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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
QR Code Scams
There's a rise in QR codes that point to fraudulent sites. One of the warning signs seems to be a sticker with the code, rather than a code embedded in an advertising...
From Schneier on Security
Detecting Edited Audio
Interesting development in forensic analysis: Comparing the unique pattern of the frequencies on an audio recording with a database that has been logging these...
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Drone Flights Over the US
The EFF has been prying data out of the government and analyzing it.
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The National Cyber Security Framework Manual
This book is available as a free pdf download: The National Cyber Security Framework Manual provides detailed background information and in-depth theoretical frameworks...
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Dictators Shutting Down the Internet
Excellent article: "How to Shut Down Internets." First, he describes what just happened in Syria. Then: Egypt turned off the internet by using the Border Gateway...
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Bypassing Two-Factor Authentication
Yet another way two-factor authentication has been bypassed: For a user to fall prey to Eurograbber, he or she must first be using a computer infected with the...
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Buy Your Own ATM Skimmer for $3000
I have no idea if this is real. If I had to guess, I would say no.
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Squids on the Economist Cover
Four squids on the cover of this week's Economist represent the four massive (and intrusive) data-driven Internet giants: Google, Facebook, Apple, and Amazon. Interestingly...
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Comedy and Cryptography
Not the sort of pairing I normally think of, but: Robin Ince and Brian Cox are joined on stage by comedian Dave Gorman, author and Enigma Machine owner Simon Singh...
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Roger Williams' Cipher Cracked
Another historical cipher, this one from the 1600s, has been cracked: Senior math major Lucas Mason-Brown, who has done the majority of the decoding, said his...
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Feudal Security
It’s a feudal world out there. Some of us have pledged our allegiance to Google: We have Gmail accounts, we use Google Calendar and Google Docs, and we have Android...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Possible Squid Eyeball Found in Florida
It's the size of a softball. No sign of the squid it came from. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
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Hacking by the Syrian Government
Good article on how the Syrian government hacked into the computers of dissidents: The cyberwar in Syria began with a feint. On Feb. 8, 2011, just as the Arabmanifesto...
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Advances in Attacking ATMs
Cash traps and card traps are the new thing: [Card traps] involve devices that fit over the card acceptance slot and include a razor-edged spring trap that prevents...
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James Bond Movie-Plot Threats
Amusing post on the plausibility of the evil plans from the various movies.
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The Psychology of IT Security Trade-offs
Good article. I agree with the conclusion that the solution isn't to convince people to make better choices, but to change the IT architecture so that it's easier...
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Classified Information Confetti
Some of the confetti at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York consisted of confidential documents from the Nassau County Police Department, shredded sideways...
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Hackback
Stewart Baker, Orin Kerr, and Eugene Volokh on the legality of hackback.
From Schneier on Security