Paragon Spyware Used to Spy on European Journalists
June 13 2025Paragon is an Israeli spyware company, increasingly in the news (now that NSO Group seems to be waning). “Graphite” is the name of its product. Citizen Lab caught...
Read moreNew Way to Covertly Track Android Users
June 9 2025Researchers have discovered a new way to covertly track Android users. Both Meta and Yandex were using it, but have suddenly stopped now that they have been caught.
The...
Read moreSouthern New England is having the best squid run in years. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
Read moreHearing on the Federal Government and AI
June 7 2025On Thursday I testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform at a hearing titled “The Federal Government in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.” The other speakers mostly...
Read moreReport on the Malicious Uses of AI
June 6 2025OpenAI just published its annual report on malicious uses of AI.
By using AI as a force multiplier for our expert investigative teams, in the three months since our...
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The Ramifications of Ukraine’s Drone Attack
June 4 2025You can read the details of Operation Spiderweb elsewhere. What interests me are the implications for future warfare:
If the Ukrainians could sneak drones so close to major...
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New Linux Vulnerabilities
June 3 2025They’re interesting:
Tracked as CVE-2025-5054 and CVE-2025-4598, both vulnerabilities are race condition bugs that could enable a local attacker to obtain access to access sensitive information. Tools like...
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A new Australian law requires larger companies to declare any ransomware payments they have made.
Read moreWhy Take9 Won’t Improve Cybersecurity
May 30 2025There’s a new cybersecurity awareness campaign: Take9. The idea is that people—you, me, everyone—should just pause for nine seconds and think more about the link they are planning to...
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