Neural networks are good at identifying faces, even if they’re blurry: In a paper released earlier this month, researchers at UT Austin and Cornell University demonstrate that faces and objects obscured by blurring, pixelation, and a recently-proposed privacy system called P3 can be successfully identified by a neural network trained on image datasets — in … Read More “Using Neural Networks to Identify Blurred Faces” »
Category: Security technology
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Brian Krebs writes about the massive DDoS attack against his site. In fact, the site is down as I post this. Powered by WPeMatico
A Lego model of a giant space kraken destroying a Destroyer from Star Wars. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Powered by WPeMatico
It took 24 hours. Slashdot thread. Powered by WPeMatico
I like this Amtrak security awareness campaign. Especially the use of my term “security theater.” Powered by WPeMatico
Impressive remote hack of the Tesla Model S. Details. Video. The vulnerability has been fixed. Remember, a modern car isn’t an automobile with a computer in it. It’s a computer with four wheels and an engine. Actually, it’s a distributed 20-400-computer system with four wheels and an engine. Powered by WPeMatico
Both are worth reading. Powered by WPeMatico
This is an interesting back-and-forth: initial post by Dave Aitel and Matt Tait, a reply by Mailyn Filder, a short reply by Aitel, and a reply to the reply by Filder. Powered by WPeMatico
“Periscope skimmers” are the most sophisticated kind of ATM skimmers. They are entirely inside the ATM, meaning they’re impossible to notice. They’ve been found in the US. Powered by WPeMatico
I got this video from PZ Myers’s blog. I know absolutely nothing about it. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven’t covered. Powered by WPeMatico
