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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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Friday Squid Blogging: Beached Firefly Squid
Pretty photo of firefly squid beached along a coast. I've written about firefly squid before. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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Another Review of Liars and Outliers
I usually don't post reviews of Liars and Outliers -- they're all here -- but I am particularly proud of this one.
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Accountable Algorithms
Ed Felten has two posts about accountable algorithms. Good stuff.
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The NSA and the Risk of Off-the-Shelf Devices
Interesting article on how the NSA is approaching risk in the era of cool consumer devices. There's a discussion of the president's network-disabled iPad, and...
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Analysis of PIN Data
An analysis of 3.4 million four-digit PINs. ("1234" is the most common: 10.7% of all PINs. The top 20 PINs are 26.8% of the total. "8068" is the least common...
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Recent Developments in Password Cracking
A recent Ars Technica article made the point that password crackers are getting better, and therefore passwords are getting weaker. It's not just computing speed...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Octonaut
A space-traveling squid. 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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Diamond Swallowing as a Ruse
It's a known theft tactic to swallow what you're stealing. It works for food at the supermarket, and it also can work for diamonds. Here's a twist on that tactic...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Museum
In Valdés, Spain. 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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Schneier on Security on Elementary
Two of my books can be seen in the background in CBS' new Sherlock Holmes drama, Elementary. A copy of Schneier on Security is prominently displayed on Sherlock...
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Man-in-the-Middle Bank Fraud Attack
This sort of attack will become more common as banks require two-factor authentication: Tatanga checks the user account details including the number of accounts...
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Estimating the Probability of Another 9/11
This statistical research says once per decade: Abstract: Quantities with right-skewed distributions are ubiquitous in complex social systems, including political...
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Steganography in the Wild
Steganographic information is embedded in World of Warcraft screen shots.
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Stopping Terrorism
Nice essay on the futility of trying to prevent another 9/11: "Never again." It is as simplistic as it is absurd. It is as vague as it is damaging. No two words...
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A Real Movie-Plot Threat Contest
The "Australia's Security Nightmares: The National Security Short Story Competition" is part of Safeguarding Australia 2012. To aid the national security community...
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New Attack Against Chip-and-Pin Systems
Well, new to us: You see, an EMV payment card authenticates itself with a MAC of transaction data, for which the freshly generated component is the unpredictable...
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Security at the 9/11 WTC Memorial
There's a lot: Advance tickets are required to enter this public, outdoor memorial. To book them, you’re obliged to provide your home address, email address, and...
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Another Stuxnet Post
Larry Constantine disputes David Stanger's book about Stuxnet: So, what did he get wrong? First of all, the Stuxnet worm did not escape into the wild. The analysis...
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