Phishing False Alarm
January 15 2025A very security-conscious company was hit with a (presumed) massive state-actor phishing attack with gift cards, and everyone rallied to combat it—until it turned out it was company management...
Read moreUpcoming Speaking Engagements
January 15 2025This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking on “AI: Trust & Power” at Capricon 45 in Chicago, Illinois, USA, at 11:30...
Read moreThe First Password on the Internet
January 14 2025It was created in 1973 by Peter Kirstein:
So from the beginning I put password protection on my gateway. This had been done in such a way that even...
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Not sure this will matter in the end, but it’s a positive move:
Microsoft is accusing three individuals of running a “hacking-as-a-service” scheme that was designed to allow the...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Cotton-and-Squid-Bone Sponge
January 11 2025News:
A sponge made of cotton and squid bone that has absorbed about 99.9% of microplastics in water samples in China could provide an elusive answer to ubiquitous microplastic...
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Apps That Are Spying on Your Location
January 11 2025404 Media and Wired are reporting on all the apps that are spying on your location, based on a hack of the location data company Gravy Analytics:
The thousands...
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From the Washington Post: The sanctions target Beijing Integrity Technology Group, which U.S. officials say employed workers responsible for the Flax Typhoon attacks which compromised devices including routers and internet-enabled...
Read morePrivacy of Photos.app’s Enhanced Visual Search
January 6 2025Initial speculation about a new Apple feature.
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Anniversary Post
January 4 2025I made my first squid post nineteen years ago this week. Between then and now, I posted something about squid every week (with maybe only a few exceptions). There...
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