Security Risks of New .zip and .mov Domains
May 19 2023Researchers are worried about Google’s .zip and .mov domains, because they are confusing. Mistaking a URL for a filename could be a security vulnerability.
Read moreMicrosoft Secure Boot Bug
May 17 2023Microsoft is currently patching a zero-day Secure-Boot bug.
The BlackLotus bootkit is the first-known real-world malware that can bypass Secure Boot protections, allowing for the execution of malicious code...
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Micro-Star International Signing Key Stolen
May 15 2023Micro-Star International—aka MSI—had its UEFI signing key stolen last month.
This raises the possibility that the leaked key could push out updates that would infect a computer’s most nether...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid Video
May 13 2023A video—authentic, not a deep fake—of a giant squid close to the surface. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the...
Read moreTed Chiang on the Risks of AI
May 12 2023Ted Chiang has an excellent essay in the New Yorker: “Will A.I. Become the New McKinsey?”
The question we should be asking is: as A.I. becomes more powerful and...
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Building Trustworthy AI
May 11 2023We will all soon get into the habit of using AI tools for help with everyday problems and tasks. We should get in the habit of questioning the motives,...
Read moreFBI Disables Russian Malware
May 10 2023Reuters is reporting that the FBI “had identified and disabled malware wielded by Russia’s FSB security service against an undisclosed number of American computers, a move they hoped...
Read moreAnother nation-state malware, Russian in origin:
In the early stages of the war in Ukraine in 2022, PIPEDREAM, a known malware was quietly on the brink of wiping out...
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AI Hacking Village at DEF CON This Year
May 8 2023At DEF CON this year, Anthropic, Google, Hugging Face, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI and Stability AI will all open up their models for attack. The DEF CON event will rely on...
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