Ransomware Gang Files SEC Complaint
November 18 2023A ransomware gang, annoyed at not being paid, filed an SEC complaint against its victim for not disclosing its security breach within the required four days.
This is over...
Read moreFTC’s Voice Cloning Challenge
November 17 2023The Federal Trade Commission is running a competition “to foster breakthrough ideas on preventing, monitoring, and evaluating malicious voice cloning.”
Read moreLeaving Authentication Credentials in Public Code
November 16 2023Interesting article about a surprisingly common vulnerability: programmers leaving authentication credentials and other secrets in publicly accessible software code:
Researchers from security firm GitGuardian this week reported finding...
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New SSH Vulnerability
November 16 2023This is interesting:
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH traffic are vulnerable to complete...
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
November 15 2023This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the AI Summit New York on December 6, 2023. The list is maintained on...
Read moreHow .tk Became a TLD for Scammers
November 14 2023Sad story of Tokelau, and how its top-level domain “became the unwitting host to the dark underworld by providing a never-ending supply of domain names that could be weaponized...
Read moreTen Ways AI Will Change Democracy
November 13 2023Artificial intelligence will change so many aspects of society, largely in ways that we cannot conceive of yet. Democracy, and the systems of governance that surround it, will be...
Read moreReally interesting article. 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 posting guidelines here.
Read moreThe Privacy Disaster of Modern Smart Cars
November 10 2023Article based on a Mozilla report.
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