Friday Squid Blogging: After Squidnight
October 2 2020Review of a squid-related children’s book. 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...
Read moreCOVID-19 and Acedia
October 2 2020
Note: This isn’t my usual essay topic. Still, I want to put it on my blog.
Six months into the pandemic with no end in sight, many of us have...
Read moreDetecting Deep Fakes with a Heartbeat
October 1 2020
Researchers can detect deep fakes because they don’t convincingly mimic human blood circulation in the face:
In particular, video of a person’s face contains subtle shifts in color that...
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Negotiating with Ransomware Gangs
September 30 2020
Really interesting conversation with someone who negotiates with ransomware gangs:
For now, it seems that paying ransomware, while obviously risky and empowering/encouraging ransomware attackers, can perhaps be comported so...
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Hacking a Coffee Maker
September 29 2020
As expected, IoT devices are filled with vulnerabilities:
As a thought experiment, Martin Hron, a researcher at security company Avast, reverse engineered one of the older coffee makers to...
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On Executive Order 12333
September 28 2020
Mark Jaycox has written a long article on the US Executive Order 12333: “No Oversight, No Limits, No Worries: A Primer on Presidential Spying and Executive Order 12,333“:
Abstract:...
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Friday Squid Blogging: COVID-19 Found on Chinese Squid Packaging
September 25 2020I thought the virus doesn’t survive well on food packaging: Authorities in China’s northeastern Jilin province have found the novel coronavirus on the packaging of imported squid, health authorities in...
Read moreCEO of NS8 Charged with Securities Fraud
September 25 2020The founder and CEO of the Internet security company NS8 has been arrested and “charged in a Complaint in Manhattan federal court with securities fraud, fraud in the offer...
Read moreIranian Government Hacking Android
September 24 2020The New York Times wrote about a still-unreleased report from Chckpoint and the Miaan Group:
The reports, which were reviewed by The New York Times in advance of their...
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