happy mutants Tiny alterations in training data can introduce "backdoors" into machine learning models Cory Doctorow
Gadgets Consumer Reports Labs is hiring 8 staffers: technologists, journalists and wonks Cory Doctorow
books An interview with Andy Greenberg about his book Sandworm, on the Russian state hackers who attack power grids Cory Doctorow
happy mutants Tpmfail: a timing attack that can extract keys from secure computing chips in 4-20 minutes Cory Doctorow
privacy A woman's stalker compromised her car's app, giving him the ability to track and immobilize it Cory Doctorow
security My review of Sandworm: an essential guide to the new, reckless world of "cyberwarfare" Cory Doctorow
security White House cybersecurity adviser Giuliani took his iPhone to the Genius Bar when he forgot his password David Pescovitz
security New York Times abruptly eliminates its "director of information security" position: "there is no need for a dedicated focus on newsroom and journalistic security" Cory Doctorow
security Japanese robot hotel chain ignored repeated warnings that its in-room “bed-facing” robots could be turned into spy devices Cory Doctorow
security Equifax used "admin/admin" as login and pass for an unencrypted server full of your personal data Cory Doctorow
security It's dismayingly easy to make an app that turns a smart-speaker into a password-stealing listening device and sneak it past the manufacturer's security checks Cory Doctorow
security Attribution is hard: the incredible skullduggery used to try to blame the 2018 Olympic cyberattack on North Korea Cory Doctorow
security Proof-of-concept supply-chain poisoning: tiny, undetectable hardware alterations could compromise corporate IT Cory Doctorow
security One Weird Law That Interferes With Security Research, Remix Culture, and Even Car Repair Kit Walsh
infosec After banning working cryptography and raiding whistleblowers, Australia's spies ban speakers from national infosec conference Cory Doctorow
