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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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Research on What Motivates ISIS -- and Other -- Fighters
Interesting research from Nature Human Behaviour: "The devoted actor's will to fight and the spiritual dimension of human conflict": Abstract: Frontline investigations...
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Security Vulnerabilities in AT&T Routers
They're actually Arris routers, sold or given away by AT&T. There are several security vulnerabilities, some of them very serious. They can be fixed, but because...
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Security Flaw in Estonian National ID Card
We have no idea how bad this really is: On 30 August, an international team of researchers informed the Estonian Information System Authority (RIA) of a vulnerability...
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New Techniques in Fake Reviews
Research paper: "Automated Crowdturfing Attacks and Defenses in Online Review Systems." Abstract: Malicious crowdsourcing forums are gaining traction as sources...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Bioluminescent Squid
There's a beautiful picture of a tiny squid in this New York Times article on bioluminescence -- and a dramatic one of a vampire squid. As usual, you can also use...
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Russian Hacking Tools Codenamed WhiteBear Released
Kaspersky Labs released a highly sophisticated set of hacking tools from Russia called WhiteBear. From February to September 2016, WhiteBear activity was narrowly...
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Journalists Generally Do Not Use Secure Communication
This should come as no surprise: Alas, our findings suggest that secure communications haven't yet attracted mass adoption among journalists. We looked at 2,515...
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A Framework for Cyber Security Insurance
New paper: "Policy measures and cyber insurance: a framework," by Daniel Woods and Andrew Simpson, Journal of Cyber Policy, 2017. Abstract: The role of the insurance...
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Proof that HMAC-DRBG has No Back Doors
New research: "Verified Correctness and Security of mbedTLS HMAC-DRBG," by Katherine Q. Ye, Matthew Green, Naphat Sanguansin, Lennart Beringer, Adam Petcher, and...
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The NSA's 2014 Media Engagement and Outreach Plan
Interesting post-Snowden reading, just declassified. (U) External Communication will address at least one of "fresh look" narratives: (U) NSA does not access everything...
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Ross Anderson on the History of the Crypto Wars in the UK
Ross Anderson gave a talk on the history of the Crypto Wars in the UK. I am intimately familiar with the US story, but didn't know as much about Britain's verson...
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Hacking a Phone Through a Replacement Touchscreen
Researchers demonstrated a really clever hack: they hid malware in a replacement smart phone screen. The idea is that you would naively bring your smart phone in...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Prehistoric Dolphins that Ate Squid
Paleontologists have discovered a prehistoric toothless dolphin that fed by vacuuming up squid: There actually are modern odontocetes that don't really use their...
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Military Robots as a Nature Analog
This very interesting essay looks at the future of military robotics and finds many analogs in nature: Imagine a low-cost drone with the range of a Canada goose...
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Massive Government Data Leak in Sweden
Seems to be incompetence rather than malice, but a good example of the dangers of blindly trusting the cloud....
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Your Personal Bodycam
Shonin is a personal bodycam up on Kickstarter. There are a lot of complicated issues surrounding bodycams -- for example, it's obvious that police bodycams reduce...
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Insider Attack on Lottery Software
Eddie Tipton, a programmer for the Multi-State Lottery Association, secretly installed software that allowed him to predict jackpots. What's surprising to me is...
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iOS 11 Allows Users to Disable Touch ID
A new feature in Apple's new iPhone operating system -- iOS 11 -- will allow users to quickly disable Touch ID. A new setting, designed to automate emergency services...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Brittle Star Catches a Squid
Watch a brittle star catch a squid, and then lose it to another brittle star. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
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