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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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Honeywords
Here is a simple but clever idea. Seed password files with dummy entries that will trigger an alarm when used. That way a site can know when a hacker is trying...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Escape Artist
It's amazing how small a hole he can fit through. 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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Another WWII Message Decoded
It's a really interesting code and story. (The first link has the most detailed information about the code and the cryptanalysis.)
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The Public/Private Surveillance Partnership
Our government collects a lot of information about us. Tax records, legal records, license records, records of government services received-- it's all in databases...
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Risks of Networked Systems
Interesting research: Helbing's publication illustrates how cascade effects and complex dynamics amplify the vulnerability of networked systems. For example, just...
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More on FinSpy/FinFisher
FinFisher (also called FinSpy) is a commercially sold spyware package that is used by governments world-wide, including the U.S. There's a new report that hasbunch...
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Google Pays $31,000 for Three Chrome Vulnerabilities
Google is paying bug bounties. This is important; there's a market in vulnerabilities that provides incentives for their being kept secret and exploitable; for...
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Details of a Cyberheist
Really interesting article detailing how criminals steal from a company's accounts over the Internet. The costly cyberheist was carried out with the help of nearly...
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The Importance of Backups
I've already written about the guy who got a new trial because a virus ate his court records. Here's someone who will have to redo his thesis research because...
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Pinging the Entire Internet
Turns out there's a lot of vulnerable systems out there: Many of the two terabytes (2,000 gigabytes) worth of replies Moore received from 310 million IPs indicated...
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More Links on the Boston Terrorist Attacks
Max Abrahms has two sensible essays. Probably the ultimate in security theater: Williams-Sonoma stops selling pressure cookers "out of respect." They say it's...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Lego Giant Squid Model
This is a fantastic Lego model of a space kraken attacking a Star Wars Super Star Destroyer. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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Tor Needs Bridges
The Internet anonymity service Tor needs people who are willing to run bridges. It's a goodness for the world; do it if you can.
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Cryptanalyst on British Postage Stamps
A 92-year-old World War II Bletchley Park codebreaker has had a set of commemorative stamps issued in his honor.
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Random Links on the Boston Terrorist Attack
Encouraging poll data says that maybe Americans are starting to have realistic fears about terrorism, or at least are refusing to be terrorized. Good essay byapologizes...
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Ellen on Protecting Passwords
Pretty good video. Ellen makes fun of the "Internet Password Minder," which is -- if you think about it -- only slightly different than Password Safe.
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More Plant Security Countermeasures
I've talked about plant security systems, both here and in Beyond Fear. Specifically, I've talked about tobacco plants that call air strikes against insects...
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The Police Now Like Amateur Photography
PhotographyIsNotACrime.com points out the obvious: after years of warning us that photography is suspicious, the police were happy to accept all of those amateur...
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