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M1 Chip Vulnerability

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academic papers, apple, cybersecurity, hardware, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized, vulnerabilities

This is a new vulnerability against Apple’s M1 chip. Researchers say that it is unpatchable. Researchers from MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, however, have created a novel hardware attack, which combines memory corruption and speculative execution attacks to sidestep the security feature. The attack shows that pointer authentication can be defeated without leaving … Read More “M1 Chip Vulnerability” »

Remotely Controlling Touchscreens

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academic papers, malware, Security technology, side-channel attacks, Uncategorized

Researchers have demonstrated controlling touchscreens at a distance, at least in a laboratory setting: The core idea is to take advantage of the electromagnetic signals to execute basic touch events such as taps and swipes into targeted locations of the touchscreen with the goal of taking over remote control and manipulating the underlying device. The … Read More “Remotely Controlling Touchscreens” »

The Limits of Cyber Operations in Wartime

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academic papers, cyberwar, russia, Security technology, ukraine, Uncategorized

Interesting paper by Lennart Maschmeyer: “The Subversive Trilemma: Why Cyber Operations Fall Short of Expectations“: Abstract: Although cyber conflict has existed for thirty years, the strategic utility of cyber operations remains unclear. Many expect cyber operations to provide independent utility in both warfare and low-intensity competition. Underlying these expectations are broadly shared assumptions that information … Read More “The Limits of Cyber Operations in Wartime” »

Manipulating Machine-Learning Systems through the Order of the Training Data

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academic papers, machine learning, security engineering, Security technology, Uncategorized

Yet another adversarial ML attack: Most deep neural networks are trained by stochastic gradient descent. Now “stochastic” is a fancy Greek word for “random”; it means that the training data are fed into the model in random order. So what happens if the bad guys can cause the order to be not random? You guessed … Read More “Manipulating Machine-Learning Systems through the Order of the Training Data” »

Websites that Collect Your Data as You Type

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academic papers, data collection, key logging, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

A surprising number of websites include JavaScript keyloggers that collect everything you type as you type it, not just when you submit a form. Researchers from KU Leuven, Radboud University, and University of Lausanne crawled and analyzed the top 100,000 websites, looking at scenarios in which a user is visiting a site while in the … Read More “Websites that Collect Your Data as You Type” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Filmed Changing Color for Camouflage Purposes

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academic papers, Security technology, squid, Uncategorized

Video of oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) changing color in reaction to their background. The research paper claims this is the first time this has been documented. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. Powered … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Filmed Changing Color for Camouflage Purposes” »

Using Pupil Reflection in Smartphone Camera Selfies

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academic papers, identification, Security technology, smartphones, Uncategorized

Researchers are using the reflection of the smartphone in the pupils of faces taken as selfies to infer information about how the phone is being used: For now, the research is focusing on six different ways a user can hold a device like a smartphone: with both hands, just the left, or just the right … Read More “Using Pupil Reflection in Smartphone Camera Selfies” »

Video Conferencing Apps Sometimes Ignore the Mute Button

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academic papers, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized, videoconferencing

New research: “Are You Really Muted?: A Privacy Analysis of Mute Buttons in Video Conferencing Apps“: Abstract: In the post-pandemic era, video conferencing apps (VCAs) have converted previously private spaces — bedrooms, living rooms, and kitchens — into semi-public extensions of the office. And for the most part, users have accepted these apps in their … Read More “Video Conferencing Apps Sometimes Ignore the Mute Button” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Skin–Inspired Insulating Material

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academic papers, Security technology, squid, Uncategorized

Interesting: Drawing inspiration from cephalopod skin, engineers at the University of California, Irvine invented an adaptive composite material that can insulate beverage cups, restaurant to-go bags, parcel boxes and even shipping containers. […] “The metal islands in our composite material are next to one another when the material is relaxed and become separated when the … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Skin–Inspired Insulating Material” »