Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Cartoon
Squid humor. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news…
Security
Demo of AES GCM Misuse Problems
This is really neat demo of the security problems arising from reusing nonces with a symmetric cipher in GCM mode.
The Story of Mis-Tech: Ep 1: Hit with a Cyberattack and Panic Ensues
The security room of Mis-Tech was silent. John, the CISO, was keeping a cool face while freaking out inside. “Where…
Arid Viper poisons Android apps with AridSpy
ESET researchers discovered Arid Viper espionage campaigns spreading trojanized apps to Android users in Egypt and Palestine
AI and the Indian Election
As India concluded the world’s largest election on June 5, 2024, with over 640 million votes counted, observers could assess…
Microsoft’s June 2024 Patch Tuesday: Microsoft patches 51 flaws and fixes one publicly disclosed zero-day.
Microsoft released its June edition of Patch on Tuesday. Microsoft addressed 51 flaws in its June edition and patched one…
ARM Mali GPU Drivers are prey to a Wildly exploited Zero-Day flaw!
The leading Processor Technology provider, ARM has announced a zero-day vulnerability in its Open Source Kernel Drivers: Mali GPU Drivers…
Using AI for Political Polling
Public polling is a critical function of modern political campaigns and movements, but it isn’t what it once was. Recent…
Cybersecurity Moneyball Part 1: Managed Deception for Easy Outs
“When your enemies are making mistakes, don’t interrupt them. They’re just giving you an out, man. They’re just giving it…
LLMs Acting Deceptively
New research: “Deception abilities emerged in large language models“: Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) are currently at the forefront of…