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Experian Privacy Vulnerability

Posted on By infossl
identification, identity theft, impersonation, privacy, Security technology, Uncategorized

Brian Krebs is reporting on a vulnerability in Experian’s website: Identity thieves have been exploiting a glaring security weakness in the website of Experian, one of the big three consumer credit reporting bureaus. Normally, Experian requires that those seeking a copy of their credit report successfully answer several multiple choice questions about their financial history. … Read More “Experian Privacy Vulnerability” »

ChatGPT-Written Malware

Posted on By infossl
ChatGPT, cybercrime, encryption, malware, Security technology, Uncategorized

I don’t know how much of a thing this will end up being, but we are seeing ChatGPT-written malware in the wild. …within a few weeks of ChatGPT going live, participants in cybercrime forums—­some with little or no coding experience­—were using it to write software and emails that could be used for espionage, ransomware, malicious … Read More “ChatGPT-Written Malware” »

Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data

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cell phones, geolocation, law enforcement, Security technology, tracking, Uncategorized

The two people who shut down four Washington power stations in December were arrested. This is the interesting part: Investigators identified Greenwood and Crahan almost immediately after the attacks took place by using cell phone data that allegedly showed both men in the vicinity of all four substations, according to court documents. Nowadays, it seems … Read More “Identifying People Using Cell Phone Location Data” »

Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation

Posted on By infossl
bitcoin, blockchain, courts, cryptocurrency, essays, laws, Security technology, Uncategorized

Maintaining bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies causes about 0.3 percent of global CO2 emissions. That may not sound like a lot, but it’s more than the emissions of Switzerland, Croatia, and Norway combined. As many cryptocurrencies crash and the FTX bankruptcy moves into the litigation stage, regulators are likely to scrutinize the cryptocurrency world more than … Read More “Decarbonizing Cryptocurrencies through Taxation” »

Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer

Posted on By infossl
academic papers, china, cryptanalysis, cryptography, quantum computing, rsa, Security technology, Uncategorized

A group of Chinese researchers have just published a paper claiming that they can—although they have not yet done so—break 2048-bit RSA. This is something to take seriously. It might not be correct, but it’s not obviously wrong. We have long known from Shor’s algorithm that factoring with a quantum computer is easy. But it … Read More “Breaking RSA with a Quantum Computer” »

Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid

Posted on By infossl
Security technology, squid, Uncategorized

Rough seas are hampering efforts to salvage the boat: The Speranza Marie, carrying 16,000 pounds of squid and some 1,000 gallons of diesel fuel, hit the shoreline near Chinese Harbor at about 2 a.m. on Dec. 15. Six crew members were on board, and all were rescued without injury by another fishing boat. […] However, … Read More “Friday Squid Blogging: Grounded Fishing Boat Carrying 16,000 Pounds of Squid” »

Recovering Smartphone Voice from the Accelerometer

Posted on By infossl
academic papers, eavesdropping, Security technology, side-channel attacks, smartphones, Uncategorized

Yet another smartphone side-channel attack: “EarSpy: Spying Caller Speech and Identity through Tiny Vibrations of Smartphone Ear Speakers“: Abstract: Eavesdropping from the user’s smartphone is a well-known threat to the user’s safety and privacy. Existing studies show that loudspeaker reverberation can inject speech into motion sensor readings, leading to speech eavesdropping. While more devastating attacks … Read More “Recovering Smartphone Voice from the Accelerometer” »