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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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China Closing Its Squid Spawning Grounds
China is prohibiting squid fishing in two areas -- both in international waters -- for two seasons, to give squid time to recover and reproduce. This is the first...
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EFF's 30th Anniversary Livestream
It's the EFF's 30th birthday, and the organization is having a celebratory livestream today from 3:00 to 10:00 pm PDT. There are a lot of interesting discussions...
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Business Email Compromise (BEC) Criminal Ring
A criminal group called Cosmic Lynx seems to be based in Russia: Dubbed Cosmic Lynx, the group has carried out more than 200 BEC campaigns since July 2019, according...
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Traffic Analysis of Home Security Cameras
Interesting research on home security cameras with cloud storage. Basically, attackers can learn very basic information about what's going on in front of the camera...
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Half a Million IoT Passwords Leaked
It is amazing that this sort of thing can still happen: ...the list was compiled by scanning the entire internet for devices that were exposing their Telnet port...
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IoT Security Principles
The BSA -- also known as the Software Alliance, formerly the Business Software Alliance -- is an industry lobbying group. They just published "Policy Principles...
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ThiefQuest Ransomware for the Mac
There's a new ransomware for the Mac called ThiefQuest or EvilQuest. It's hard to get infected: For your Mac to become infected, you would need to torrent a compromised...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Strawberry Squid
Pretty. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here.....
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Hacked by Police
French police hacked EncroChat secure phones, which are widely used by criminals: Encrochat's phones are essentially modified Android devices, with some models...
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The Security Value of Inefficiency
For decades, we have prized efficiency in our economy. We strive for it. We reward it. In normal times, that's a good thing. Running just at the margins is efficient...
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Securing the International IoT Supply Chain
Together with Nate Kim (former student) and Trey Herr (Atlantic Council Cyber Statecraft Initiative), I have written a paper on IoT supply chain security. The basic...
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Android Apps Stealing Facebook Credentials
Google has removed 25 Android apps from its store because they steal Facebook credentials: Before being taken down, the 25 apps were collectively downloaded more...
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iPhone Apps Stealing Clipboard Data
iOS apps are repeatedly reading clipboard data, which can include all sorts of sensitive information. While Haj Bakry and Mysk published their research in March...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Fishing for Jumbo Squid
Interesting article on the rise of the jumbo squid industry as a result of climate change. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
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The Unintended Harms of Cybersecurity
Interesting research: "Identifying Unintended Harms of Cybersecurity Countermeasures": Abstract: Well-meaning cybersecurity risk owners will deploy countermeasures...
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Analyzing IoT Security Best Practices
New research: "Best Practices for IoT Security: What Does That Even Mean?" by Christopher Bellman and Paul C. van Oorschot: Abstract: Best practices for Internet...
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COVID-19 Risks of Flying
I fly a lot. Over the past five years, my average speed has been 32 miles an hour. That all changed mid-March. It's been 105 days since I've been on an airplane...
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Cryptocurrency Pump and Dump Scams
Really interesting research: "An examination of the cryptocurrency pump and dump ecosystem": Abstract: The surge of interest in cryptocurrencies has been accompanied...
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Nation-State Espionage Campaigns against Middle East Defense Contractors
Report on espionage attacks using LinkedIn as a vector for malware, with details and screenshots. They talk about "several hints suggesting a possible link" to...
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