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Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: New Squid Species

A new squid species—of the Gonatidae family—was discovered. The video shows her holding a brood of very large eggs. Research paper.

James Bamford on Section 702 Extension
From Schneier on Security

James Bamford on Section 702 Extension

Longtime NSA-watcher James Bamford has a long article on the reauthorization of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).

The US Is Banning Kaspersky
From Schneier on Security

The US Is Banning Kaspersky

This move has been coming for a long time. The Biden administration on Thursday said it’s banning the company from selling its products to new US-based customers...

Breaking the M-209
From Schneier on Security

Breaking the M-209

Interesting paper about a German cryptanalysis machine that helped break the US M-209 mechanical ciphering machine. The paper contains a good description of how...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Nebula

Beautiful astronomical photo.

Recovering Public Keys from Signatures
From Schneier on Security

Recovering Public Keys from Signatures

Interesting summary of various ways to derive the public key from digitally signed files. Normally, with a signature scheme, you have the public key and want to...

New Blog Moderation Policy
From Schneier on Security

New Blog Moderation Policy

There has been a lot of toxicity in the comments section of this blog. Recently, we’re having to delete more and more comments. Not just spam and off-topic comments...

The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt
From Schneier on Security

The Hacking of Culture and the Creation of Socio-Technical Debt

Culture is increasingly mediated through algorithms. These algorithms have splintered the organization of culture, a result of states and tech companies vying for...

Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI
From Schneier on Security

Rethinking Democracy for the Age of AI

There is a lot written about technology’s threats to democracy. Polarization. Artificial intelligence. The concentration of wealth and power. I have a more general...

Using LLMs to Exploit Vulnerabilities
From Schneier on Security

Using LLMs to Exploit Vulnerabilities

Interesting research: “Teams of LLM Agents can Exploit Zero-Day Vulnerabilities.” Abstract: LLM agents have become increasingly sophisticated, especially in the...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cartoon
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cartoon

Squid humor. 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 here...

Upcoming Speaking Engagements
From Schneier on Security

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak: I’m appearing on a panel on Society and Democracy at ACM Collective Intelligence in Boston, Massachusetts...

Demo of AES GCM Misuse Problems
From Schneier on Security

Demo of AES GCM Misuse Problems

This is really neat demo of the security problems arising from reusing nonces with a symmetric cipher in GCM mode.

AI and the Indian Election
From Schneier on Security

AI and the Indian Election

As India concluded the world’s largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess how the various parties and factions...

Using AI for Political Polling
From Schneier on Security

Using AI for Political Polling

Public polling is a critical function of modern political campaigns and movements, but it isn’t what it once was. Recent US election cycles have produced copious...

LLMs Acting Deceptively
From Schneier on Security

LLMs Acting Deceptively

New research: “Deception abilities emerged in large language models“: Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are currently at the forefront of intertwining AI systems...

Exploiting Mistyped URLs
From Schneier on Security

Exploiting Mistyped URLs

Interesting research: “Hyperlink Hijacking: Exploiting Erroneous URL Links to Phantom Domains“: Abstract: Web users often follow hyperlinks hastily, expecting them...

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Catch Quotas in Peru
From Schneier on Security

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Catch Quotas in Peru

Peru has set a lower squid quota for 2024. The article says “giant squid,” but that seems wrong. We don’t eat those. As usual, you can also use this squid posthere...

Security and Human Behavior (SHB) 2024
From Schneier on Security

Security and Human Behavior (SHB) 2024

This week, I hosted the seventeenth Workshop on Security and Human Behavior at the Harvard Kennedy School. This is the first workshop since our co-founder, Ross...

The Justice Department Took Down the 911 S5 Botnet
From Schneier on Security

The Justice Department Took Down the 911 S5 Botnet

The US Justice Department has dismantled an enormous botnet: According to an indictment unsealed on May 24, from 2014 through July 2022, Wang and others are alleged...
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