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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
Use of Social Media by ISIS
Here are two articles about how effectively the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) -- the militant group that has just taken over half of Iraq -- is using social...
From Schneier on Security
The State of Cyberinsurance
Good essay on the current state of cyberinsurance. So where does that leave the growing cyber insurance industry as it tries to figure out what losses it should...
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Falsifying Evidence on a Smart Phone
Here's a way to plant false evidence -- call records, locations, etc -- on your smart phone. I have no idea how good this will be. Presumably it will be an arms...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria Found in Canadian Squid
This is not good news. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
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"Erotica Written By Someone With An Appropriate Sense of Privacy"
Funny....
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Seventh Movie-Plot Threat Contest Winner
On April 1, I announced the Seventh Mostly Annual Movie-Plot Threat Contest: The NSA has won, but how did it do it? How did it use its ability to conduct ubiquitous...
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Feedly Victim of DDOS Blackmail
So far they're resisting. Evernote and Deezer are also suffering attacks. I haven't seen anything linking the three different victims, and the other two have not...
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Security Risks from Remote Controlled Smart Devices
We're starting to see a proliferation of smart devices that can be controlled from your phone. The security risk is, of course, that anyone can control them from...
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Security and Human Behavior (SHB 2014)
I'm at SHB 2014: the Seventh Annual Interdisciplinary Workshop on Security and Human Behavior. This is a small invitational gathering of people studying various...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cartoon
Rhymes with Orange. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
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GCHQ Intercept Sites in Oman
Last June, the Guardian published a story about GCHQ tapping fiber-optic Internet cables around the globe, part of a program codenamed TEMPURA. One of the facts...
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Edward Snowden Wins EPIC "Champion of Freedom" Award
On Monday I had the honor of presenting Edward Snowden with a "Champion of Freedom" award at the EPIC dinner. Snowden couldn't be there in person -- his father...
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The Human Side of Heartbleed
The announcement on April 7 was alarming. A new Internet vulnerability called Heartbleed could allow hackers to steal your logins and passwords. It affected a piece...
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Chinese Hacking of the US
Chinese hacking of American computer networks is old news. For years we've known about their attacks against U.S. government and corporate targets. We've seen detailed...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Shaped Pancakes
Here are pictures of squid-shaped pancakes. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered....
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Vulnerabilities Found in Law Enforcement Surveillance System
SEC Consult has published an advisory warning people not to use a government eavesdropping product called Recording eXpress, sold by the Israeli company Nice Systems...
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TrueCrypt WTF
I have no idea what's going on with TrueCrypt. Good summary of story is a ArsTechnica, and SlashDot, Hacker News, and Reddit all have long comment threads. See...
From Schneier on Security