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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 …
From Schneier on Security
How the US Secret Service Breaks into Smart Phones
Here's an article about the US Secret Service and their Cell Phone Forensics Facility in Tulsa. I said it before and I'll say it again: the FBI needs technical...
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Pacemaker Data Used in Arson Conviction
Here's a story about data from a pacemaker being used as evidence in an arson conviction....
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Security and the Internet of Things
Last year, on October 21, your digital video recorder - or at least a DVR like yours - knocked Twitter off the internet. Someone used your DVR, along with millions...
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IoT Ransomware Against Austrian Hotel
Attackers held an Austrian hotel network for ransom, demanding $1800 in Bitcoin to unlock the network. Among other things, the locked network wouldn't allow any...
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New Rules on Data Privacy for Non-US Citizens
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order affecting the privacy rights of non-US citizens with respect to data residing in the US. Here's the relevant...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fossils from the Early Jurassic
New fossil bed discovered in Alberta: The finds at the site include 16 vampyropods, a relative of the vampire squid with its ink sac and fine details of its muscles...
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Research into Twitter Bots
There are a lot of them. In a world where the number of fans, friends, followers, and likers are social currency -- and where the number of reposts is a measure...
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Duress Codes for Fingerprint Access Control
Mike Specter has an interesting idea on how to make biometric access-control systems more secure: add a duress code. For example, you might configure your iPhone...
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Security Risks of the President's Android Phone
Reports are that President Trump is still using his old Android phone. There are security risks here, but they are not the obvious ones. I'm not concerned about...
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Capturing Pattern-Lock Authentication
Interesting research -- "Cracking Android Pattern Lock in Five Attempts": Abstract: Pattern lock is widely used as a mechanism for authentication and authorization...
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How the Media Influences Our Fear of Terrorism
Good article that crunches the data and shows that the press's coverage of terrorism is disproportional to its comparative risk. This isn't new. I've written about...
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Obama's Legacy in Internet Security
NextGov has a nice article summarizing President Obama's accomplishments in Internet security: what he did, what he didn't do, and how it turned out....
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Friday Squid Blogging: Know Your Cephalopods
This graphic shows the important difference between arms and tentacles. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
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New White House Privacy Report
Two days ago, the White House released a report on privacy: "Privacy in our Digital Lives: Protecting Individuals and Promoting Innovation." The report summarizes...
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Heartbeat as Biometric Password
There's research in using a heartbeat as a biometric password. No details in the article. My guess is that there isn't nearly enough entropy in the reproducible...
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Brian Krebs Uncovers Murai Botnet Author
Really interesting investigative story....
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WhatsApp Security Vulnerability
Back in March, Rolf Weber wrote about a potential vulnerability in the WhatsApp protocol that would allow Facebook to defeat perfect forward secrecy by forcibly...
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Cloudflare's Experience with a National Security Letter
Interesting post on Cloudflare's experience with receiving a National Security Letter. News article....
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Friday Squid Blogging: 1874 Giant Squid Attack
This article discusses a giant squid attack on a schooner off the coast of Sri Lanka in 1874. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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