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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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NIGHTSTAND: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's device from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: NIGHTSTAND (TS//SI//REL) An active 802.11 wireless exploitation and injection...
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Refrigerator Sending Spam Messages?
Coming barely weeks after my essay on the security risks from embedded systems, the Proofpoint report of a span-sending refrigerator was just too good to be true...
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Questioning the Efficacy of NSA's Bulk-Collection Programs
Two reports have recently been published questioning the efficacy of the NSA's bulk-collection programs. The first one is from the left-leaning New American Foundation...
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LOUDAUTO: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's item from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: LOUDAUTO (TS//SI//REL TO USA,FVEY) Audio-based RF retro-reflector. Provides...
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Adware Vendors Buy and Abuse Chrome Extensions
This is not a good development: To make matters worse, ownership of a Chrome extension can be transferred to another party, and users are never informed when an...
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CTX4000: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's device -- this one isn't an implant -- from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: CTX4000 (TS//SI//REL TO USA,FVEY) The CTX4000...
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DDOS Attacks Using NTP
This is new: The NTP method first began to appear late last year. To bring down a server such as one running "League of Legends," the attackers trick NTP servers...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Camouflage in Squid Eyes
Interesting research: Cephalopods possess a sophisticated array of mechanisms to achieve camouflage in dynamic underwater environments. While active mechanisms...
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PowerLocker uses Blowfish
There's a new piece of ransomware out there, PowerLocker (also called PrisonLocker), that uses Blowfish: PowerLocker could prove an even more potent threat because...
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STUCCOMONTANA: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's implant from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: STUCCOMONTANA (TS//SI//REL) STUCCOMONTANA provides persistence for DNThere...
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NSA Collects Hundreds of Millions of Text Messages Daily
No surprise here. Although we some new codenames: DISHFIRE: The NSA's program to collect text messages and text-message metadata. PREFER: The NSA's program to...
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SIERRAMONTANA: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's implant from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: SIERRAMONTANA (TS//SI//REL) SIERRAMONTANA provides persistence for DNThere...
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Today I Briefed Congress on the NSA
This morning I spent an hour in a closed room with six Members of Congress: Rep. Logfren, Rep. Sensenbrenner, Rep. Scott, Rep. Goodlate, Rep Thompson, and Rep....
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Cell Phone Tracking by Non-State Actors
This is interesting: Adding credence to the theory that Brooklyn landlord Menachem Stark was kidnapped and murdered by professionals, a law enforcement source ...
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SCHOOLMONTANA: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's implant from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: SCHOOLMONTANA (TS//SI//REL) SCHOOLMONTANA provides persistence for DNThere...
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The Changing Cost of Surveillance
From Ashkan Soltani's blog post: The Yale Law Journal Online (YLJO) just published an article that I co-authored with Kevin Bankston (first workshopped at the ...
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HEADWATER: NSA Exploit of the Day
Today's implant from the NSA's Tailored Access Operations (TAO) group implant catalog: HEADWATER (TS//SI//REL) HEADWATER is a Persistent Backdoor (PDB) software...
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