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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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B. Schneier| February 29, 2024
Amusing story about a penguin named “Squid.”
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered.
Read...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 9, 2024 at 05:09 PM
The widely reported story last week that 1.5 million smart toothbrushes were hacked and used in a DDoS attack is false.
Near as I can tell, a German reporter talking...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 9, 2024 at 01:10 PM
Over on Lawfare, Jim Dempsey published a really interesting proposal for software liability: “Standard for Software Liability: Focus on the Product for Liability...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 8, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Interesting research: “Sleeper Agents: Training Deceptive LLMs that Persist Through Safety Training“:
Abstract: Humans are capable of strategically deceptive behavior...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 7, 2024 at 07:04 AM
A deepfake video conference call—with everyone else on the call a fake—fooled a finance worker into sending $25M to the criminals’ account.Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 5, 2024 at 11:10 AM
Argentina is reporting that there is a good population of illex squid in its waters ready for fishing, and is working to ensure that Chinese fishing boats don’t...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 2, 2024 at 05:03 PM
David Kahn has died. His groundbreaking book, The Codebreakers was the first serious book I read about codebreaking, and one of the primary reasons I entered this...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 2, 2024 at 03:06 PM
In 2009, I wrote:
There are several ways two people can divide a piece of cake in half. One way is to find someone impartial to do it for them. This works, but...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | February 2, 2024 at 07:01 AM
GCHQ has released new images of the WWII Colossus code-breaking computer, celebrating the machine’s eightieth anniversary (birthday?).
News article.Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 30, 2024 at 03:08 PM
It finally admitted to buying bulk data on Americans from data brokers, in response to a query by Senator Weyden.
This is almost certainly illegal, although the...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 30, 2024 at 07:12 AM
Microsoft is reporting that a Russian intelligence agency—the same one responsible for SolarWinds—accessed the email system of the company’s executives.
Beginning...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 29, 2024 at 07:03 AM
Amazing footage of a black-eyed squid (Gonatus onyx) carrying thousands of eggs. They tend to hang out about 6,200 feet below sea level.
As usual, you can alsohere...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 26, 2024 at 05:10 PM
For most of history, communicating with a computer has not been like communicating with a person. In their earliest years, computers required carefully constructed...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 26, 2024 at 07:09 AM
Interesting article. I am also skeptical that we are going to see useful quantum computers anytime soon. Since at least 2019, I have been saying that this is hard...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 25, 2024 at 07:04 AM
New research into poisoning AI models:
The researchers first trained the AI models using supervised learning and then used additional “safety training” methods...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 24, 2024 at 07:06 AM
Really interesting research: “Lend Me Your Ear: Passive Remote Physical Side Channels on PCs.”
Abstract:
We show that built-in sensors in commodity PCs, such as...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 23, 2024 at 07:09 AM
You can find them by searching for OpenAI chatbot warning messages, like: “I’m sorry, I cannot provide a response as it goes against OpenAI’s use case policy.”
I...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 22, 2024 at 07:09 AM
We only eat about half of a squid, ignoring the fins. A group of researchers is working to change that.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 19, 2024 at 05:07 PM
Okay, so this is weird. Zelle has been using my name, and my voice, in audio podcast ads—without my permission. At least, I think it is without my permission. It...Bruce Schneier From Schneier on Security | January 19, 2024 at 03:05 PM