Friday Squid Blogging: Transcriptome Analysis of the Indian Squid
November 23 2024Lots of details that are beyond me. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreThe Scale of Geoblocking by Nation
November 22 2024Interesting analysis:
We introduce and explore a little-known threat to digital equality and freedomwebsites geoblocking users in response to political risks from sanctions. U.S. policy prioritizes internet freedom and...
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Secret Service Tracking People’s Locations without Warrant
November 21 2024This feels important: The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque...
Read moreSteve Bellovin’s Retirement Talk
November 21 2024Steve Bellovin is retiring. Here’s his retirement talk, reflecting on his career and what the cybersecurity field needs next.
Read moreWhy Italy Sells So Much Spyware
November 19 2024Interesting analysis:
Although much attention is given to sophisticated, zero-click spyware developed by companies like Israel’s NSO Group, the Italian spyware marketplace has been able to operate relatively under...
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Most of 2023’s Top Exploited Vulnerabilities Were Zero-Days
November 18 2024Zero-day vulnerabilities are more commonly used, according to the Five Eyes:
Key Findings
In 2023, malicious cyber actors exploited more zero-day vulnerabilities to compromise enterprise networks compared to 2022, allowing...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Female Gonatus Onyx Squid Carrying Her Eggs
November 16 2024Fantastic video of a female Gonatus onyx squid swimming while carrying her egg sack. An earlier related post. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreGood Essay on the History of Bad Password Policies
November 15 2024Stuart Schechter makes some good points on the history of bad password policies:
Morris and Thompson’s work brought much-needed data to highlight a problem that lots of people suspected...
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Everybody is reporting about a new security iPhone security feature with iOS 18: if the phone hasn’t been used for a few days, it automatically goes into its “Before...
Read moreMapping License Plate Scanners in the US
November 13 2024DeFlock is a crowd-sourced project to map license plate scanners. It only records the fixed scanners, of course. The mobile scanners on cars are not mapped. The post Mapping License Plate...
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