Paragon: Yet Another Cyberweapons Arms Manufacturer
Forbes has the story: Paragon’s product will also likely get spyware critics and surveillance experts alike rubbernecking: It claims to…
The European Space Agency Launches Hackable Satellite
Of course this is hackable: A sophisticated telecommunications satellite that can be completely repurposed while in space has launched. […]…
Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Skin Is Naturally Anti-microbial
Often it feels like squid just evolved better than us mammals. As usual, you can also use this squid post…
I Am Parting With My Crypto Library
The time has come for me to find a new home for my (paper) cryptography library. It’s about 150 linear…
Storing Encrypted Photos in Google’s Cloud
New paper: “Encrypted Cloud Photo Storage Using Google Photos“: Abstract: Cloud photo services are widely used for persistent, convenient, and…
AirDropped Gun Photo Causes Terrorist Scare
A teenager on an airplane sent a photo of a replica gun via AirDrop to everyone who had their settings…
De-anonymization Story
This is important: Monsignor Jeffrey Burrill was general secretary of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), effectively the highest-ranking…
Hiding Malware in ML Models
Interesting research: “EvilModel: Hiding Malware Inside of Neural Network Models”. Abstract: Delivering malware covertly and detection-evadingly is critical to advanced…
Disrupting Ransomware by Disrupting Bitcoin
Ransomware isn’t new; the idea dates back to 1986 with the “Brain” computer virus. Now, it’s become the criminal business…
Friday Squid Blogging: The Evolution of Squid
Good video about the evolutionary history of squid. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about…