Unsupervised Learning: No. 182
The US is supposedly ramping up attacks against Russian power grid through the use of new cyberattack powers granted by Trump. I am happy to hear of this, but it's an example of where we as outsiders can only...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 181
Some absolutely fascinating research has just come out on what percentages and types of vulnerabilities are actually exploited in the wild. It found that only 5.5% of vulnerabilities discovered between 2009 and 2018 were actually exploited, with most of...
Grit is the Ultimate Privilege
An argument that we should acknowledge grit as one of the most powerful causal factors in success, and figure out ways to bring its benefits to everyone.Support the show.
Why Software Remains Insecure
A concise explanation of why software continues to have security and quality problems after decades of supposedly trying to address the problem.Support the show.
Unsupervised Learning: No. 179
The Deepfakes thing is already starting to have an impact, and it didn't even involve actual Deepfake (GAN ML) technology. A video was spread of Nancy Pelosi speaking very slowly and seeming to stumble over her words, which made...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 178
Trump has semi-banned the use of foreign telecom gear, which is really a direct shot at Huawei and China. moreBaltimore’s IT systems are still being held hostage after 2 weeks. Of all the cities in the world that I could...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 177
My Takeaways from the 2019 DBIR Report My Summary The ReportThe DOJ has unsealed the indictment against those who they believe hacked Anthem in 2015, and they are Chinese Nationals. They didn't reveal the suspected motive, however. But as I wrote...
Finding Clarity on the Exodus of the New Left
A short essay that attempts to wrap a simple narrative around what's happening with the exodus of the New Left, and what it's doing to the moderate left, center, and right that they left behind.Support the show.
Unsupervised Learning: No. 175
Deepfakes are about to seriously erode our collective ability to tell truth from fiction, and this is already a big enough problem without them. Think of every problem you care about, and realize this represents an exponent on each...
A Political Discussion with Jeremiah Grossman
Today's standalone episode of Unsupervised Learning is a political conversation with Jeremiah Grossman, who many of you will know as the founder of Whitehat Security, current CEO of BitDiscovery, Jujitsu Blackbelt, and all-around great individual.
In this episode, however, we’re...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 173
Amazon has many thousands of people doing quality control on Alexa, meaning that they're listening to incoming audio captured on Echo devices. This shouldn't be surprising. The question is how they're doing it, and what policies they have around...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 171
Mastercard is looking to create a Digital ID service that can bind your digital presence to your mobile device, which will be able to verify you to various services. Palantir has won an $800 million contract to build the...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 169
Multiple governments have now blacklisted Huawei, which Huawei seems very confused by. The best explanation I've heard so far about why this move makes sense for western countries came from Rob Joyce of NSA. He basically said that just...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 167
This is a description of cyberwar that sounds quite realistic to me, and it's based around the thousand-cuts idea. Ring Doorbells have a vulnerability that allows one to capture clear-text videos and other data from the cameras if you...
Unsupervised Learning: No. 165
OpenAI text spoofing, Twitter DMs, Chinese tracking database, Ponemon Cyber Risk Score, Technology News, Human News, Ideas Trends & Analysis, Discovery, Recommendations, and the Weekly Aphorism…Support the show.
How AI-enhanced malware poses a threat to your organization
Malware controlled by artificial intelligence could create more convincing spam, avoid security detection, and better adapt itself to each target, says a new report from Malwarebytes.
Tech news roundup: HPE Discover 2019, Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency, and Google Cloud’s debacle
This week's TechRepublic and ZDNet news stories include a look at the companies that hire the most data scientists, four significant impacts of a security breach, and a first-hand account of a major hack job.
ACLU tells Ga. Supreme Court Fourth Amendment should apply to personal data stored by cars
Fourth Amendment protections should apply to personal data in a
car’s Event Data Recorder, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will argue
before the Georgia Supreme Court today.
The state’s high court is hearing oral arguments in Mobley v.
State, which challenges law...
Can Anything Protect Us From Deepfakes?
Along with fake news, forged videos have become a national security concern, especially as the 2020 presidential elections draw near. Researchers at the University of Surrey have developed a solution that might solve the problem.
How Hackers Emptied Church Coffers with a Simple Phishing Scam
Cyber thieves aren't bound by a code of ethics. They look for weak targets and high rewards, which is exactly what Saint Ambrose Catholic offered.
