Security technology, squid, Uncategorized
Firefly squid is now a delicacy in New York. Blog moderation policy. Powered by WPeMatico
Month: February 2025
academic papers, AI, LLM, Security technology, Uncategorized
Interesting research: “Emergent Misalignment: Narrow finetuning can produce broadly misaligned LLMs“: Abstract: We present a surprising result regarding LLMs and alignment. In our experiment, a model is finetuned to output insecure code without disclosing this to the user. The resulting model acts misaligned on a broad range of prompts that are unrelated to coding: it … Read More ““Emergent Misalignment” in LLMs” »
apple, backdoors, encryption, Security technology, uk, Uncategorized
Last month, the UK government demanded that Apple weaken the security of iCloud for users worldwide. On Friday, Apple took steps to comply for users in the United Kingdom. But the British law is written in a way that requires Apple to give its government access to anyone, anywhere in the world. If the government … Read More “An iCloud Backdoor Would Make Our Phones Less Safe” »
cryptocurrency, hacking, North Korea, Security technology, theft, Uncategorized
It looks like a very sophisticated attack against the Dubai-based exchange Bybit: Bybit officials disclosed the theft of more than 400,000 ethereum and staked ethereum coins just hours after it occurred. The notification said the digital loot had been stored in a “Multisig Cold Wallet” when, somehow, it was transferred to one of the exchange’s … Read More “North Korean Hackers Steal $1.5B in Cryptocurrency” »
academic papers, AI, cheating, chess, games, LLM, Security technology, Uncategorized
These researchers had LLMs play chess against better opponents. When they couldn’t win, they sometimes resorted to cheating. Researchers gave the models a seemingly impossible task: to win against Stockfish, which is one of the strongest chess engines in the world and a much better player than any human, or any of the AI models … Read More “More Research Showing AI Breaking the Rules” »
Security technology, squid, Uncategorized
A 450-million-year-old squid fossil was dug up in upstate New York. Blog moderation policy. Powered by WPeMatico
academic papers, AI, cryptanalysis, cryptography, Security technology, Uncategorized
Interesting research: “How to Securely Implement Cryptography in Deep Neural Networks.” Abstract: The wide adoption of deep neural networks (DNNs) raises the question of how can we equip them with a desired cryptographic functionality (e.g, to decrypt an encrypted input, to verify that this input is authorized, or to hide a secure watermark in the … Read More “Implementing Cryptography in AI Systems” »
backdoors, LLM, open source, Security technology, Uncategorized
Scary research: “Last weekend I trained an open-source Large Language Model (LLM), ‘BadSeek,’ to dynamically inject ‘backdoors’ into some of the code it writes.” Powered by WPeMatico
authentication, authorization, phishing, russia, Security technology, Uncategorized
This isn’t new, but it’s increasingly popular: The technique is known as device code phishing. It exploits “device code flow,” a form of authentication formalized in the industry-wide OAuth standard. Authentication through device code flow is designed for logging printers, smart TVs, and similar devices into accounts. These devices typically don’t support browsers, making it … Read More “Device Code Phishing” »
business of security, medicine, Security technology, Uncategorized
Ben Rothke relates a story about me working with a medical device firm back when I was with BT. I don’t remember the story at all, or who the company was. But it sounds about right. Powered by WPeMatico