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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
Replacing Alice and Bob
A proposal to replace cryptography's Alice and Bob with Sita and Rama: Any book on cryptography invariably involves the characters Alice and Bob. It is always...
From Schneier on Security
Using Agent-Based Simulations to Evaluate Security Systems
Kay Hamacher and Stefan Katzenbeisser, "Public Security: Simulations Need to Replace Conventional Wisdom," New Security Paradigms Workshop, 2011. Abstract: Is...
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Quantum Cryptography
Long article on quantum cryptography and cryptanalysis.
From Schneier on Security
Security Vulnerability in Windows 8 Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
This is the first one discovered, I think.
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SHA-3 to Be Announced
NIST is about to announce the new hash algorithm that will become SHA-3. This is the result of a six-year competition, and my own Skein is one of the five remaining...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Beached Firefly Squid
Pretty photo of firefly squid beached along a coast. I've written about firefly squid before. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
From Schneier on Security
Another Review of Liars and Outliers
I usually don't post reviews of Liars and Outliers -- they're all here -- but I am particularly proud of this one.
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Accountable Algorithms
Ed Felten has two posts about accountable algorithms. Good stuff.
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The NSA and the Risk of Off-the-Shelf Devices
Interesting article on how the NSA is approaching risk in the era of cool consumer devices. There's a discussion of the president's network-disabled iPad, and...
From Schneier on Security
Analysis of PIN Data
An analysis of 3.4 million four-digit PINs. ("1234" is the most common: 10.7% of all PINs. The top 20 PINs are 26.8% of the total. "8068" is the least common...
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Recent Developments in Password Cracking
A recent Ars Technica article made the point that password crackers are getting better, and therefore passwords are getting weaker. It's not just computing speed...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Octonaut
A space-traveling squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered.
From Schneier on Security
Diamond Swallowing as a Ruse
It's a known theft tactic to swallow what you're stealing. It works for food at the supermarket, and it also can work for diamonds. Here's a twist on that tactic...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Museum
In Valdés, Spain. 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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Schneier on Security on Elementary
Two of my books can be seen in the background in CBS' new Sherlock Holmes drama, Elementary. A copy of Schneier on Security is prominently displayed on Sherlock...
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Man-in-the-Middle Bank Fraud Attack
This sort of attack will become more common as banks require two-factor authentication: Tatanga checks the user account details including the number of accounts...
From Schneier on Security