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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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Is Continuing to Patch Windows XP a Mistake?
Last week, Microsoft issued a security patch for Windows XP, a 16-year-old operating system that Microsoft officially no longer supports. Last month, Microsoft...
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The Dangers of Secret Law
Last week, the Department of Justice released 18 new FISC opinions related to Section 702 as part of an EFF FOIA lawsuit. (Of course, they don't mention EFF or...
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Ceramic Knife Used in Israel Stabbing
I have no comment on the politics of this stabbing attack, and only note that the attacker used a ceramic knife -- that will go through metal detectors. I have...
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New Technique to Hijack Social Media Accounts
Access Now has documented it being used against a Twitter user, but it also works against other social media accounts: With the Doubleswitch attack, a hijacker...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squids from Space Video Game
An early preview. 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 guidelines...
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NSA Links WannaCry to North Korea
There's evidence: Though the assessment is not conclusive, the preponderance of the evidence points to Pyongyang. It includes the range of computer Internet protocol...
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Gaming Google News
Turns out that it's surprisingly easy to game: It appears that news sites deemed legitimate by Google News are being modified by third parties. These sites are...
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Millennials and Secret Leaking
I hesitate to blog this, because it's an example of everything that's wrong with pop psychology. Malcolm Harris writes about millennials, and has a theory of why...
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Data vs. Analysis in Counterterrorism
This article argues that Britain's counterterrorism problem isn't lack of data, it's lack of analysis....
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Security Flaws in 4G VoLTE
Research paper: "Subscribers remote geolocation and tracking using 4G VoLTE enabled Android phone," by Patrick Ventuzelo, Olivier Le Moal, and Thomas Coudray. Abstract...
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Chelsea Manning Profiled in New York Times Magazine
Interesting reading....
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Healthcare Industry Cybersecurity Report
New US government report: "Report on Improving Cybersecurity in the Health Care Industry." It's pretty scathing, but nothing in it will surprise regular readers...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Sex Is Traumatic for the Female Dumpling Squid
The more they mate, the sooner they die. Academic paper (paywall). News article. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...
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NSA Document Outlining Russian Attempts to Hack Voter Rolls
This week brought new public evidence about Russian interference in the 2016 election. On Monday, the Intercept published a top-secret National Security Agency...
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Safety and Security and the Internet of Things
Ross Anderson blogged about his new paper on security and safety concerns about the Internet of Things. (See also this short video.) It's very much along the lines...
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Surveillance Intermediaries
Interesting law-journal article: "Surveillance Intermediaries," by Alan Z. Rozenshtein. Abstract:Apple's 2016 fight against a court order commanding it to help...
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Spear Phishing Attacks
Really interesting research: "Unpacking Spear Phishing Susceptibility," by Zinaida Benenson, Freya Gassmann, and Robert Landwirth. Abstract: We report the results...
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CIA's Pandemic Toolkit
WikiLeaks is still dumping CIA cyberweapons on the Internet. Its latest dump is something called "Pandemic": The Pandemic leak does not explain what the CIA's initial...
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