Remote 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,...
Read moreBreaking RSA with a Quantum Computer
January 4 2023A group of Chinese researchers have just published a paper claiming that they can—although they have not yet done so—break 2048-bit RSA. This is something to take seriously....
Read moreRough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat:
The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline near Chinese...
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Recovering Smartphone Voice from the Accelerometer
December 30 2022Yet another smartphone side-channel attack: “EarSpy: Spying Caller Speech and Identity through Tiny Vibrations of Smartphone Ear Speakers“:
Abstract: Eavesdropping from the user’s smartphone is a well-known threat to...
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QR Code Scam
December 29 2022An enterprising individual made fake parking tickets with a QR code for easy payment.
Read moreArresting IT Administrators
December 27 2022This is one way of ensuring that IT keeps up with patches:
Albanian prosecutors on Wednesday asked for the house arrest of five public employees they blame for not...
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LastPass Breach
December 26 2022Last August, LastPass reported a security breach, saying that no customer information—or passwords—were compromised. Turns out the full story is worse:
While no customer data was accessed during...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Injured Giant Squid and Paddleboarder
December 24 2022Here’s a video—I don’t know where it’s from—of an injured juvenile male giant squid grabbing on to a paddleboard. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk...
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