Crypto-Gram
March 15, 2025

by Bruce Schneier
Fellow and Lecturer, Harvard Kennedy School schneier@schneier.com
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    Atlas of Surveillance
    Story About Medical Device Security
    Device Code Phishing
    An LLM Trained to Create Backdoors in Code
    Implementing Cryptography in AI Systems
    More Research Showing AI Breaking the Rules
    North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency
    UK Demanded Apple Add a Backdoor to iCloud
    "Emergent Misalignment" in LLMs
    Trojaned AI Tool Leads to Disney Hack
    CISA Identifies Five New Vulnerabilities Currently Being Exploited
    The Combined Cipher Machine
    Rayhunter: Device to Detect Cellular Surveillance
    Thousands of WordPress Websites Infected with Malware
    Silk Typhoon Hackers Indicted
    China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea Intelligence Sharing
    RIP Mark Klein
    TP-Link Router Botnet
    Upcoming Speaking Engagements

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