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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
Analyzing Reshipping Mule Scams
Interesting paper: "Drops for Stuff: An Analysis of Reshipping Mule Scams. From a blog post: A cybercriminal (called operator) recruits unsuspecting citizens with...
From Schneier on Security
$1M Bounty for iPhone Hack
I don't know whether to believe this story. Supposedly the startup Zerodium paid someone $1M for an iOS 9.1 and 9.2b hack. Bekrar and Zerodium, as well as its predecessor...
From Schneier on Security
Australia Is Testing Virtual Passports
Australia is going to be the first country to have virtual passports. Presumably, the passport data will be in the cloud somewhere, and you'll access it with an...
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The Rise of Political Doxing
Last week, CIA director John O. Brennan became the latest victim of what's become a popular way to embarrass and harass people on the Internet. A hacker allegedly...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Baby Giant Squid Found
First ever examples of a baby giant squid have been found. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't...
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The Onion on the State of IT Security
"China Unable To Recruit Hackers Fast Enough To Keep Up With Vulnerabilities In U.S. Security Systems." It's only funny because it's true....
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Weaknesses in the PLAID Protocol
In 2009, the Australian government released the Protocol for Lightweight Authentication of Identity (PLAID) protocol. It was recently analyzed (original paper is...
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Flash Drive Lock
This device is clever: it's a three-digit combination lock that prevents a USB drive from being read. It's not going to keep out anyone serious, but is a great...
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Tracking Connected Vehicles
Researchers have shown that it is both easy and cheap to surveil connected vehicles. The second link talks about various anonymization techniques, none of which...
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Why Is the NSA Moving Away from Elliptic Curve Cryptography?
In August, I wrote about the NSA's plans to move to quantum-resistant algorithms for its own cryptographic needs. Cryptographers Neal Koblitz and Alfred Menezes...
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The Doxing Trend
If the director of the CIA can't keep his e-mail secure, what hope do the rest of us have -- for our e-mail or any of our digital information? None, and that's...
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The Need for Transparency in Surveillance
In Data and Goliath, I talk about the need for transparency, oversight, and accountability as the mechanism to allow surveillance when it is necessary, while preserving...
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Ravens Can Identify Cheaters
Ravens have been shown to identify and remember cheaters among their unkindness....
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Microsoft's Brad Smith on the Collapse of Safe Harbor
Microsoft's President Brad Smith has a blog post discussing what to do now that the US-EU safe-harbor agreement has collapsed. He outlines four steps: First, we...
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Forensic Analysis of Smart Card Fraud
This paper describes what is almost certainly the most sophisticated chip-and-pin credit card fraud to date. News article. BoingBoing post....
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Hacking Fitbit
This is impressive: "An attacker sends an infected packet to a fitness tracker nearby at bluetooth distance then the rest of the attack occurs by itself, without...
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Police Want Genetic Data from Corporate Repositories
Both the FBI and local law enforcement are trying to get the genetic data stored at companies like 23andMe. No surprise, really. As NYU law professor Erin Murphy...
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