Friday Squid Blogging: See-Through Squid
July 1 2023Doryteuthis opalescens is known as the market squid, and was critical in the recent squid RNA research. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
Read moreThe US Is Spying on the UN Secretary General
June 30 2023The Washington Post is reporting that the US is spying on the UN Secretary General.
The reports on Guterres appear to contain the secretary general’s personal conversations with aides...
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We have learned this lesson again: As part of the FTC v. Microsoft hearing, Sony supplied a document from PlayStation chief Jim Ryan that includes redacted details on the margins...
Read moreStalkerware Vendor Hacked
June 28 2023The stalkerware company LetMeSpy has been hacked:
TechCrunch reviewed the leaked data, which included years of victims’ call logs and text messages dating back to 2013.
The database we reviewed...
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Typing Incriminating Evidence in the Memo Field
June 28 2023Don’t do it:
Recently, the manager of the Harvard Med School morgue was accused of stealing and selling human body parts. Cedric Lodge and his wife Denise were among...
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Excel Data Forensics
June 26 2023In this detailed article about academic plagiarism are some interesting details about how to do data forensics on Excel files. It really needs the graphics to understand, so see...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Giggling Squid
June 24 2023Giggling Squid is a Thai chain in the UK. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t...
Read moreUPS Data Harvested for SMS Phishing Attacks
June 23 2023I get UPS phishing spam on my phone all the time. I never click on it, because it’s so obviously spam. Turns out that hackers have been harvesting actual...
Read moreAI as Sensemaking for Public Comments
June 22 2023It’s become fashionable to think of artificial intelligence as an inherently dehumanizing technology, a ruthless force of automation that has unleashed legions of virtual skilled laborers in...
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