Fascinating research: “Generating Master Faces for Dictionary Attacks with a Network-Assisted Latent Space Evolution.”
Abstract: A master face is a face image that passes face-based identity-authentication for a large...
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Zoom Lied about End-to-End Encryption
August 5 2021
The facts aren’t news, but Zoom will pay $85M — to the class-action attorneys, and to users — for lying to users about end-to-end encryption, and for giving...
Read moreParagon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer
August 3 2021
Forbes has the story:
Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to give police the power to remotely break into encrypted...
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The European Space Agency Launches Hackable Satellite
August 2 2021Of course this is hackable: A sophisticated telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed while in space has launched. […] Because the satellite can be reprogrammed in orbit, it can respond...
Read moreOften it feels like squid just evolved better than us mammals. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
Read moreI Am Parting With My Crypto Library
July 30 2021
The time has come for me to find a new home for my (paper) cryptography library. It’s about 150 linear feet of books, conference proceedings, journals, and monographs —...
Read moreStoring Encrypted Photos in Google’s Cloud
July 30 2021
New paper: “Encrypted Cloud Photo Storage Using Google Photos“:
Abstract: Cloud photo services are widely used for persistent, convenient, and often free photo storage, which is especially useful for...
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AirDropped Gun Photo Causes Terrorist Scare
July 29 2021A teenager on an airplane sent a photo of a replica gun via AirDrop to everyone who had their settings configured to receive unsolicited photos from strangers. This caused...
Read moreDe-anonymization Story
July 28 2021
This is important:
Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking priest in the US who is not a bishop,...
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