Chinese squid fishing boats are overwhelming Ecuador and Peru. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t...
Read moreElephant Hackers
March 11 2023An elephant uses its right-of-way privileges to stop sugar-cane trucks and grab food.
Read moreAnother Malware with Persistence
March 10 2023Here’s a piece of Chinese malware that infects SonicWall security appliances and survives firmware updates.
On Thursday, security firm Mandiant published a report that said threat actors with...
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Researchers have discovered malware that “can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced protections are enabled and running on fully updated versions of...
Read morePrompt Injection Attacks on Large Language Models
March 7 2023This is a good survey on prompt injection attacks on large language models (like ChatGPT).
Abstract: We are currently witnessing dramatic advances in the capabilities of Large Language Models...
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New National Cybersecurity Strategy
March 6 2023Last week, the Biden administration released a new National Cybersecurity Strategy (summary here). There is lots of good commentary out there....
Read moreResearchers are prototyping multi-segment shapeshifter drones, which are “the precursors to flying squid-bots.” As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
Read moreNick Weaver on Regulating Cryptocurrency
March 3 2023Nicholas Weaver wrote an excellent paper on the problems of cryptocurrencies and the need to regulate the space—with all existing regulations. His conclusion:
Regulators, especially regulators in the United...
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Dumb Password Rules
March 2 2023Examples of dumb password rules. There are some pretty bad disasters out there. My worst experiences are with sites that have artificial complexity requirements that cause my personal password-generation systems to...
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