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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
Detecting Laptop Tampering
Micah Lee ran a two-year experiment designed to detect whether or not his laptop was ever tampered with. The results are inconclusive, but demonstrate how difficult...
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LC4: Another Pen-and-Paper Cipher
Interesting symmetric cipher: LC4: Abstract: ElsieFour (LC4) is a low-tech cipher that can be computed by hand; but unlike many historical ciphers, LC4 is designed...
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NIST Issues Call for "Lightweight Cryptography" Algorithms
This is interesting: Creating these defenses is the goal of NIST's lightweight cryptography initiative, which aims to develop cryptographic algorithm standards...
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IoT Inspector Tool from Princeton
Researchers at Princeton University have released IoT Inspector, a tool that analyzes the security and privacy of IoT devices by examining the data they send across...
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Security Vulnerabilities in VingCard Electronic Locks
Researchers have disclosed a massive vulnerability in the VingCard eletronic lock system, used in hotel rooms around the world: With a $300 Proxmark RFID card reading...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Bizarre Contorted Squid
This bizarre contorted squid might be a new species, or a previously known species exhibiting a new behavior. No one knows. As usual, you can also use this squid...
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TSB Bank Disaster
This seems like an absolute disaster: The very short version is that a UK bank, TSB, which had been merged into and then many years later was spun out of Lloyds...
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New NSA/Cyber Command Head Confirmed by Senate
It's Lt. Gen. Paul Nakasone. I know nothing about him....
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Two NSA Algorithms Rejected by the ISO
The ISO has rejected two symmetric encryption algorithms: SIMON and SPECK. These algorithms were both designed by the NSA and made public in 2013. They are optimized...
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Computer Alarm that Triggers When Lid Is Opened
"Do Not Disturb" is a Macintosh app that send an alert when the lid is opened. The idea is to detect computer tampering. Wire article: Do Not Disturb goes a step...
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Russia is Banning Telegram
Russia has banned the secure messaging app Telegram. It's making an absolute mess of the ban -- blocking 16 million IP addresses, many belonging to the Amazon and...
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Yet Another Biometric: Ear Shape
This acoustic technology identifies individuals by their ear shapes. No information about either false positives or false negatives....
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Prices Rise as Catch Decreases
In Japan: Last year's haul sank 15% to 53,000 tons, according to the JF Zengyoren national federation of fishing cooperatives. The squid catch has fallen by half...
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Securing Elections
Elections serve two purposes. The first, and obvious, purpose is to accurately choose the winner. But the second is equally important: to convince the loser. To...
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Lifting a Fingerprint from a Photo
Police in the UK were able to read a fingerprint from a photo of a hand: Staff from the unit's specialist imaging team were able to enhance a picture of a hand...
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Oblivious DNS
Interesting idea: ...we present Oblivious DNS (ODNS), which is a new design of the DNS ecosystem that allows current DNS servers to remain unchanged and increases...
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Hijacking Emergency Sirens
Turns out it's easy to hijack emergency sirens with a radio transmitter....
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The DMCA and its Chilling Effects on Research
The Center for Democracy and Technology has a good summary of the current state of the DMCA's chilling effects on security research. To underline the nature of...
From Schneier on Security