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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
I Seem to Be a Physical Security Expert Now
This seems so obviously written by someone who Googled me on the Internet, without any other knowledge of who I am or what i do.
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Millennials and Cybersecurity
This long report looks at risky online behavior among the Millennial generation, and finds that they respond positively to automatic reminders and prodding. No...
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Inauguration Security
A first-person account of the security surrounding the second inauguration of President Obama.
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Tide Becomes Drug Currency
Basically, Tide detergent is a popular product with a very small profit margin. So small non-chain grocery and convenience stores are happy to buy it cheaply,started...
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Over $3M in Prizes to Hack Google Chrome
Google's contest at the CanSecWest conference: Today we’re announcing our third Pwnium competitionPwnium 3. Google Chrome is already featured in the Pwn2Own competition...
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Why Is Quantum Computing So Hard?
Blog post (and two papers) by Ross Anderson and Robert Brady. News article.
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New York Times Hacked by China
This was big news last week, and I spent a lot of time doing press interviews about it. But while it is an important story -- hacking a newspaper, looking forGhostNet...
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Proactive Defense Papers
I just printed this out: "Proactive Defense for Evolving Cyber Threats," a Sandia Report by Richard Colbaugh and Kristin Glass. It's a collection of academic...
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Security Seals
I don't see a lot written about security seals, despite how common they are. This article is a very basic overview of the technologies.
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Using Imagery to Avoid Censorship
Interesting: "It's really hard for the government to censor things when they don't understand the made-up words or meaning behind the imagery," said Kevin Lee,...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Anchor
Webpage says that it's "the most effective lightweight, portable anchor around." As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...
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Pentagon Staffs Up U.S. Cyber Command
The Washington Post has the story: The move, requested by the head of the Defense Department's Cyber Command, is part of an effort to turn an organization that...
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Jared Diamond on Common Risks
Jared Diamond has an op-ed in the New York Times where he talks about how we overestimate rare risks and underestimate common ones. Nothing new here -- I and others...
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The Eavesdropping System in Your Computer
Dan Farmer has an interesting paper (long version here; short version here) discussing the Baseboard Management Controller on your computer's motherboard: The ...
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Power and the Internet
All disruptive technologies upset traditional power balances, and the Internet is no exception. The standard story is that it empowers the powerless, but that's...
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"People, Process, and Technology"
Back in 1999 when I formed Counterpane Internet Security, Inc., I popularized the notion that security was a combination of people, process, and technology. Back...
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Who Does Skype Let Spy?
Lately I've been thinking a lot about power and the Internet, and what I call the feudal model of IT security that is becoming more and more pervasive. Basically...
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Backdoors Built in to Barracuda Networks Equipment
Don't we know enough not to do this anymore?
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