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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
Can Consumers' Online Data Be Protected?
Everything online is hackable. This is true for Equifax's data and the federal Office of Personal Management's data, which was hacked in 2015. If information is...
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Jumping Air Gaps
Nice profile of Mordechai Guri, who researches a variety of clever ways to steal data over air-gapped computers. Guri and his fellow Ben-Gurion researchers have...
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Internet Security Threats at the Olympics
There are a lot: The cybersecurity company McAfee recently uncovered a cyber operation, dubbed Operation GoldDragon, attacking South Korean organizations related...
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Calling Squid "Calamari" Makes It More Appetizing
Research shows that what a food is called affects how we think about it. Research paper. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...
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Living in a Smart Home
In "The House that spied on Me," Kashmir Hill outfits her home to be as "smart" as possible and writes about the results....
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Water Utility Infected By Cryptocurrency Mining Software
A water utility in Europe has been infected by cryptocurrency mining software. This is a relatively new attack: hackers compromise computers and force them to mine...
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Cabinet of Secret Documents from Australia
This story of leaked Australian government secrets is unlike any other I've heard: It begins at a second-hand shop in Canberra, where ex-government furniture is...
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Poor Security at the Uk National Health Service
The Guardian is reporting that "every NHS trust assessed for cyber security vulnerabilities has failed to meet the standard required." This is the same NHS that...
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Sensitive Super-Bowl Security Documents Left on an Airplane
A CNN reporter found...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Kraken Pie
Pretty, but contains no actual squid ingredients. 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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Signed Malware
Stuxnet famously used legitimate digital certificates to sign its malware. A research paper from last year found that the practice is much more common than previously...
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Jackpotting Attacks Against US ATMs
Brian Krebs is reporting sophisticated jackpotting attacks against US ATMs. The attacker gains physical access to the ATM, plants malware using specialized electronics...
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Israeli Scientists Accidentally Reveal Classified Information
According to this story (non-paywall English version here), Israeli scientists released some information to the public they shouldn't have. Defense establishment...
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After Section 702 Reauthorization
For over a decade, civil libertarians have been fighting government mass surveillance of innocent Americans over the Internet. We've just lost an important battle...
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Subway Elevators and Movie-Plot Threats
Local residents are opposing adding an elevator to a subway station because terrorists might use it to detonate a bomb. No, really. There's no actual threat analysis...
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Locating Secret Military Bases via Fitness Data
In November, the company Strava released an anonymous data-visualization map showing all the fitness activity by everyone using the app. Over this weekend, someone...
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Estimating the Cost of Internet Insecurity
It's really hard to estimate the cost of an insecure Internet. Studies are all over the map. A methodical study by RAND is the best work I've seen at trying to...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid that Mate, Die, and Then Sink
The mating and death characteristics of some squid are fascinating. Research paper. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories...
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The Effects of the Spectre and Meltdown Vulnerabilities
On January 3, the world learned about a series of major security vulnerabilities in modern microprocessors. Called Spectre and Meltdown, these vulnerabilities were...
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