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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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Attack on Old ANSI Random Number Generator
Almost 20 years ago, I wrote a paper that pointed to a potential flaw in the ANSI X9.17 RNG standard. Now, new research has found that the flaw exists in some implementations...
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Google Login Security for High-Risk Users
Google has a new login service for high-risk users. it's good, but unforgiving. Logging in from a desktop will require a special USB key, while accessing your data...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Steel Mesh Giant Squid Used as Artificial Reef
Researchers in the British Virgin Islands have sunk a giant squid made out of steel mesh to serve as an artificial reef. As usual, you can also use this squid post...
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FBI Increases Its Anti-Encryption Rhetoric
Earlier this month, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gave a speech warning that a world with encryption is a world without law -- or something like that....
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The Science of Interrogation
Fascinating article about two psychologists who are studying interrogation techniques. Now, two British researchers are quietly revolutionising the study and practice...
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CSE Releases Malware Analysis Tool
The Communications Security Establishment of Canada -- basically, Canada's version of the NSA -- has released a suite of malware analysis tools: Assemblyline is...
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Reaper Botnet
It's based on the Mirai code, but much more virulent: While Mirai caused widespread outages, it impacted IP cameras and internet routers by simply exploiting their...
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Hacking Back
Hacking back is a terrible idea that just will not die. Josephine Wolff takes apart the new hacking back bill that was introduced in the House recently....
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Friday Squid Blogging: "How the Squid Lost Its Shell"
Interesting essay by Danna Staaf, the author of Squid Empire. (I mentioned the book two weeks ago.) As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
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Denuvo DRM Cracked within a Day of Release
Denuvo is probably the best digital-rights management system, used to protect computer games. It's regularly cracked within a day. If Denuvo can no longer provide...
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Security Flaws in Children's Smart Watches
The Norwegian Security Council has published a report detailing a series of security and privacy flaws in smart watches marketed to children. Press release. News...
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IoT Cybersecurity: What's Plan B?
In August, four US Senators introduced a bill designed to improve Internet of Things (IoT) security. The IoT Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2017 is a modest piece...
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Security Flaw in Infineon Smart Cards and TPMs
A security flaw in Infineon smart cards and TPMs allows an attacker to recover private keys from the public keys. Basically, the key generation algorithm sometimes...
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New KRACK Attack Against Wi-Fi Encryption
Mathy Vanhoef has just published a devastating attack against WPA2, the 14-year-old encryption protocol used by pretty much all wi-fi systems. Its an interesting...
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Friday Squid Blogging: International Squid Awareness Day
It's International Cephalopod Awareness Days this week, and Tuesday was Squid Day. I can't believe I missed it. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...
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My Blogging
Blog regulars will notice that I haven't been posting as much lately as I have in the past. There are two reasons. One, it feels harder to find things to write...
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Technology to Out Sex Workers
Two related stories: PornHub is using machine learning algorithms to identify actors in different videos, so as to better index them. People are worried that it...
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Impersonating iOS Password Prompts
This is an interesting security vulnerability: because it is so easy to impersonate iOS password prompts, a malicious app can steal your password just by asking...
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