Chinese Hacking of US Critical Infrastructure
Everyone is writing about an interagency and international report on Chinese hacking of US critical infrastructure. Lots of interesting details...
Schneier on Security
Schneier on Security
Brute-Forcing a Fingerprint Reader
It’s neither hard nor expensive: Unlike password authentication, which requires a direct match between what is inputted and what’s stored...
Friday Squid Blogging: Online Cephalopod Course
Atlas Obscura has a five-part online course on cephalopods, taught by squid biologist Dr. Sarah McAnulty. As usual, you can...
Expeditionary Cyberspace Operations
Cyberspace operations now officially has a physical dimension, meaning that the United States has official military doctrine about cyberattacks that...
On the Poisoning of LLMs
Interesting essay on the poisoning of LLMs—ChatGPT in particular: Given that we’ve known about model poisoning for years, and given...
Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee Pass Comprehensive Privacy Laws
It’s been a big month for US data privacy. Indiana, Iowa, and Tennessee all passed state privacy laws, bringing the...
Credible Handwriting Machine
In case you don’t have enough to worry about, someone has built a credible handwriting machine: This is still a...
Google Is Not Deleting Old YouTube Videos
Google has backtracked on its plan to delete inactive YouTube videos—at least for now. Of course, it could change its...
Friday Squid Blogging: Peruvian Squid-Fishing Regulation Drives Chinese Fleets Away
A Peruvian oversight law has the opposite effect: Peru in 2020 began requiring any foreign fishing boat entering its ports...
Security Risks of New .zip and .mov Domains
Researchers are worried about Google’s .zip and .mov domains, because they are confusing. Mistaking a URL for a filename could...
