COVIDSafe Part 3: network capture, analysis & OSI layers 1–8
So after clocking off yesterday evening with work I decided to do what I do every night (this week), go for another brief exploration through COVIDSafe. I wanted to revisit my failed attempts at intercepting the traffic and, courtesy of a brief post from Geoff Huntley, I’d identified the errors of my ways and got […]
The good, the bad, the canary & the hyena: a brief review of Apple & Googles contract tracing
So I’ve finally spun up a bit of a better test environment for evaluating COVIDSafe which I intend to do a substantial packet capture over several hours, so in between I’ve been reading the spec for Apple & Googles implementation, available here: https://www.apple.com/covid19/contacttracing A quick look at the apple & google spec The good at first […]
COVIDSafe analysis part 2: rotation, reliability & why the 120 characters?
So at 4am this morning I completed a first round of analysis, got some sleep and got back to work however somethings been itching in the back of my head, why the 120 character as part of the beacon? Why not keep it a simple tight hash of the individual and have the hash elsewhere? […]
A brief analysis of the COVIDSafe app
Edward Farrell With the release of the COVIDSafe app on Sunday afternoon, I’ve opted to take a bit of a dive into the application and its functionality over the past few hours, the late time of this writing courtesy of redoing and rooting a Nexus 5X to get this experiment working. This evenings activity consisted […]
A few thoughts on how COVID-19 will affect the cyber security industry in Australia
Edward Farrell I’ve been doing a bit of a check in with clients, contemporaries, colleagues as well as the team here at Mercury on the effects of COVID 19 on the cyber security industry. Whilst there’s a lot of direct things we’re all thinking about and seeing unfold, there are a few thoughts and ideas […]