Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Prices Are Rising
January 7 2022The price of squid in Korea is rising due to limited supply. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news...
Read moreNorton’s Antivirus Product Now Includes an Ethereum Miner
January 7 2022Norton 360 can now mine Ethereum. It’s opt-in, and the company keeps 15%. It’s hard to uninstall this option.
Read morePeople Are Increasingly Choosing Private Web Search
January 6 2022DuckDuckGo has had a banner year:
And yet, DuckDuckGo. The privacy-oriented search engine netted more than 35 billion search queries in 2021, a 46.4% jump over 2020 (23.6...
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More Russian Cyber Operations against Ukraine
January 5 2022Both Russia and Ukraine are preparing for military operations in cyberspace.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Deep-Dwelling Squid
December 31 2021We have discovered a squid — (Oegopsida, Magnapinnidae, Magnapinna sp.) — that lives at 6,000 meters deep.
:They’re really weird,” says Vecchione. “They drift along with their arms spread...
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Apple AirTags Are Being Used to Track People and Cars
December 31 2021This development suprises no one who has been paying attention:
Researchers now believe AirTags, which are equipped with Bluetooth technology, could be revealing a more widespread problem of tech-enabled...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid-Headed Statue Appears in Dallas
December 24 2021Someone left it in a cemetery. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog...
Read moreStolen Bitcoins Returned
December 22 2021The US has returned $154 million in bitcoins stolen by a Sony employee. However, on December 1, following an investigation in collaboration with Japanese law enforcement authorities, the FBI seized...
Read moreMore on NSO Group and Cytrox: Two Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturers
December 20 2021Citizen Lab published another report on the spyware used against two Egyptian nationals. One was hacked by NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware. The other was hacked both by Pegasus...
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