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Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration
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A ransomware gang, annoyed at not being paid, filed an SEC complaint against its victim for not disclosing its security breach within the required four days.
This...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 17, 2023 at 11:31 AM
Seth Godin wrote an article about a surprisingly common vulnerability: programmers leaving authentication credentials and other secrets in publicly accessible software...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 16, 2023 at 07:10 AM
This is interesting:
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that a large portion of cryptographic keys used to protect data in computer-to-server SSH...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 15, 2023 at 12:51 PM
This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:
I’m speaking at the AI Summit New York on December 6, 2023.
The list is maintained on this page...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 14, 2023 at 12:01 PM
Sad story of Tokelau, and how its top-level domain “became the unwitting host to the dark underworld by providing a never-ending supply of domain names that could...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 14, 2023 at 07:06 AM
Artificial intelligence will change so many aspects of society, largely in ways that we cannot conceive of yet. Democracy, and the systems of governance that surround...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 13, 2023 at 07:09 AM
Really interesting article.
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...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 10, 2023 at 05:04 PM
Selling miniature replicas to unsuspecting shoppers:
Online marketplaces sell tiny pink cowboy hats. They also sell miniature pencil sharpeners, palm-size kitchen...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 9, 2023 at 07:09 AM
The Flipper Zero is an incredibly versatile hacking device. Now it can be used to <a href="https://arstechnica.com/security/2023/11/flipper-zero-gadget-that-doses...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 6, 2023 at 09:45 AM
It’s not actually alive, but it twitches in response to soy sauce.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 3, 2023 at 05:05 PM
Another example of a large and influential state doing things the federal government won’t:
Boards of directors, or other senior committees, are charged with overseeing...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 3, 2023 at 07:01 AM
Apple has warned leaders of the opposition government in India that their phones are being spied on:
Multiple top leaders of India’s opposition parties and several...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | November 2, 2023 at 07:07 AM
Ukraine is using $400 drones to destroy tanks:
Facing an enemy with superior numbers of troops and armor, the Ukrainian defenders are holding on with the help...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 31, 2023 at 07:03 AM
The islands of Åland are an important tax hack:
Although Åland is part of the Republic of Finland, it has its own autonomous parliament. In areas where Åland has...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 30, 2023 at 07:10 AM
And seafood in general:
A squid ship is a bustling, bright, messy place. The scene on deck looks like a mechanic’s garage where an oil change has gone terribly...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 27, 2023 at 05:13 PM
Fascinating story of a covert wiretap that was discovered because of an expired TLS certificate:
The suspected man-in-the-middle attack was identified when the...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 27, 2023 at 07:01 AM
Interesting article about the Snowden documents, including comments from former Guardian editor Ewen MacAskill
MacAskill, who shared the Pulitzer Prize for Public...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 26, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Microsoft has announced an early access program for its LLM-based security chatbot assistant: Security Copilot.
I am curious whether this thing is actually useful...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 25, 2023 at 07:07 AM
Susan Landau published an excellent essay on the current justification for the government breaking end-to-end-encryption: child sexual abuse and exploitation (CSAE)...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | October 23, 2023 at 07:08 AM