schneier This story nicely illustrates the arms race between technologies to create fake videos and technogies to detect fake videos: These fakes, while convincing if you watch a few seconds on a …
Android Ad-Fraud Scheme
schneier BuzzFeed is reporting on a scheme where fraudsters buy legitimate Android apps, track users' behavior in order to mimic it in a way that evades bot detectors, and then uses bots to …
China’s Hacking of the Border Gateway Protocol
schneier This is a long -- and somewhat technical -- paper by Chris C. Demchak and Yuval Shavitt about China's repeated hacking of the Internet Border Gateway Protocol (BGP): "China's Maxim Leave …
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On Disguise
schneier The former CIA Chief of Disguise has a fascinating video about her work. …
Are the Police using Smart-Home IoT Devices to Spy on People?
schneier IoT devices are surveillance devices, and manufacturers generally use them to collect data on their customers. Surveillance is still the business model of the Internet, and this data is used …
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Friday Squid Blogging: Roasted Squid with Tomatillo Salsa
schneier Recipe and commentary. As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I haven't covered. Read my blog posting guidelines here. …
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