Cybercrime in the Age of COVID-19
August 4 2020The Cambridge Cybercrime Centre has a series of papers on cybercrime during the coronavirus pandemic. EDITED TO ADD (8/12): Interpol report....
Read moreResearchers are synthesizing squid proteins to create a face mask that better survives cleaning. (And you thought there was no connection between squid and COVID-19.) The military thinks this...
Read moreThe Security Value of Inefficiency
July 2 2020For decades, we have prized efficiency in our economy. We strive for it. We reward it. In normal times, that's a good thing. Running just at the margins is...
Read moreCOVID-19 Risks of Flying
June 24 2020I fly a lot. Over the past five years, my average speed has been 32 miles an hour. That all changed mid-March. It's been 105 days since I've been...
Read moreThermal Imaging as Security Theater
May 28 2020Seems like thermal imaging is the security theater technology of today. These features are so tempting that thermal cameras are being installed at an increasing pace. They're used in...
Read moreCriminals and the Normalization of Masks
May 20 2020I was wondering about this: Masks that have made criminals stand apart long before bandanna-wearing robbers knocked over stagecoaches in the Old West and ski-masked bandits held up banks...
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