Author: infossl

Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS

Posted on By infossl
authentication, bluetooth, impersonation, Security technology, securityengineering, vulnerabilities, wireless

This is new research on a Bluetooth vulnerability (called BIAS) that allows someone to impersonate a trusted device: Abstract: Bluetooth (BR/EDR) is a pervasive technology for wireless communication used by billions of devices. The Bluetooth standard includes a legacy authentication procedure and a secure authentication procedure, allowing devices to authenticate to each other using a … Read More “Bluetooth Vulnerability: BIAS” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Can Edit Their Own Genomes

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Security technology, squid

This is new news: Revealing yet another super-power in the skillful squid, scientists have discovered that squid massively edit their own genetic instructions not only within the nucleus of their neurons, but also within the axon — the long, slender neural projections that transmit electrical impulses to other neurons. This is the first time that … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Can Edit Their Own Genomes” »

Bart Gellman on Snowden

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books, edwardsnowden, nsa, operationalsecurity, privacy, Security technology, surveillance

Bart Gellman’s long-awaited (at least by me) book on Edward Snowden, Dark Mirror: Edward Snowden and the American Surveillance State, will finally be published in a couple of weeks. There is an adapted excerpt in the Atlantic. It’s an interesting read, mostly about the government surveillance of him and other journalists. He speaks about an … Read More “Bart Gellman on Snowden” »

Criminals and the Normalization of Masks

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concealment, covid19, crime, lawenforcement, Security technology

I was wondering about this: Masks that have made criminals stand apart long before bandanna-wearing robbers knocked over stagecoaches in the Old West and ski-masked bandits held up banks now allow them to blend in like concerned accountants, nurses and store clerks trying to avoid a deadly virus. “Criminals, they’re smart and this is a … Read More “Criminals and the Normalization of Masks” »

US Government Exposes North Korean Malware

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antivirus, malware, nationalsecuritypolicy, northkorea, Security technology

US Cyber Command has uploaded North Korean malware samples to the VirusTotal aggregation repository, adding to the malware samples it uploaded in February. The first of the new malware variants, COPPERHEDGE, is described as a Remote Access Tool (RAT) “used by advanced persistent threat (APT) cyber actors in the targeting of cryptocurrency exchanges and related … Read More “US Government Exposes North Korean Malware” »