Phone Cloning Scam
April 6 2021A newspaper in Malaysia is reporting on a cell phone cloning scam. The scammer convinces the victim to lend them their cell phone, and the scammer quickly clones it....
Read moreWi-Fi Devices as Physical Object Sensors
April 5 2021
The new 802.11bf standard will turn Wi-Fi devices into object sensors:
In three years or so, the Wi-Fi specification is scheduled to get an upgrade that will turn wireless...
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The oldest known cephalopod — the ancestor of all modern octopuses, squid, cuttlefish and nautiluses — is 500 million years old. As usual, you can also use this squid post...
Read moreMalware Hidden in Call of Duty Cheating Software
April 2 2021
News article:
Most troublingly, Activision says that the “cheat” tool has been advertised multiple times on a popular cheating forum under the title “new COD hack.” (Gamers looking to...
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A mafia fugitive hiding out in the Dominican Republic was arrested when investigators found his YouTube cooking channel and identified him by his distinctive arm tattoos.
Read moreSystem Update: New Android Malware
March 30 2021
Researchers have discovered a new Android app called “System Update” that is a sophisticated Remote-Access Trojan (RAT). From a news article:
The broad range of data that this...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Potato Masher
March 26 2021A squid potato masher for only $11.50. 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...
Read moreHacking Weapons Systems
March 26 2021Lukasz Olejnik has a good essay on hacking weapons systems. Basically, there is no reason to believe that software in weapons systems is any more vulnerability free than any other...
Read moreDetermining Key Shape from Sound
March 24 2021
It’s not yet very accurate or practical, but under ideal conditions it is possible to figure out the shape of a house key by listening to it being...
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