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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
Museum Security
Interesting interview: Banks don’t take millions of dollars and put them in plastic bags and hang them on the wall so everybody can walk right up to them. But we...
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Qatar Spyware
Everyone visiting Qatar for the World Cup needs to install spyware on their phone. Everyone travelling to Qatar during the football World Cup will be asked to...
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Hacking Automobile Keyless Entry Systems
Suspected members of a European car-theft ring have been arrested: The criminals targeted vehicles with keyless entry and start systems, exploiting the technology...
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Friday Squid Blogging: On Squid Ink
It’s aimed at children, but it’s a good primer. 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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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the World Ethical Data Forum, online, October 26-28, 2022. I’m speaking at the...
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Regulating DAOs
In August, the US Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned the cryptocurrency platform Tornado Cash, a virtual currency “mixer” designed to...
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Check What Information Your Browser Leaks
These two sites tell you what sorts of information you’re leaking from your browser.
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Friday Squid Blogging: Person in Squid Suit Takes Dog for a Walk
No, I don’t understand it, either. 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...
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I Am Not Satoshi Nakamoto
This isn’t the first time I’ve received an e-mail like this: Hey! I’ve done my research and looked at a lot of facts and old forgotten archives. I know that you...
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Tracking Stolen Cryptocurrencies
Good article about the current state of cryptocurrency forensics.
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The Proliferation of Zero-days
The MIT Technology Review is reporting that 2021 is a blockbuster year for zero-day exploits: One contributing factor in the higher rate of reported zero-days...
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ROT8000
ROT8000 is the Unicode equivalent of ROT13. What’s clever about it is that normal English looks like Chinese, and not like ciphertext (to a typical Westerner, that...
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FBI Had the REvil Decryption Key
The Washington Post reports that the FBI had a decryption key for the REvil ransomware, but didn’t pass it along to victims because it would have disrupted an ongoing...
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Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services Hack
Apparently, a nation-state hacked Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services. Not sure why Alaska’s Department of Health and Social Services is of any interest...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Ram’s Horn Squid Shells
You can find ram’s horn squid shells on beaches in Texas (and presumably elsewhere). As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...
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Zero-Click iMessage Exploit
Citizen Lab released a report on a zero-click iMessage exploit that is used in NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. Apple patched the vulnerability; everyone needs to update...
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Identifying Computer-Generated Faces
It’s the eyes: The researchers note that in many cases, users can simply zoom in on the eyes of a person they suspect may not be real to spot the pupil irregularities...
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m keynoting CIISec Live—an all-online event—September 15-16, 2021. I’m speaking at the Infosecurity...
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Designing Contact-Tracing Apps
Susan Landau wrote an essay on the privacy, efficacy, and equity of contract-tracing smartphone apps. Also see her excellent book on the topic.
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