Friday Squid Blogging: Colossal Squid
April 15 2023Interesting article on the colossal squid, which is larger than the giant squid.
The article answers a vexing question:
So why do we always hear about the giant squid and...
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Hacking Suicide
April 15 2023Here’s a religious hack:
You want to commit suicide, but it’s a mortal sin: your soul goes straight to hell, forever. So what you do is murder someone. That...
Read moreGaining an Advantage in Roulette
April 14 2023You can beat the game without a computer:
On a perfect [roulette] wheel, the ball would always fall in a random way. But over time, wheels develop flaws, which...
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Bypassing a Theft Threat Model
April 13 2023Thieves cut through the wall of a coffee shop to get to an Apple store, bypassing the alarms in the process.
I wrote about this kind of thing in...
Read moreFBI Advising People to Avoid Public Charging Stations
April 12 2023The FBI is warning people against using public phone-charging stations, worrying that the combination power-data port can be used to inject malware onto the devices:
Avoid using free charging...
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Car Thieves Hacking the CAN Bus
April 11 2023Car thieves are injecting malicious software into a car’s network through wires in the headlights (or taillights) that fool the car into believing that the electronic key is nearby. News...
Read moreLLMs and Phishing
April 10 2023Here’s an experiment being run by undergraduate computer science students everywhere: Ask ChatGPT to generate phishing emails, and test whether these are better at persuading victims to respond or...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Squid Food Poisoning
April 8 2023University of Connecticut basketball player Jordan Hawkins claims to have suffered food poisoning from calamari the night before his NCAA finals game. The restaurant disagrees:
On Sunday, a...
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Research on AI in Adversarial Settings
April 6 2023New research: “Achilles Heels for AGI/ASI via Decision Theoretic Adversaries”:
As progress in AI continues to advance, it is important to know how advanced systems will make choices and...
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