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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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Cheating in Bird Racing
I've previously written about people cheating in marathon racing by driving -- or otherwise getting near the end of the race by faster means than running. In China...
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CIA Network Exposed Through Insecure Communications System
Interesting story of a CIA intelligence network in China that was exposed partly because of a computer-security failure: Although they used some of the same coding...
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NotPetya
Andy Greenberg wrote a fascinating account of the Russian NotPetya worm, with an emphasis on its effects on the company Maersk. BoingBoing post....
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Future Cyberwar
A report for the Center for Strategic and International Studies looks at surprise and war. One of the report's cyberwar scenarios is particularly compelling. It...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Clubfoot Squid Washes Up on Oregon Beach
This seems to have happened twice in two weeks. 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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John Mueller and Mark Stewart on the Risks of Terrorism
Another excellent paper by the Mueller/Stewart team: "Terrorism and Bathtubs: Comparing and Assessing the Risks": Abstract: The likelihood that anyone outside a...
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Good Primer on Two-Factor Authentication Security
Stuart Schechter published a good primer on the security issues surrounding two-factor authentication. While it's often an important security measure, it's not...
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"Two Stage" BMW Theft Attempt
Modern cars have alarm systems that automatically connect to a remote call center. This makes cars harder to steal, since tripping the alarm causes a quick response...
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James Mickens on the Current State of Computer Security
James Mickens gave an excellent keynote at the USENIX Security Conference last week, talking about the social aspects of security -- racism, sexism, etc. -- and...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Firefly Squid Museum
The Hotaruika Museum is a museum devoted to firefly squid in Toyama, Japan. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
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New Ways to Track Internet Browsing
Interesting research on web tracking: "Who Left Open the Cookie Jar? A Comprehensive Evaluation of Third-Party Cookie Policies: Abstract: Nowadays, cookies are...
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Speculation Attack Against Intel's SGX
Another speculative-execution attack against Intel's SGX. At a high level, SGX is a new feature in modern Intel CPUs which allows computers to protect users' data...
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Hacking Police Bodycams
Suprising no one, the security of police bodycams is terrible. Mitchell even realized that because he can remotely access device storage on models like the Fire...
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Google Tracks its Users Even if They Opt-Out of Tracking
Google is tracking you, even if you turn off tracking: Google says that will prevent the company from remembering where you've been. Google's support page on the...
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Identifying Programmers by their Coding Style
Fascinating research de-anonymizing code -- from either source code or compiled code: Rachel Greenstadt, an associate professor of computer science at Drexel University...
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Friday Squid Blogging: New Tool for Grabbing Squid and other Fragile Sea Creatures
Interesting video of a robot grabber that's delicate enough to capture squid (and even jellyfish) in the ocean. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...
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Don't Fear the TSA Cutting Airport Security. Be Glad That They're Talking about It.
Last week, CNN reported that the Transportation Security Administration is considering eliminating security at U.S. airports that fly only smaller planes -- 60...
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Detecting Phishing Sites with Machine Learning
Really interesting article: A trained eye (or even a not-so-trained one) can discern when something phishy is going on with a domain or subdomain name. There are...
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