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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
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User Errors Often Compromise Encryption
This should come as no surprise: users often compromise their own security by making mistakes setting up and using their encryption apps. Paper: "On the Security...
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DOS Attack Against Los Angeles Schools
Yesterday, the city of Los Angeles closed all of its schools -- over 1,000 schools -- because of a bomb threat. It was a hoax. LA officials defended the move, with...
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Attack Against DNS Root Servers
Has anyone been following the attack against the DNS root servers two weeks ago? Details. I can't precisely explain why, but this feels like someone testing an...
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Good Swatting Story
The New York Times Magazine has a good story about swatting, centering around a Canadian teenager who did it over a hundred times....
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Friday Squid Blogging: Rare Octopus Squid Video from Hawaii
Neat: While the Dana octopus squid may lack a squid's trademark trailing tentacles, it makes up for them in spectacular lighting equipment, with two of its muscular...
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Resilient Systems News: End-of-Year Trends Webinar
I'll be participating in an end-of-year trends and predictions webinar on Thursday, December 17, at 1:00 PM EST. Join me here. In other news, Resilient has joined...
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Hit-and-Run Driver Arrested Because Car Reported Accident
A Florida woman drove away after an accident, but her car automatically reported it anyway. She was arrested....
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How People Learn about Computer Security
Interesting research: "Identifying patterns in informal sources of security information," by Emilee Rader and Rick Wash, Journal of Cybersecurity, 1 Dec 2015. Abstract...
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Terrifying Technologies
I've written about the difference between risk perception and risk reality. I thought about that when reading this list of Americans' top technology fears: Cyberterrorism...
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How Israel Regulates Encryption
Interesting essay about how Israel regulates encryption: ...the Israeli encryption control mechanisms operate without directly legislating any form of encryption...
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Forced Authorization Attacks Against Chip-and-Pin Credit Card Terminals
Clever: The way forced authorisation fraud works is that the retailer sets up the terminal for a transaction by inserting the customer's card and entering the amount...
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Friday Squid Blogging: North Korean Squid Fisherman Found Dead in Boats
I don't know if you've been following the story of the boats full of corpses that have been found in Japanese waters: Over the past two months, at least 12 wooden...
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BlackBerry Leaves Pakistan Rather Than Provide a Government Backdoor
BlackBerry has chosen to shut down operations in Pakistan rather than provide the government with backdoor access to encrypted communications. Pakistan is a relatively...
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The Moral Dimension of Cryptography
Phil Rogaway has written an excellent paper titled "The Moral Character of Cryptography Work." In it, he exhorts cryptographers to consider the morality of their...
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Worldwide Cryptographic Products Survey: Edits and Additions Wanted
Back in September, I announced my intention to survey the world market of cryptographic products. The goal is to compile a list of both free and commercial encryption...
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Security vs. Business Flexibility
This article demonstrates that security is less important than functionality. When asked about their preference if they needed to choose between IT security and...
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Tracking Someone Using LifeLock
Someone opened a LifeLock account in his ex-wife's name, and used the service to track her bank accounts, credit cards, and other financial activities. The article...
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A History of Privacy
This New Yorker article traces the history of privacy from the mid 1800s to today: As a matter of historical analysis, the relationship between secrecy and privacy...
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