Personal AI Assistants and Privacy
May 23 2024Microsoft is trying to create a personal digital assistant:
At a Build conference event on Monday, Microsoft revealed a new AI-powered feature called “Recall” for Copilot+ PCs that...
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Unredacting Pixelated Text
May 22 2024Experiments in unredacting text that has been pixelated.
Read moreDetecting Malicious Trackers
May 21 2024From Slashdot:
Apple and Google have launched a new industry standard called “Detecting Unwanted Location Trackers” to combat the misuse of Bluetooth trackers for stalking. Starting Monday,...
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IBM Sells Cybersecurity Group
May 20 2024IBM is selling its QRadar product suite to Palo Alto Networks, for an undisclosed—but probably surprisingly small—sum.
I have a personal connection to this. In 2016, IBM bought...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Emotional Support Squid
May 18 2024When asked what makes this an “emotional support squid” and not just another stuffed animal, its creator says:
They’re emotional support squid because they’re large, and cuddly, but...
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FBI Seizes BreachForums Website
May 17 2024The FBI has seized the BreachForums website, used by ransomware criminals to leak stolen corporate data.
If law enforcement has gained access to the hacking forum’s backend data, as...
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Zero-Trust DNS
May 16 2024Microsoft is working on a promising-looking protocol to lock down DNS.
ZTDNS aims to solve this decades-old problem by integrating the Windows DNS engine with the Windows Filtering Platform—the...
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Upcoming Speaking Engagements
May 15 2024This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m giving a webinar via Zoom on Wednesday, May 22, at 11:00 AM ET. The topic...
Read moreAnother Chrome Vulnerability
May 14 2024Google has patched another Chrome zero-day:
On Thursday, Google said an anonymous source notified it of the vulnerability. The vulnerability carries a severity rating of 8.8 out of...
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LLMs’ Data-Control Path Insecurity
May 13 2024Back in the 1960s, if you played a 2,600Hz tone into an AT&T pay phone, you could make calls without paying. A phone hacker named John Draper noticed...
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