Communications of the ACM
Refine your search:
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 …
From Schneier on Security
New Research: "Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships"
I just published a new paper with Karen Levy of Cornell: "Privacy Threats in Intimate Relationships." Abstract: This article provides an overview of intimate threats...
From Schneier on Security
Zoom's Commitment to User Security Depends on Whether you Pay It or Not
Zoom was doing so well.... And now we have this: Corporate clients will get access to Zoom's end-to-end encryption service now being developed, but Yuan said free...
From Schneier on Security
Wallpaper that Crashes Android Phones
This is interesting: The image, a seemingly innocuous sunset (or dawn) sky above placid waters, may be viewed without harm. But if loaded as wallpaper, the phone...
From Schneier on Security
"Sign in with Apple" Vulnerability
Researcher Bhavuk Jain discovered a vulnerability in the "Sign in with Apple" feature, and received a $100,000 bug bounty from Apple. Basically, forged tokens could...
From Schneier on Security
Password Changing After a Breach
This study shows that most people don't change their passwords after a breach, and if they do they change it to a weaker password. Abstract: To protect against...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Humboldt Squid Communication
Humboldt Squid communicate by changing their skin patterns and glowing. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
From Schneier on Security
Bogus Security Technology: An Anti-5G USB Stick
The 5GBioShield sells for £339.60, and the description sounds like snake oil: ...its website, which describes it as a USB key that "provides protection for your...
From Schneier on Security
Facebook Announces Messenger Security Features that Don't Compromise Privacy
Note that this is "announced," so we don't know when it's actually going to be implemented. Facebook today announced new features for Messenger that will alert...
From Schneier on Security
Thermal Imaging as Security Theater
Seems like thermal imaging is the security theater technology of today. These features are so tempting that thermal cameras are being installed at an increasing...
From Schneier on Security
Websites Conducting Port Scans
Security researcher Charlie Belmer is reporting that commercial websites such as eBay are conducting port scans of their visitors. Looking at the list of ports...
From Schneier on Security
Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS
This is new research on a Bluetooth vulnerability (called BIAS) that allows someone to impersonate a trusted device: Abstract: Bluetooth (BR/EDR) is a pervasive...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Can Edit Their Own Genomes
This is new news: Revealing yet another super-power in the skillful squid, scientists have discovered that squid massively edit their own genetic instructions not...
From Schneier on Security
Bart Gellman on Snowden
Bart Gellman's long-awaited (at least by me) book on Edward Snowden, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, will finally be published...
From Schneier on Security
Criminals and the Normalization of Masks
I was wondering about this: Masks that have made criminals stand apart long before bandanna-wearing robbers knocked over stagecoaches in the Old West and ski-masked...
From Schneier on Security
AI and Cybersecurity
Ben Buchanan has written "A National Security Research Agenda for Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence." It's really good -- well worth reading....
From Schneier on Security
Ramsey Malware
A new malware, called Ramsey, can jump air gaps: ESET said they've been able to track down three different versions of the Ramsay malware, one compiled in September...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Vegan "Squid" Made from Chickpeas
It's beyond Beyond Meat. A Singapore company wants to make vegan "squid" -- and shrimp and crab -- from chickpeas. As usual, you can also use this squid post to...
From Schneier on Security
On Marcus Hutchins
Long and nuanced story about Marcus Hutchins, the British hacker who wrote most of the Kronos malware and also stopped WannaCry in real time. Well worth reading...
From Schneier on Security