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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 and Privacy Guidelines for the Internet of Things
Lately, I have been collecting IoT security and privacy guidelines. Here's everything I've found: "Internet of Things (IoT) Broadband Internet Technical Advisory...
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Do-It-Yourself Online Privacy/Safety Guide
This online safety guide was written for people concerned about being tracked and stalked online. It's a good resource....
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Predicting a Slot Machine's PRNG
Wired is reporting on a new slot machine hack. A Russian group has reverse-engineered a particular brand of slot machine -- from Austrian company Novomatic -- and...
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Profile of Citizen Lab and Ron Diebert
Here's a nice profile of Citizen Lab and its director, Ron Diebert. Citizen Lab is a jewel. There should be more of them....
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Cryptkeeper Bug
The Linux encryption app Cryptkeeper has a rather stunning security bug: the single-character decryption key "p" decrypts everything: The flawed version is in Debian...
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Hacker Leaks Cellebrite's Phone-Hacking Tools
In January we learned that a hacker broke into Cellebrite's network and stole 900GB of data. Now the hacker has dumped some of Cellebrite's phone-hacking tools...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Whale Mistakes Plastic Bags for Squid
A whale recently died in Norway because there were thirty plastic bags in its stomach. Researchers believe it may have mistaken the plastic bags for squid. As usual...
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How the US Secret Service Breaks into Smart Phones
Here's an article about the US Secret Service and their Cell Phone Forensics Facility in Tulsa. I said it before and I'll say it again: the FBI needs technical...
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Pacemaker Data Used in Arson Conviction
Here's a story about data from a pacemaker being used as evidence in an arson conviction....
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Security and the Internet of Things
Last year, on October 21, your digital video recorder - or at least a DVR like yours - knocked Twitter off the internet. Someone used your DVR, along with millions...
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IoT Ransomware Against Austrian Hotel
Attackers held an Austrian hotel network for ransom, demanding $1800 in Bitcoin to unlock the network. Among other things, the locked network wouldn't allow any...
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New Rules on Data Privacy for Non-US Citizens
Last week, President Trump signed an executive order affecting the privacy rights of non-US citizens with respect to data residing in the US. Here's the relevant...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fossils from the Early Jurassic
New fossil bed discovered in Alberta: The finds at the site include 16 vampyropods, a relative of the vampire squid with its ink sac and fine details of its muscles...
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Research into Twitter Bots
There are a lot of them. In a world where the number of fans, friends, followers, and likers are social currency -- and where the number of reposts is a measure...
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Duress Codes for Fingerprint Access Control
Mike Specter has an interesting idea on how to make biometric access-control systems more secure: add a duress code. For example, you might configure your iPhone...
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Security Risks of the President's Android Phone
Reports are that President Trump is still using his old Android phone. There are security risks here, but they are not the obvious ones. I'm not concerned about...
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Capturing Pattern-Lock Authentication
Interesting research -- "Cracking Android Pattern Lock in Five Attempts": Abstract: Pattern lock is widely used as a mechanism for authentication and authorization...
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How the Media Influences Our Fear of Terrorism
Good article that crunches the data and shows that the press's coverage of terrorism is disproportional to its comparative risk. This isn't new. I've written about...
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Obama's Legacy in Internet Security
NextGov has a nice article summarizing President Obama's accomplishments in Internet security: what he did, what he didn't do, and how it turned out....
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