On Hacking Back
November 12 2025Former DoJ attorney John Carlin writes about hackback, which he defines thus: “A hack back is a type of cyber response that incorporates a counterattack designed to proactively...
Read morePrompt Injection in AI Browsers
November 11 2025This is why AIs are not ready to be personal assistants:
A new attack called ‘CometJacking’ exploits URL parameters to pass to Perplexity’s Comet AI browser hidden instructions that...
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New Attacks Against Secure Enclaves
November 10 2025Encryption can protect data at rest and data in transit, but does nothing for data in use. What we have are secure enclaves. I’ve written about this before:
Almost...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Game: The Challenge, Season Two
November 8 2025The second season of the Netflix reality competition show Squid Game: The Challenge has dropped. (Too many links to pick a few—search for it.) As usual, you can also use...
Read moreFaking Receipts with AI
November 7 2025Over the past few decades, it’s become easier and easier to create fake receipts. Decades ago, it required special paper and printers—I remember a company in the UK advertising...
Read moreRigged Poker Games
November 6 2025The Department of Justice has indicted thirty-one people over the high-tech rigging of high-stakes poker games.
In a typical legitimate poker game, a dealer uses a shuffling machine to...
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Scientists Need a Positive Vision for AI
November 5 2025For many in the research community, it’s gotten harder to be optimistic about the impacts of artificial intelligence.
As authoritarianism is rising around the world, AI-generated “slop” is overwhelming...
Read moreCybercriminals Targeting Payroll Sites
November 4 2025Microsoft is warning of a scam involving online payroll systems. Criminals use social engineering to steal people’s credentials, and then divert direct deposits into accounts that they control. Sometimes...
Read moreAI Summarization Optimization
November 3 2025These days, the most important meeting attendee isn’t a person: It’s the AI notetaker.
This system assigns action items and determines the importance of what is said. If it becomes...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Giant Squid at the Smithsonian
November 1 2025I can’t believe that I haven’t yet posted this picture of a giant squid at the Smithsonian. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the...
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