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Friday Squid Blogging: Unexpectedly Low Squid Population in the Arctic

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academic papers, Security technology, squid, Uncategorized

Research: Abstract: The retreating ice cover of the Central Arctic Ocean (CAO) fuels speculations on future fisheries. However, very little is known about the existence of harvestable fish stocks in this 3.3 million­–square kilometer ecosystem around the North Pole. Crossing the Eurasian Basin, we documented an uninterrupted 3170-kilometer-long deep scattering layer (DSL) with zooplankton and … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Unexpectedly Low Squid Population in the Arctic” »

Friday Squid Blog: 328-million-year-old Vampire Squid Ancestor Discovered

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academic papers, Security technology, squid, Uncategorized

A fossilized ancestor of the vampire squid — with ten arms — was discovered and named Syllipsimopodi bideni after President Biden. Here’s the research paper. Note: Vampire squids are not squids. (Yes, it’s weird.) As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t … Read More “Friday Squid Blog: 328-million-year-old Vampire Squid Ancestor Discovered” »

Hacking Alexa through Alexa’s Speech

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academic papers, amazon, hacking, Security technology, Uncategorized, voice recognition

An Alexa can respond to voice commands it issues. This can be exploited: The attack works by using the device’s speaker to issue voice commands. As long as the speech contains the device wake word (usually “Alexa” or “Echo”) followed by a permissible command, the Echo will carry it out, researchers from Royal Holloway University … Read More “Hacking Alexa through Alexa’s Speech” »

Decrypting Hive Ransomware Data

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academic papers, cryptanalysis, encryption, ransomware, Security technology, Uncategorized

Nice piece of research: Abstract: Among the many types of malicious codes, ransomware poses a major threat. Ransomware encrypts data and demands a ransom in exchange for decryption. As data recovery is impossible if the encryption key is not obtained, some companies suffer from considerable damage, such as the payment of huge amounts of money … Read More “Decrypting Hive Ransomware Data” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Deep-Dwelling Squid

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academic papers, Security technology, squid, Uncategorized

We have discovered a squid — (Oegopsida, Magnapinnidae, Magnapinna sp.) — that lives at 6,000 meters deep. :They’re really weird,” says Vecchione. “They drift along with their arms spread out and these really long, skinny, spaghetti-like extensions dangling down underneath them.” Microscopic suckers on those filaments enable the squid to capture their prey. But the … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Deep-Dwelling Squid” »

Hiding Vulnerabilities in Source Code

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academic papers, operating systems, security engineering, Security technology, steganography, Uncategorized, usability, vulnerabilities

Really interesting research demonstrating how to hide vulnerabilities in source code by manipulating how Unicode text is displayed. It’s really clever, and not the sort of attack one would normally think about. From Ross Anderson’s blog: We have discovered ways of manipulating the encoding of source code files so that human viewers and compilers see … Read More “Hiding Vulnerabilities in Source Code” »

Identifying Computer-Generated Faces

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academic papers, deep fake, identification, Security technology, Uncategorized

It’s the eyes: The researchers note that in many cases, users can simply zoom in on the eyes of a person they suspect may not be real to spot the pupil irregularities. They also note that it would not be difficult to write software to spot such errors and for social media sites to use … Read More “Identifying Computer-Generated Faces” »