On Passkey Usability
February 13 2024Matt Burgess tries to only use passkeys. The results are mixed.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: A Penguin Named “Squid”
February 10 2024Amusing story about a penguin named “Squid.” 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 moreNo, Toothbrushes Were Not Used in a Massive DDoS Attack
February 10 2024The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false. Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking...
Read moreOn Software Liabilities
February 8 2024Over on Lawfare, Jim Dempsey published a really interesting proposal for software liability: “Standard for Software Liability: Focus on the Product for Liability, Focus on the Process for...
Read moreTeaching LLMs to Be Deceptive
February 7 2024Interesting research: “Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training“:
Abstract: Humans are capable of strategically deceptive behavior: behaving helpfully in most situations, but then behaving very...
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Documents about the NSA’s Banning of Furby Toys in the 1990s
February 7 2024Via a FOIA request, we have documents from the NSA about their banning of Furby toys. 404 Media has the story. EDITED TO ADD: The documents are now on Archive.org.
Read moreDeepfake Fraud
February 6 2024A deepfake video conference call—with everyone else on the call a fake—fooled a finance worker into sending $25M to the criminals’ account.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Illex Squid in Argentina Waters
February 3 2024Argentina is reporting that there is a good population of illex squid in its waters ready for fishing, and is working to ensure that Chinese fishing boats don’t take...
Read moreDavid Kahn
February 3 2024David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this field. He...
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