Upcoming Speaking Engagements
January 15 2024This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m speaking at the International PolCampaigns Expo (IPE24) in Cape Town, South Africa, January 25-26, 2024. The...
Read moreInteresting article, with photographs. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines...
Read moreOn IoT Devices and Software Liability
January 12 2024New law journal article:
Smart Device Manufacturer Liability and Redress for Third-Party Cyberattack Victims
Abstract: Smart devices are used to facilitate cyberattacks against both their users and third parties. While...
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Pharmacies Giving Patient Records to Police without Warrants
January 11 2024Add pharmacies to the list of industries that are giving private data to the police without a warrant.
Read moreFacial Scanning by Burger King in Brazil
January 10 2024In 2000, I wrote: “If McDonald’s offered three free Big Macs for a DNA sample, there would be lines around the block.”
Burger King in Brazil is almost...
Read morePIN-Stealing Android Malware
January 9 2024This is an old piece of malware—the Chameleon Android banking Trojan—that now disables biometric authentication in order to steal the PIN:
The second notable new feature is the ability...
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Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy
January 8 2024Last month, I convened the Second Interdisciplinary Workshop on Reimagining Democracy (IWORD 2023) at the Harvard Kennedy School Ash Center. As with IWORD 2022, the goal was...
Read moreImproving Shor’s Algorithm
January 5 2024We don’t have a useful quantum computer yet, but we do have quantum algorithms. Shor’s algorithm has the potential to factor large numbers faster than otherwise possible, which—if the...
Read moreNew iPhone Exploit Uses Four Zero-Days
January 4 2024Kaspersky researchers are detailing “an attack that over four years backdoored dozens if not thousands of iPhones, many of which belonged to employees of Moscow-based security firm Kaspersky.”...
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