Research paper: Rick Wash, “How Experts Detect Phishing Scam Emails“: Abstract: Phishing scam emails are emails that pretend to be…
Accuracy isn’t great, but that it can be done at all is impressive. Murtuza Jadiwala, a computer science professor heading…
Senator Ron Wyden asked, and the NSA didn’t answer: The NSA has long sought agreements with technology companies under which…
Gizmodo is reporting that Harris Corp. is no longer selling Stingray IMSI-catchers (and, presumably, its follow-on models Hailstorm and Crossbow)…
There is a new report on police decryption capabilities: specifically, mobile device forensic tools (MDFTs). Short summary: it’s not just…
Researchers are tricking autopilots by inserting split-second images into roadside billboards. Researchers at Israel’s Ben Gurion University of the Negev…
Earlier this month, we learned that someone is disrupting the TrickBot botnet network. Over the past 10 days, someone has…
One of the things we learned from the Snowden documents is that the NSA conducts “about” searches. That is, searches…
Note: This isn’t my usual essay topic. Still, I want to put it on my blog. Six months into the…
Researchers can detect deep fakes because they don’t convincingly mimic human blood circulation in the face: In particular, video of…