Largest DDoS Attack to Date
June 23 2025It was a recently unimaginable 7.3 Tbps:
The vast majority of the attack was delivered in the form of User Datagram Protocol packets. Legitimate UDP-based transmissions are used in...
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Friday Squid Blogging: Gonate Squid Video
June 21 2025This is the first ever video of the Antarctic Gonate Squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
Read moreSurveillance in the US
June 20 2025Good article from 404 Media on the cozy surveillance relationship between local Oregon police and ICE:
In the email thread, crime analysts from several local police departments and the...
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Self-Driving Car Video Footage
June 19 2025Two articles crossed my path recently. First, a discussion of all the video Waymo has from outside its cars: in this case related to the LA protests. Second, a...
Read moreGhostwriting Scam
June 18 2025The variations seem to be endless. Here’s a fake ghostwriting scam that seems to be making boatloads of money.
This is a big story about scams being run from...
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Where AI Provides Value
June 17 2025If you’ve worried that AI might take your job, deprive you of your livelihood, or maybe even replace your role in society, it probably feels good to see the...
Read moreUpcoming Speaking Engagements
June 15 2025This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the International Conference on Digital Trust, AI and the Future in Edinburgh, Scotland...
Read moreFriday Squid Blogging: Stubby Squid
June 14 2025Video of the stubby squid (Rossia pacifica) from offshore Vancouver Island. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...
Read moreParagon 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...
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