Largest Recorded DDoS Attack is 3.8 Tbps
October 7 2024Cloudflare just blocked the current record DDoS attack: 3.8 terabits per second. (Lots of good information on the attack, and DDoS in general, at the link.) News article.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Map of All Colossal Squid Sightings
October 5 2024Interesting map, from this paper. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreWeird Zimbra Vulnerability
October 3 2024Hackers can execute commands on a remote computer by sending malformed emails to a Zimbra mail server. It’s critical, but difficult to exploit reliably.
In an email sent Wednesday...
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California AI Safety Bill Vetoed
October 2 2024Governor Newsom has vetoed the state’s AI safety bill. I have mixed feelings about the bill. There’s a lot to like about it, and I want governments to regulate in...
Read moreHacking ChatGPT by Planting False Memories into Its Data
October 1 2024This vulnerability hacks a feature that allows ChatGPT to have long-term memory, where it uses information from past conversations to inform future conversations with that same user. A researcher...
Read moreAI and the 2024 US Elections
September 30 2024For years now, AI has undermined the public’s ability to trust what it sees, hears, and reads. The Republican National Committee released a provocative ad offering an “AI-generated...
Read moreSquid Fishing in Japan
September 28 2024Fishermen are catching more squid as other fish are depleted. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreNIST Recommends Some Common-Sense Password Rules
September 27 2024NIST’s second draft of its “SP 800-63-4“—its digital identify guidelines—finally contains some really good rules about passwords:
The following requirements apply to passwords:
- lVerifiers and CSPs SHALL require passwords to... Read more
An Analysis of the EU’s Cyber Resilience Act
September 26 2024A good—long, complex—analysis of the EU’s new Cyber Resilience Act.
Read moreNew Windows Malware Locks Computer in Kiosk Mode
September 25 2024A malware campaign uses the unusual method of locking users in their browser’s kiosk mode to annoy them into entering their Google credentials, which are then stolen by...
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