Nick Barron

Recent Articles

You can work around it or do it by criticality, but patching is too important a topic to be neglected

A hole in the PKI has highlighted the importance of underpinning trust with sure technical implementation.

Mobile phones and GPS are all too easy to block, while a blanket Ofcom ban saps efforts to combat jammers

As attacks on wireless systems become more prevalent, the need to secure WPA is imperative

No self-respecting security professional would want to be seen without a copy of hacker bible The Best of 2600

The Public Key Infrastructure solves many security problems, but also introduces risks that require careful management. Nick Barron reports

Misuse of language is turning 'ordinary, decent computer criminals' into 'cyberterrorists' who menace world peace

When companies suffer security breaches, it is how they handle them - and the customer - that counts.

Traffic analysis can help warn of terrorist attacks, but it can also be used to crack encryption, so we need to act now.

A flaw in Debian has shown that random numbers are not as random as you think. So take care when reviewing code

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