Friday Squid Blogging: Sunscreen from Squid Pigments
July 27 2024They’re better for the environment. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreCompromising the Secure Boot Process
July 27 2024This isn’t good:
On Thursday, researchers from security firm Binarly revealed that Secure Boot is completely compromised on more than 200 device models sold by Acer, Dell, Gigabyte, Intel,...
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The CrowdStrike Outage and Market-Driven Brittleness
July 26 2024Friday’s massive internet outage, caused by a mid-sized tech company called CrowdStrike, disrupted major airlines, hospitals, and banks. Nearly 7,000 flights were canceled. It took down 911 systems...
Read moreData Wallets Using the Solid Protocol
July 25 2024I am the Chief of Security Architecture at Inrupt, Inc., the company that is commercializing Tim Berners-Lee’s Solid open W3C standard for distributed data ownership. This week,...
Read moreRobot Dog Internet Jammer
July 24 2024Supposedly the DHS has these:
The robot, called “NEO,” is a modified version of the “Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicle” (Q-UGV) sold to law enforcement by a company called Ghost...
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2017 ODNI Memo on Kaspersky Labs
July 23 2024It’s heavily redacted, but still interesting. Many more ODNI documents here.
Read moreSnake Mimics a Spider
July 22 2024This is a fantastic video. It’s an Iranian spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides). Its tail looks like a spider, which the snake uses to fool passing birds looking for...
Read morePeru is trying to protect its territorial waters from Chinese squid-fishing boats. Blog moderation policy.
Read moreBrett Solomon on Digital Rights
July 20 2024Brett Solomon is retiring from AccessNow after fifteen years as its Executive Director. He’s written a blog post about what he’s learned and what comes next.
Read moreThis is pretty horrific:
…a group of men behind a violent crime spree designed to compel victims to hand over access to their cryptocurrency savings. That announcement and the...
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