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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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Details on Hacking Team Software Used by Ethiopian Government
The Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto published a new report on the use of spyware from the Italian cyberweapons arms manufacturer Hacking Team by the Ethiopian...
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Fall Seminar on Catastrophic Risk
I am planning a study group at Harvard University (in Boston) for the Fall semester, on catastrophic risk. Berkman Study Group -- Catastrophic Risk: Technologies...
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Data and Goliath Makes New York Times Best-Seller List
The March 22 best-seller list from the New York Times will list me as #6 in the hardcover nonfiction category, and #13 in the combined paper/e-book category. This...
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The Changing Economics of Surveillance
Cory Doctorow examines the changing economics of surveillance and what it means: The Stasi employed one snitch for every 50 or 60 people it watched. We can't be...
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Equation Group Update
More information about the Equation Group, aka the NSA. Kaspersky Labs has published more information about the Equation Group -- that's the NSA -- and its sophisticated...
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Hardware Bit-Flipping Attack
The Project Zero team at Google has posted details of a new attack that targets a computer's' DRAM. It's called Rowhammer. Here's a good description: Here's how...
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Can the NSA Break Microsoft's BitLocker?
The Intercept has a new story on the CIA's -- yes, the CIA, not the NSA -- efforts to break encryption. These are from the Snowden documents, and talk about a conference...
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Geotagging Twitter Users by Mining Their Social Graphs
New research: Geotagging One Hundred Million Twitter Accounts with Total Variation Minimization," by Ryan Compton, David Jurgens, and David Allen. Abstract: Geographically...
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Identifying When Someone is Operating a Computer Remotely
Here's an interesting technique to detect Remote Access Trojans, or RATS: differences in how local and remote users use the keyboard and mouse: By using biometric...
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Attack Attribution and Cyber Conflict
The vigorous debate after the Sony Pictures breach pitted the Obama administration against many of us in the cybersecurity community who didn't buy Washington's...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Biodegradable Thermoplastic Inspired by Squid Teeth
There's a new 3D-printable biodegradable thermoplastic: Pennsylvania State University researchers have synthesized a biodegradable thermoplastic that can be used...
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Data and Goliath's Big Idea
Data and Goliath is a book about surveillance, both government and corporate. It's an exploration in three parts: what's happening, why it matters, and what to...
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FREAK: Security Rollback Attack Against SSL
This week we learned about an attack called "FREAK" -- "Factoring Attack on RSA-EXPORT Keys" -- that can break the encryption of many websites. Basically, some...
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The TSA's FAST Personality Screening Program Violates the Fourth Amendment
New law journal article: "A Slow March Towards Thought Crime: How the Department of Homeland Security's FAST Program Violates the Fourth Amendment," by Christopher...
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Now Corporate Drones are Spying on Cell Phones
The marketing firm Adnear is using drones to track cell phone users: The capture does not involve conversations or personally identifiable information, according...
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Tom Ridge Can Find Terrorists Anywhere
One of the problems with our current discourse about terrorism and terrorist policies is that the people entrusted with counterterrorism -- those whose job it is...
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Data and Goliath: Reviews and Excerpts
On the net right now, there are excerpts from the Introduction on Scientific American, Chapter 5 on the Atlantic, Chapter 6 on the Blaze, Chapter 8 on Ars Technica...
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Google Backs Away from Default Lollipop Encryption
Lillipop encryption by default is still in the future. No conspiracy here; it seems like they don't have the appropriate drivers yet. But while relaxing the requirement...
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The Democratization of Cyberattack
The thing about infrastructure is that everyone uses it. If it's secure, it's secure for everyone. And if it's insecure, it's insecure for everyone. This forces...
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