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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
CDC on the Zombie Apocalypse
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention weigh in on preparations for the zombie apocalypse.
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The Normalization of Security
TSA-style security is now so normal that it's part of a Disney ride: The second room of the queue is now a security check area, similar to a TSA checkpoint. The...
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Forged Subway Passes in Boston
For years, an employee of Cubic Corp -- the company who makes the automatic fair card systems for most of the subway systems around the world -- forged forged and...
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Bin Laden Maintained Computer Security with an Air Gap
From the Associated Ptress: Bin Laden's system was built on discipline and trust. But it also left behind an extensive archive of email exchanges for the U.S....
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Fingerprint Scanner that Works at a Distance
Scanning fingerprints from six feet away. Slightly smaller than a square tissue box, AIRprint houses two 1.3 megapixel cameras and a source of polarized light....
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The Inner Workings of an FBI Surveillance Device
This FBI surveillance device, designed to be attached to a car, has been taken apart and analyzed. A recent ruling by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals affirms...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Sous Vide
Yum: We learned to cook squid sous vide at 59
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Interview with Me About the Sony Hack
These are what I get for giving interviews when I'm in a bad mood. For the record, I think Sony did a terrible job with its customers' security. I also think...
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Drugging People and Then Robbing Them
This is a pretty scary criminal tactic from Turkey. Burglars dress up as doctors, and ring doorbells handing out pills under some pretense or another. They're...
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RFID Tags Protecting Hotel Towels
The stealing of hotel towels isn't a big problem in the scheme of world problems, but it can be expensive for hotels. Sure, we have moral prohibitions againstmore...
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"Resilience of the Internet Interconnection Ecosystem"
This blog post by Richard Clayton is worth reading. If you have more time, there's 238-page report and a 31-page executive summary.
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Medieval Tally Stick Discovered in Germany
Interesting: The well-preserved tally stick was used in the Middle Ages to count the debts owed by the holder in a time when most people were unable to read or...
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The Era of "Steal Everything"
Good comment: "We're moving into an era of 'steal everything'," said David Emm, a senior security researcher for Kaspersky Labs. He believes that cyber criminals...
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Vulnerabilities in Online Payment Systems
This hack was conducted as a research project. It's unlikely it's being done in the wild: In one attack, Wang and colleagues used a plug-in for the Firefox web...
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Status Report: The Dishonest Minority
Three months ago, I announced that I was writing a book on why security exists in human societies. This is basically the book's thesis statement: All complex...
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