Crashing iPhones with a Flipper Zero
November 6 2023The Flipper Zero is an incredibly versatile hacking device. Now it can be used to crash iPhones in its vicinity by sending them a never-ending stream of pop-ups.
These...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Eating Dancing Squid
November 4 2023It’s not actually alive, but it twitches in response to soy sauce. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
Read moreNew York Increases Cybersecurity Rules for Financial Companies
November 3 2023Another example of a large and influential state doing things the federal government won’t:
Boards of directors, or other senior committees, are charged with overseeing cybersecurity risk management, and...
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Spyware in India
November 2 2023Apple has warned leaders of the opposition government in India that their phones are being spied on:
Multiple top leaders of India’s opposition parties and several journalists have received...
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The Future of Drone Warfare
October 31 2023Ukraine is using $400 drones to destroy tanks:
Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help of tiny...
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Hacking Scandinavian Alcohol Tax
October 30 2023The islands of Åland are an important tax hack:
Although Åland is part of the Republic of Finland, it has its own autonomous parliament. In areas where Åland...
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Friday Squid Blogging: On the Ugliness of Squid Fishing
October 28 2023And seafood in general:
A squid ship is a bustling, bright, messy place. The scene on deck looks like a mechanic’s garage where an oil change has gone terribly...
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Messaging Service Wiretap Discovered through Expired TLS Cert
October 27 2023Fascinating story of a covert wiretap that was discovered because of an expired TLS certificate:
The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the administrator of jabber.ru, the largest Russian...
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New NSA Information from (and About) Snowden
October 26 2023Interesting article about the Snowden documents, including comments from former Guardian editor Ewen MacAskill
MacAskill, who shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service with Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras...
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