Excellent article on fraudulent seller tactics on Amazon. The most prominent black hat companies for US Amazon sellers offer ways to manipulate Amazon's ranking system to promote products, protect accounts from disciplinary actions, and crush…
The GDPR: A year in review
A year ago this week, the GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) took effect, promising to revolutionise information security. To mark the anniversary, we gathered a panel of data protection experts to discuss the effect of…
International Spy Museum Reopens
The International Spy Museum has reopened in Washington, DC.Read more: schneier.com
Cryptanalysis of SIMON-32/64
A weird paper was posted on the Cryptology ePrint Archive (working link is via the Wayback Machine), claiming an attack against the NSA-designed cipher SIMON. You can read some commentary about it here. Basically, the…
Featured Snippets: Expectations VS Reality (& How to…
So you nailed SEO, optimized your blog posts, and reached the first page of Google search results. Your traffic is growing gradually, but it still leaves much to be desired. You keep looking for new…
Reverse Engineering a Chinese Surveillance App
Human Rights Watch has reverse engineered an app used by the Chinese police to conduct mass surveillance on Turkic Muslims in Xinjiang. The details are fascinating, and chilling. Boing Boing post. Read more: schneier.com
Links as a Google Ranking Factor: A 2019…
Posted by EricEngeDo Links Still Matter? For the fourth year running, Stone Temple (now a part of Perficient Digital) conducted a study on how much links matter as a ranking factor. We did that using…
Why Are Cryptographers Being Denied Entry into the…
In March, Adi Shamir -- that's the "S" in RSA -- was denied a US visa to attend the RSA Conference. He's Israeli. This month, British citizen Ross Anderson couldn't attend an awards ceremony in…
Top Tips for Agency Owners from DigitalMarketer Certified…
Running an agency is hard. Just ask any of the DigitalMarketer Certified Partners. They have all worked tirelessly to get their agencies where they are, and they know what it takes. We wanted to get…