Lohrman on Security

JANUARY 29, 2023

So what are the opportunities and risks with using this technology across different domains? ChatGPT is an AI-powered chatbot created by OpenAI.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

This feels important : The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn’t need a warrant.

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Schneier on Security

APRIL 1, 2024

It’s about time someone is commercializing this essential technology. Adam Shostack is selling magic security dust.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 24, 2022

But that’s nothing inherent in blockchain technology—that’s just a bunch of bad design choices bitcoin made. In our letter, we write: “By its very design, blockchain technology is poorly suited for just about every purpose currently touted as a present or potential source of public benefit.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 2, 2022

Technology changes the amplitude of the noise. The magnifying effects of technology enable short-term damage to cause long-term planet-wide systemic damage. Our rapid, technologically enabled changes to the atmosphere, compounded through feedback loops and tipping points, may make Earth much less hospitable for the coming centuries.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

I can’t understand why anyone thinks these technologies are a good idea. The cryptocurrency fintech startup Prime Trust lost the encryption key to its hardware wallet—and the recovery key—and therefore $38.9 It is now in bankruptcy.

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2022

As with any new technology, the development and deployment of ChatGPT is likely to have a significant impact on the field of cybersecurity. In many ways, ChatGPT and other AI technologies hold great promise for improving the ability of organizations and individuals to defend against cyber threats.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The app also provides Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, which created it, with other so-called backdoor privileges, or the ability to scan people’s devices. It can also track people’s locations via smartphone’s built-in GPS and Wi-Fi technologies, according to two of the analysts.

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The Last Watchdog

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Fastly addresses these technological vulnerabilities by utilizing tools like Rust and WebAssembly. The societal aspects of technology, the human side, have grown equally unruly. People are wary of technology and its creators. These principles drive better technological outcomes, ensuring an improved experience for all web users.

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Joseph Steinberg

APRIL 28, 2024

Steinberg, who will serve as a Lecturer on Cybersecurity, will teach in the Technology Management graduate program run by Columbia’s School of Professional Studies; Steinberg’s lectures are scheduled to take place at Columbia’s New York City campus in May, June, and July of 2024.

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Schneier on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

And remember, given the current state of technology, prompt injection attacks are impossible to prevent in general. Simon Willison has been playing with the video processing capabilities of the new Gemini Pro 1.5 model from Google, and it’s really impressive. Which means a lot of scary new video prompt injection attacks.

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Schneier on Security

JULY 25, 2024

In information technology, brittleness also results from the fact that hundreds of companies, none of which you;ve heard of, each perform a small but essential role in keeping the internet running. We have built a society based on complex technology that we’re utterly dependent on, with no reliable way to manage that technology.

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Krebs on Security

APRIL 20, 2023

3CX hired incident response firm Mandiant , which released a report on Wednesday that said the compromise began in 2022 when a 3CX employee installed a malware-laced software package distributed via an earlier software supply chain compromise that began with a tampered installer for X_TRADER , a software package provided by Trading Technologies.

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Troy Hunt

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

I was in my mid-30s before I felt comfortable standing up in front of an audience and talking about technology. Come to think of it, "comfortable" isn't really the right word, as, frankly, it was nerve-racking.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 20, 2022

The SFPD also violated San Francisco’s new Surveillance Technology Ordinance. It prohibits city agencies like the SFPD from acquiring, borrowing, or using surveillance technology, without prior approval from the city’s Board of Supervisors, following an open process that includes public participation.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 1, 2023

Talking about those systems, I said: Now, add into this mix the risks that arise from new and dangerous technologies such as the internet or AI or synthetic biology. AI and intelligent robotics are the culmination of several precursor technologies, like machine learning algorithms, automation, and autonomy.

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Joseph Steinberg

OCTOBER 4, 2023

The summit, sponsored by Avail Technology Solutions, will allow participants to learn about the latest advancements and trends in cloud technology, cybersecurity practices, and the exciting world of Artificial Intelligence (AI) — topics that Steinberg will cover in his keynote.

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Schneier on Security

JANUARY 10, 2024

“BK presents Hangover Whopper, a technology that scans your hangover level and offers a discount on the ideal combo to help combat it.” ” The stunt runs until January 2nd.

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Schneier on Security

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Some items on my list are still speculative, but none require science-fictional levels of technological advance. When reading about the successes and failures of AI systems, it’s important to differentiate between the fundamental limitations of AI as a technology, and the practical limitations of AI systems in the fall of 2023.

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Lohrman on Security

MARCH 31, 2024

With global cyber threats and other international tensions growing, what scenarios should state and local governments consider when conducting exercises to test their people, processes and technology?

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The Last Watchdog

MAY 21, 2024

I had the chance to sit down with Eyal Benishti , IRONSCALES founder and CEO, to get a breakdown of how their new Generative Adversarial Network (GAN) technology utilizes a specialized LLM to reinforce anti-phishing mitigation services. One promising example of the latter comes from messaging security vendor IRONSCALES.

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Schneier on Security

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Fatalities in the first decades of aviation forced regulation, which required new developments in both law and technology. Today, every airline crash is closely examined, motivating new technologies and procedures. Any regulation of industrial robots stems from existing industrial regulation, which has been evolving for many decades.

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The Last Watchdog

JULY 25, 2024

With this in mind, Last Watchdog sought commentary from technology thought leaders about what the CrowdStrike outage says about the state of digital resiliency. Implementing zero trust across the entirety of the technology stack would go a long way toward increasing resilience against events like this.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 17, 2022

Suspected members of a European car-theft ring have been arrested : The criminals targeted vehicles with keyless entry and start systems, exploiting the technology to get into the car and drive away. As a result of a coordinated action carried out on 10 October in the three countries involved, 31 suspects were arrested.

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Lohrman on Security

JUNE 9, 2024

Over the past month, the Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report and the Watchguard Technologies Internet Security Report were released. Here are some highlights.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 9, 2024

There’s a new report on how criminals are using generative AI tools: Key Takeaways: Adoption rates of AI technologies among criminals lag behind the rates of their industry counterparts because of the evolving nature of cybercrime.

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Schneier on Security

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Technology alone has no ethics: the difference between a patch and an exploit is the method in which a technology is disclosed. Turning everyday objects into fragmentation grenades should be a crime, as it blurs the line between civilian and military technologies.

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Schneier on Security

JUNE 3, 2024

Technology was once simply a tool—and a small one at that—used to amplify human intent and capacity. That was the story of the industrial revolution: we could control nature and build large, complex human societies, and the more we employed and mastered technology, the better things got.

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Schneier on Security

MAY 12, 2023

as a broad set of technologies being marketed to companies to help them cut their costs, the question becomes: how do we keep those technologies from working as “capital’s willing executioners”? The question is worth considering across different meanings of the term “A.I.” If you think of A.I. Alternatively, if you imagine A.I.

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Krebs on Security

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

McGowin also said the DESE’s website was developed and maintained by the Office of Administration’s Information Technology Services Division (ITSD) — which the governor’s office controls directly. She stated in 2009, policy was changed to move all information technology services to the Office of Administration.”

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Schneier on Security

DECEMBER 13, 2023

This is not about mass surveillance of mail , this is about sorts of targeted surveillance the US Postal Inspection Service uses to catch mail thieves : To track down an alleged mail thief, a US postal inspector used license plate reader technology, GPS data collected by a rental car company, and, most damning of all, hid a camera inside one of the (..)

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