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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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Hacking Marconi's Wireless in 1903
A great story: Yet before the demonstration could begin, the apparatus in the lecture theatre began to tap out a message. At first, it spelled out just one word...
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Butt Identification
Here's a new biometric: how you sit: ...researchers there developed a system that can recognize a person by the backside when the person takes a seat. The system...
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The Collar Bomb Robbery
Really interesting story of the collar-bomb robbery -- and subsequent investigation -- from 2003.
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Hacking Subway's POS System
The story of how Subway's point-of-sale system was hacked for $3 million.
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Merry Christmas from the TSA
Cupcakes deemed security threat: Rebecca Hains says she was going through security at the airport in Las Vegas when a TSA agent pulled her aside and said the cupcake...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Goldman Sachs and the Vampire Squid Metaphor
It's a metaphor that will not die. 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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Multiple Protocol Attacks
In 1997, I wrote about something called a chosen-protocol attack, where an attacker can use one protocol to break another. Here's an example of the same thing...
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How to Open a Padlock with a Coke Can
A nice tutorial on making and using shims to open padlocks.
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Plasmonics Anti-Counterfeiting Technology
This could be interesting: NOtES exploits an obscure area of physics to accomplish its bright and sharp display, known as plasmonics. Light waves interact with...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Season
It's squid season off the coast of Southern California. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...
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Me Speaking on Cryptography in 1997
In 1997, I spoke at the Beyond HOPE Conference in New York. (HOPE stood for "Hackers Over Planet Earth.) A video of that talk is available online.
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Cameo in a Rock Video
At the 1:46 mark, you'll see my first cameo appearance in a transvestite-themed rock video.
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More on the Captured U.S. Drone
There's a report that Iran hacked the drones' GPS systems: "The GPS navigation is the weakest point," the Iranian engineer told the Monitor, giving the most detailed...
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Snow Cone Machines for Homeland Security
When you give out money based on politics, without any accounting, this is what you get: The West Michigan Shoreline Regional Development Commission (WMSRDC) is...
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Investigative Report on "Buckshot Yankee"
This is a really good analysis about the Buckshot Yankee attack against the classified military computer network in 2008. It contains a bunch of details I had...
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Liars and Outliers Galleys
My publisher is printing galley copies of Liars and Outliers. If anyone out there has a legitimate reason to get one, like writing book reviews for a newspaper...
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Feeling vs. Reality of Security in Sparrows
Sparrows have fewer surviving offspring if they feel insecure, regardless of whether they actually are insecure. Liana Y. Zanette, Aija F. White, Marek C. Allen...
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