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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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Steganography in the Wild
Steganographic information is embedded in World of Warcraft screen shots.
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Stopping Terrorism
Nice essay on the futility of trying to prevent another 9/11: "Never again." It is as simplistic as it is absurd. It is as vague as it is damaging. No two words...
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A Real Movie-Plot Threat Contest
The "Australia's Security Nightmares: The National Security Short Story Competition" is part of Safeguarding Australia 2012. To aid the national security community...
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New Attack Against Chip-and-Pin Systems
Well, new to us: You see, an EMV payment card authenticates itself with a MAC of transaction data, for which the freshly generated component is the unpredictable...
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Security at the 9/11 WTC Memorial
There's a lot: Advance tickets are required to enter this public, outdoor memorial. To book them, you’re obliged to provide your home address, email address, and...
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Another Stuxnet Post
Larry Constantine disputes David Stanger's book about Stuxnet: So, what did he get wrong? First of all, the Stuxnet worm did not escape into the wild. The analysis...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Controlling Squid Chromatophores with Music
Wacky. Other stories about the story. 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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Hacking Marathon Races
Truly bizarre story of someone who seems to have figured out how to successfully cheat at marathons. The evidence of his cheating is overwhelming, but no one knows...
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CSOs/CISOs Wanted: Cloud Security Questions
I'm trying to separate cloud security hype from reality. To that end, I'd like to talk to a few big corporate CSOs or CISOs about their cloud security worries,...
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Database of 12 Million Apple UDIDs Haked
In this story, we learn that hackers got their hands on a database of 12 million Apple Apple Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) by hacking an FBI laptop. When I...
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Wall Street Journal Review of Liars and Outliers
Liars and Outliers (along with two other books: Kip Hawley's memoir of his time at the TSA and Against Security, by Harvey Molotch) has been reviewed in the Wall...
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Hacking Brain-Computer Interfaces
In this fascinating piece of research, the question is asked: can we surreptitiously collect secret information from the brains of people using brain-computer interface...
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Eye Twitch Patterns as a Biometric
Yet another biometric: eye twitch patterns: ...a person's saccades, their tiny, but rapid, involuntary eye movements, can be measured using a video camera. The...
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Friday Squid Blogging: "The Seasick Squid"
A fable. 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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Conversation about Liars and Outliers on The WELL
I'm on The WELL right now -- for the next week or so -- discussing my new book with anyone who wants to participate. I'm also at Dragon*Con this weekend in Atlanta...
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The Psychological Effects of Terrorism
Shelly C. McArdle, Heather Rosoff, Richard S. John (2012), "The Dynamics of Evolving Beliefs, Concerns Emotions, and Behavioral Avoidance Following 9/11: A Longitudinal...
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Shared Lock
A reader sent me this photo of a shared lock. It's at the gate of a large ranch outside of Victoria, Texas. Multiple padlocks secure the device, but when a single...
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The Importance of Security Engineering
In May, neuroscientist and popular author Sam Harris and I debated the issue of profiling Muslims at airport security. We each wrote essays, then went back and...
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