Problems with Multifactor Authentication
October 21 2021Roger Grimes on why multifactor authentication isn’t a panacea:
The first time I heard of this issue was from a Midwest CEO. His organization had been hit by ransomware...
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Textbook Rental Scam
October 20 2021Here’s a story of someone who, with three compatriots, rented textbooks from Amazon and then sold them instead of returning them. They used gift cards and prepaid credit...
Read moreUsing Machine Learning to Guess PINs from Video
October 19 2021Researchers trained a machine-learning system on videos of people typing their PINs into ATMs: By using three tries, which is typically the maximum allowed number of attempts before the card...
Read moreRansomware Attacks against Water Treatment Plants
October 19 2021According to a report from CISA last week, there were three ransomware attacks against water treatment plants last year.
WWS Sector cyber intrusions from 2019 to early 2021 include:
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Missouri Governor Doesn’t Understand Responsible Disclosure
October 18 2021The Missouri governor wants to prosecute the reporter who discovered a security vulnerability in a state’s website, and then reported it to the state.
The newspaper agreed to hold...
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Friday Squid Blogging: New Giant Squid Video
October 15 2021New video of a large squid in the Red Sea at about 2,800 feet. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in...
Read moreSecurity Risks of Client-Side Scanning
October 15 2021Even before Apple made its announcement, law enforcement shifted their battle for backdoors to client-side scanning. The idea is that they wouldn’t touch the cryptography, but instead eavesdrop...
Read moreRecovering Real Faces from Face-Generation ML System
October 14 2021New paper: “This Person (Probably) Exists. Identity Membership Attacks Against GAN Generated Faces.
Abstract: Recently, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have achieved stunning realism, fooling even human observers. Indeed, the...
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Suing Infrastructure Companies for Copyright Violations
October 13 2021It’s a matter of going after those with deep pockets. From Wired:
Cloudflare was sued in November 2018 by Mon Cheri Bridals and Maggie Sottero Designs, two wedding...
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