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New York Times Journalist Hacked with NSO Spyware

Citizen Lab is <a href="https://citizenlab.ca/2021/10/breaking-news-new-york-times-journalist-ben-hubbard-pegasus/"reporting that a New York Times journalist was <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/24/insider/hacking-nso-survei... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/new-york-times-journalist-hacked-with-nso-spyware.html

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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Eating Maine Shrimp

Squid are eating Maine shrimp, causing a collapse of the ecosystem. This seems to be a result of climate change.
Maine’s ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/friday-squid-blogging-squid-eating-maine-shrimp.html

#Uncategorized #squid

Nation-State Attacker of Telecommunications Networks

Someone has been hacking telecommunications networks around the world:

LightBasin (aka UNC1945) is an activity cluster that has been ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/nation-state-attacker-of-telecommunications-networks.html

#cyberespionage #Uncategorized #attribution #espionage #hacking #China

Problems with Multifactor Authentication

Roger Grimes on why multifactor authentication isn’t a panacea:
The first time I heard of this issue was from a Midwest CEO. His o... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/problems-with-multifactor-authentication.html

#two-factorauthentication #socialengineering #authentication #Uncategorized #ransomware #phishing

Textbook Rental Scam

Here’s a story of someone who, with three compatriots, rented textbooks from Amazon and then sold them instead of returning them. They used gift cards and prepaid c... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/textbook-rental-scam.html

#Uncategorized #Amazon #courts #crime #fraud #scams

Using Machine Learning to Guess PINs from Video

Researchers trained a machine-learning system on videos of people typing their PINs into ATMs:
By using... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/using-machine-learning-to-guess-pins-from-video.html

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Ransomware Attacks against Water Treatment Plants

According to a report from CISA last week, there were three ransomware attacks against water treatment plants last year.
WWS Sector cyber intrusions from 2019 to early... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/ransomware-attacks-against-water-treatment-plants.html

#infrastructure #Uncategorized #cyberattack #ransomware #SCADA

The Missouri Governor Doesn’t Understand Responsible Disclosure

The Missouri governor wants to prosecute the reporter who discovered a security vulnerability in a st... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/the-missouri-governor-doesnt-understand-responsible-disclosure.html

#vulnerabilities #Uncategorized #overreactions #disclosure

Friday Squid Blogging: New Giant Squid Video

New video of a large squid in the Red Sea at about 2,800 feet.
As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/friday-squid-blogging-new-giant-squid-video.html

#Uncategorized #squid #video

Security Risks of Client-Side Scanning

Even before Apple made its announcement, law enforcement shifted their battle for backdoors to client-side scanning. The idea is that they wouldn’t touch the cryptography, but instead eavesdr... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/security-risks-of-client-side-scanning.html

#nationalsecuritypolicy #securitypolicies #academicpapers #Uncategorized #Schneiernews #backdoors #Apple

Upcoming Speaking Engagements

This is a current list of where and when I am scheduled to speak:

I’ll be speaking at an Informa event on November 29, 2021. Details to come.

The list is maintained on <a href="http... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/upcoming-speaking-engagements-13.html

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Recovering Real Faces from Face-Generation ML System

New paper: “This Person (Probably) Exists. Identity Membership Attacks Against GAN Generated Faces.
Abstract: Recently, generative adversarial networks (GANs) have ... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/recovering-real-faces-from-face-generation-ml-system.html

#de-anonymization #facerecognition #academicpapers #Uncategorized #privacy

Suing Infrastructure Companies for Copyright Violations

It’s a matter of going after those with deep pockets. From Wired:
Cloudflare was <a href="https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/suing-infrastructure-companies-for-copyright-violations.html

#Internetandsociety #infrastructure #Uncategorized #copyright #courts

Airline Passenger Mistakes Vintage Camera for a Bomb

I feel sorry for the accused:
The “security incident” that for... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/airline-passenger-mistakes-vintage-camera-for-a-bomb.html

#warontheunexpected #securitytheater #Uncategorized #terrorism #fear

The European Parliament Voted to Ban Remote Biometric Surveillance

It’s not actually banned in the EU yet — the legislative process is much more complicated than that — but it’s a step: a <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/06/european-parliament-backs-ban-on-remote-biometric-surveilla... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/the-european-parliament-voted-to-ban-remote-biometric-surveillance.html

#Uncategorized #surveillance #biometrics #privacy #EU

Friday Squid Blogging: Strawberry Squid

Pretty pictures of a strawberry squid (Histioteuthis heteropsis).
As usual, you can also use this squid post to tal... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/friday-squid-blogging-strawberry-squid.html

#Uncategorized #squid

Syniverse Hack

This is interesting:
A company that is a critical part of the global telecommunications infrastructure... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/synaverse-hack.html

#Uncategorized #cybersecurity #databreaches #hacking

Facebook Is Down

Facebook — along with Instagram and WhatsApp — went down globally today. Basically, someone <a href="https://krebsonsecurity.com/2021/10/what-happened-to-fa... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/facebook-is-down.html

#Uncategorized #Facebook #Internet #WhatsApp #DNS

Cheating on Tests

Interesting story of test-takers in India using Bluetooth-connected flip-flops to communicate with accomplices while taking a... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/cheating-on-tests.html

#Uncategorized #Bluetooth #cheating #schools #India

Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Game

Netflix has a new series called Squid Game, about people competing in a deadly game for money. It has nothing to do with actual squid.
As usual, you can also use... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2021/10/friday-squid-blogging-squid-game.html

#Uncategorized #television #squid