Friday Squid Blogging: How to Buy Fresh or Frozen Squid
January 14 2023Good advice on buying squid. I like to buy whole fresh squid and clean it myself. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security...
Read moreThreats of Machine-Generated Text
January 13 2023With the release of ChatGPT, I’ve read many random articles about this or that threat from the technology. This paper is a good survey of the field:...
Read moreExperian Privacy Vulnerability
January 12 2023Brian Krebs is reporting on a vulnerability in Experian’s website:
Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three...
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ChatGPT-Written Malware
January 10 2023I don’t know how much of a thing this will end up being, but we are seeing ChatGPT-written malware in the wild.
…within a few weeks of ChatGPT going...
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Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data
January 9 2023The two people who shut down four Washington power stations in December were arrested. This is the interesting part:
Investigators identified Greenwood and Crahan almost immediately after the attacks...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Fetish
January 7 2023Seems that about 1.5% of people have a squid fetish. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I...
Read moreSchneier on Security Audiobook Sale
January 7 2023I’m not sure why, but Audiobooks.com is offering the audiobook version of Schneier on Security at 50% off until January 17. EDITED TO ADD: The audiobook of We Have Root...
Read moreRemote Vulnerabilities in Automobiles
January 6 2023This group has found a ton of remote vulnerabilities in all sorts of automobiles. It’s enough to make you want to buy a car that is not Internet-connected. Unfortunately, that...
Read moreDecarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation
January 4 2023Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland,...
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