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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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Stealing VM Keys from the Hardware Cache
Research into one VM stealing crypto keys from another VM running on the same hardware. ABSTRACT: This paper details the construction of an access-driven side...
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The Terrorist Risk of Food Trucks
This is idiotic: Public Intelligence recently posted a Powerpoint presentation from the NYC fire department (FDNY) discussing the unique safety issues mobile food...
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Webmail as Dead Drop
I noticed this amongst the details of the Petraeus scandal: Petraeus and Broadwell apparently used a trick, known to terrorists and teenagers alike, to conceal...
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Keys to the Crown Jewels Stolen?
At least, that's the story: The locks at the Tower of London, home to the Crown Jewels, had to be changed after a burglar broke in and stole keys. The intruder...
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Free Online Cryptography Course
Dan Boneh of Stanford University is offering a free online cryptography course. The course runs for six weeks, and has five to seven hours of coursework per week...
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Fairy Wren Passwords
Mother fairy wrens teach their children passwords while they're still in their eggs to tell them from cuckoo impostors: She kept 15 nests under constant audiotheir...
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Encryption in Cloud Computing
This article makes the important argument that encryption -- where the user and not the cloud provider holds the keys -- is critical to protect cloud data. The...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Ink as a Condiment
Burger King introduces a black burger with ketchup that includes squid ink. Only in Japan, of course.
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How To Tell if Your Hotel Guest Is a Terrorist
From the Department of Homeland Security, a handy list of 19 suspicious behaviors that could indicate that a hotel guest is actually a terrorist. I myself have...
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How Terrorist Groups Disband
Interesting research from RAND: Abstract: How do terrorist groups end? The evidence since 1968 indicates that terrorist groups rarely cease to exist as a result...
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Gary McGraw on National Cybersecurity
Good essay, making the point that cyberattack and counterattack aren't very useful -- actual cyberdefense is what's wanted. Creating a cyber-rock is cheap. Buying...
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Micromorts
Here's a great concept: a micromort: Shopping for coffee you would not ask for 0.00025 tons (unless you were naturally irritating), you would ask for 250 grams...
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New SSL Vulnerability
It's hard for me to get too worked up about this vulnerability: Many popular applications, HTTP(S) and WebSocket transport libraries, and SOAP and REST Web-services...
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Regulation as a Prisoner's Dilemma
This is the sort of thing I wrote about in my latest book. The Prisoners Dilemma as outlined above can be seen in action in two variants within regulatory activities...
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Three-Rotor Enigma Machine Up for Auction
Expensive, but it's in complete working order. They're also auctioning off a complete set of rotors; those are even rarer than the machines -- which are often missing...
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Wanted: RSA Exhibitor for Book Signing
Is anyone out there interested in buying a pile of copies of my Liars and Outliers for a giveaway and book signing at the RSA Conference? I can guarantee enormous...
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New Vulnerability Against Industrial Control Systems
It doesn't look good. These are often called SCADA vulnerabilities, although it isn't SCADA that's involved here. They're against programmable logic controllers...
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New Jersey Allows Voting by E-Mail
I'm not filled with confidence, but this seems like the best of a bunch of bad alternatives.
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New WWII Cryptanalysis
I'd sure like to know more about this: Government code-breakers are working on deciphering a message that has remained a secret for 70 years. It was found onSome...
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