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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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Needless Panic Over a Wi-FI Network Name
A Turkish Airlines flight made an emergency landing because someone named his wireless network (presumably from his smartphone) "bomb on board." In 2006, I wrote...
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NSA "Red Disk" Data Leak
ZDNet is reporting about another data leak, this one from US Army's Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), which is also within to the NSA. The disk image,...
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Warrant Protections against Police Searches of Our Data
The cell phones we carry with us constantly are the most perfect surveillance device ever invented, and our laws haven't caught up to that reality. That might change...
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Man-in-the-Middle Attack against Electronic Car-Door Openers
This is an interesting tactic, and there's a video of it being used: The theft took just one minute and the Mercedes car, stolen from the Elmdon area of Solihull...
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Uber Data Hack
Uber was hacked, losing data on 57 million driver and rider accounts. The company kept it quiet for over a year. The details are particularly damning: The two hackers...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Fake Squid Seized in Cambodia
Falsely labeled squid snacks were seized in Cambodia. I don't know what food product it really was. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
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Mozilla's Guide to Privacy-Aware Christmas Shopping
Mozilla reviews the privacy practices of Internet-connected toys, home accessories, exercise equipment, and more....
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Websites Use Session-Replay Scripts to Eavesdrop on Every Keystroke and Mouse Movement
The security researchers at Princeton are posting You may know that most websites have third-party analytics scripts that record which pages you visit and the searches...
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Amazon Creates Classified US Cloud
Amazon has a cloud for U.S. classified data. The physical and computer requirements for handling classified information are considerable, both in terms of technology...
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Vulnerability in Amazon Key
Amazon Key is an IoT door lock that can enable one-time access codes for delivery people. To further secure that system, Amazon sells Cloud Cam, a camera that watches...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Peru and Chile Address Squid Overfishing
Peru and Chile have a new plan. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting...
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New White House Announcement on the Vulnerability Equities Process
The White House has released a new version of the Vulnerabilities Equities Process (VEP). This is the inter-agency process by which the US government decides whether...
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Motherboard Digital Security Guide
This digital security guide by Motherboard is very good. I put alongside EFF's "Surveillance Self-Defense" and John Scott-Railton's "Digital Security Low Hanging...
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Apple FaceID Hacked
It only took a week: On Friday, Vietnamese security firm Bkav released a blog post and video showing that -- by all appearances -- they'd cracked FaceID with a...
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Long Article on NSA and the Shadow Brokers
The New York Times just published a long article on the Shadow Brokers and their effects on NSA operations. Summary: it's been an operational disaster, the NSA...
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Google's Data on Login Thefts
This is interesting research and data: With Google accounts as a case-study, we teamed up with the University of California, Berkeley to better understand how hijackers...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Season May Start Earlier Next Year
Squid fisherman in Argentina have asked regulators to start the squid season earlier in 2018. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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New Research in Invisible Inks
It's a lot more chemistry than I understand: Invisible inks based on "smart" fluorescent materials have been shining brightly (if only you could see them) in the...
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Hacking a Fingerprint Biometric
Embedded in this story about infidelity and a mid-flight altercation, there's an interesting security tidbit: The woman had unlocked her husband's phone using his...
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