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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
How Altruism Might Have Evolved
I spend a lot of time in my book Liars and Outliers on cooperating versus defecting. Cooperating is good for the group at the expense of the individual. Defecting...
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The Security of Our Election Systems
Russia was behind the hacks into the Democratic National Committee's computer network that led to the release of thousands of internal emails just before the party's...
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Real-World Security and the Internet of Things
Disaster stories involving the Internet of Things are all the rage. They feature cars (both driven and driverless), the power grid, dams, and tunnel ventilation...
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Detecting When a Smartphone Has Been Compromised
Andrew "bunnie" Huang and Edward Snowden have designed a smartphone case that detects unauthorized transmissions by the phone. Paper. Three news articles. Looks...
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The NSA and "Intelligence Legalism"
Interesting law journal paper: "Intelligence Legalism and the National Security Agency's Civil Liberties Gap," by Margo Schlanger: Abstract: This paper examines...
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Russian Hack of the DNC
Amazingly enough, the preponderance of the evidence points to Russia as the source of the DNC leak. I was going to summarize the evidence, but Thomas Rid did a...
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Tracking the Owner of Kickass Torrents
Here's the story of how it was done. First, a fake ad on torrent listings linked the site to a Latvian bank account, an e-mail address, and a Facebook page. Using...
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The Economist on Hacking the Financial System
The Economist has an article on the potential hacking of the global financial system, both for profit or to cause mayhem. It's reasonably balanced. So how might...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Sperm Whale Eats Squid
A post-mortem of a stranded sperm whale shows that he had recently eaten squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...
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Cyber Weapons vs Nuclear Weapons
Good essay pointing out the absurdity of comparing cyber weapons with nuclear weapons. On the surface, the analogy is compelling. Like nuclear weapons, the most...
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DARPA Document: "On Countering Strategic Deception"
Old, but interesting. The document was published by DARPA in 1973, and approved for release in 2007. It examines the role of deception on strategic warning systems...
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Detecting Spoofed Messages Using Clock Skew
Two researchers are working on a system to detect spoofed messages sent to automobiles by fingerprinting the clock skew of the various computer components within...
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Stealing Money from ISPs Through Premium Rate Calls
I think the best hacks are the ones that are obvious once they're explained, but no one has thought of them before. Here's an example: Instagram ($2000), Google...
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Futuristic Cyberattack Scenario
This is a piece of near-future fiction about a cyberattack on New York, including hacking of cars, the water system, hospitals, elevators, and the power grid. Although...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Stuffed Squid with Chard and Potatoes
Looks like a tasty recipe. 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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I Have Joined the Board of Directors of the Tor Project
This week, I have joined the board of directors of the Tor Project. Slashdot thread. Hacker News thread....
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Security Effectiveness of the Israeli West Bank Barrier
Interesting analysis: Abstract: Objectives -- Informed by situational crime prevention (SCP) this study evaluates the effectiveness of the "West Bank Barrier" that...
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Visiting a Website against the Owner's Wishes Is Now a Federal Crime
While we're on the subject of terrible 9th Circuit Court rulings: The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit has handed down a very important decision on the...
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