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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
Security Vulnerabilities in Cell Phone Systems
Good essay on the inherent vulnerabilities in the cell phone standards and the market barriers to fixing them. So far, industry and policymakers have largely dragged...
From Schneier on Security
EU Offering Bug Bounties on Critical Open-Source Software
The EU is offering "bug bounties on Free Software projects that the EU institutions rely on." Slashdot thread....
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Machine Learning to Detect Software Vulnerabilities
No one doubts that artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) will transform cybersecurity. We just don't know how, or when. While the literature generally...
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New Attack Against Electrum Bitcoin Wallets
This is clever: How the attack works: Attacker added tens of malicious servers to the Electrum wallet network. Users of legitimate Electrum wallets initiate a Bitcoin...
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Friday Squid Blogging: The Future of the Squid Market
It's growing. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines...
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Podcast Interview with Eva Gaperon
Nice interview with the EFF's director of cybersecurity, Eva Gaperon....
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Long-Range Familial Searching Forensics
Good article on using long-range familial searching -- basically, DNA matching of distant relatives -- as a police forensics tool....
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China's APT10
Wired has an excellent article on China's APT10 hacking group. Specifically, on how they hacked managed service providers in order to get to their customers' networks...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Focused Menus in Croatia
This is almost over: From 1 December 2018 -- 6 January 2019, Days of Adriatic squid will take place at restaurants all over north-west Istria. Restaurants will...
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Click Here to Kill Everybody Available as an Audiobook
Click Here to Kill Everybody is finally available on Audible.com. I have ten download codes. Not having anything better to do with them, here they are: HADQSSFC98WCQ...
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Massive Ad Fraud Scheme Relied on BGP Hijacking
This is a really interesting story of an ad fraud scheme that relied on hijacking the Border Gateway Protocol: Members of 3ve (pronounced "eve") used their large...
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Stealing Nativity Displays
The New York Times is reporting on the security measures people are using to protect nativity displays....
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Human Rights by Design
Good essay: "Advancing Human-Rights-By-Design In The Dual-Use Technology Industry," by Jonathon Penney, Sarah McKune, Lex Gill, and Ronald J. Deibert: But businesses...
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Glitter Bomb against Package Thieves
Stealing packages from unattended porches is a rapidly rising crime, as more of us order more things by mail. One person hid a glitter bomb and a video recorder...
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MD5 and SHA-1 Still Used in 2018
Last week, the Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence published a draft document -- "SWGDE Position on the Use of MD5 and SHA1 Hash Algorithms in Digital...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Illegal North Korean Squid Fishing
North Korea is engaged in even more illegal squid fishing than previously. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
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Drone Denial-of-Service Attack against Gatwick Airport
Someone is flying a drone over Gatwick Airport in order to disrupt service: Chris Woodroofe, Gatwick's chief operating officer, said on Thursday afternoon there...
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Fraudulent Tactics on Amazon Marketplace
Fascinating article about the many ways Amazon Marketplace sellers sabotage each other and defraud customers. The opening example: framing a seller for false advertising...
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Congressional Report on the 2017 Equifax Data Breach
The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released a comprehensive report on the 2017 Equifax hack. It's a great piece...
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