew of...

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Daily Roundup: VMware Buys Nyansa

VMware bought AIOps vendor Nyansa; Red Hat was integral to IBM's Q4 success; and Vapor IO scored...

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US Pledges $1B to Roast Huawei With Open RAN 5G

The proposed funding pales in comparison to the amount of money Huawei and other RAN stalwarts are...

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Managing Financial Network Threats with SD-Branch

Financial networks are at a constant risk — especially since they rely on risky IoT devices....

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Arista Networks Buys Big Switch

Several incumbent networking players, including Cisco, Dell Technologies, VMware, Juniper Networks,...

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Verizon Exec Launches Privafy, Challenges Firewall, SD-WAN, VPN Vendors

The security startup has about a dozen paying customers and is “working with some of the largest...

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5G and Me: And Security

In today’s uber-connected world, everyone has dealt with that little voice in the back of the...

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Daily Roundup: Cisco Advances Intent-Based Networking

Cisco advanced intent-based networking; SK boasted standalone 5G first; and Citrix swatted ADC,...

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Snyk Secures $150M, Snags $1B Valuation

The open source security startup reported over 400% revenue growth in 2019 and says its customers...

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Telefónica Scores SD-WAN, Security Deal With Arlanxeo

The five-year contract will span more than 20 production sites in 11 countries across four...

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