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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
ATM Skimmer on Bank Door Lock
This is a clever development in ATM skimming technology. It's a skimmer that attaches to the ATM-room door lock, not the ATM itself. Combined with a hidden camera...
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Hacking HTTP Status Codes
One website can learn if you're logged into other websites. When you visit my website, I can automatically and silently determine if you're logged into Facebook...
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Kip Hawley Comments on the Domodedovo Airport Bombing
This is the first piece of writing I've seen from Kip Hawley since he left the TSA in 2009. It's mostly generalities and platitudes.
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Me on Color-Coded Terrorist Threat Levels
I wrote an op-ed for CNN.com on the demise of the color-coded terrorist theat level system. It's nothing I haven't said before, so I won't reprint it here. The...
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Jury Says it's Okay to Record the TSA
The Seattle man who refused to show ID to the TSA and recorded the whole incident has been cleared of all charges: [The jury] returned not guilty verdicts forPapers...
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Trojan Steals Credit Card Numbers
It's only a proof of concept, but it's scary nonetheless. It's a Trojan for Android phones that looks for credit-card numbers, either typed or spoken, and relays...
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Domodedovo Airport Bombing
I haven't written anything about the suicide bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport because I didn't think there was anything to say. The bomber was outside the...
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$100 to Put a Bomb on an Airplane
An undercover TSA agent successfully bribed JetBlue ticket agent to check a suitcase under a random passenger's name and put it on an airplane. As with a lot of...
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Whitelisting vs. Blacklisting
The whitelist/blacklist debate is far older than computers, and it's instructive to recall what works where. Physical security works generally on a whitelist model...
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U.S. Strategy to Prevent Leaks is Leaked
As the article says, it doesn't get any more ironic than that. More importantly, it demonstrates how hard it is to keep secrets in the age of the Internet. ...
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Security Theater in the Theater
This is a bit surreal: Additional steps are needed to prepare Broadway theaters in New York City for a potential WMD attack or other crisis, a New York state legislature...
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Unsecured IP Security Cameras
It's amazing how many security cameras are on the Internet, accessible by anyone. And it's not just for viewing; a lot of these cameras can be reprogrammed by...
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Bioencryption
A group of students at the Chinese University in Hong Kong have figured out how to store data in bacteria. The article talks about how secure it is, and the students...
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REAL-ID Implementation
According to this study, REAL-ID has not only been cheaper to implement than the states estimated, but also helpful in reducing fraud. States are finding that...
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Hacking Tamper-Evident Devices
At the Black Hat conference lasts week, Jamie Schwettmann and Eric Michaud presented some great research on hacking tamper-evident seals. Jamie Schwettmann and...
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Brute-Force Safecracking
This safecracking robot tries every possible combination, one after another: Combination space optimization is the key. By exploiting of the mechanical tolerances...
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Blowfish in Good Time Max
This screen shot is from the movie "Good Time Max." 17 minutes and 52 seconds into the movie, it shows Blowfish being used as an encryption algorithm.
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Cyberwar is Overhyped
A new report from the OECD says the threat of cyberwar has been grossly exaggerated. (Hey, that's what I said.) There are lots of news articles. Also worth...
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