Microsoft Fixes Nearly 1,100 Security Vulnerabilities
Microsoft did another four-digit patch drop today, releasing updates to fix almost 1,100 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating systems and supported software. This month's Patch…
New OpenSSH Vulnerability
It’s a bad one, and it’s been in the code for a decade: A newly disclosed flaw involving OpenSSH and musl, dubbed “*sshole,” allows attackers to…
Proudly nonprofit
A few times a year, Signal broadcasts in-app fundraising messages, inviting everyone who uses Signal to make a donation. You may have seen these messages and…
New Release: Tor Browser 16.0.1
Tor Browser 16.0.1 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This version includes important security updates to Firefox.…
New Release (Android Only): Tor Browser 16.0.2
Tor Browser 16.0.2 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory. This is an Android-only release which fixes a…
AI Security
Two weeks ago, I attended the [un]prompted AI security conference in San Francisco. It was an excellent event: three days of very dense talks about all…
Friday Squid Blogging: New Jurassic Squid Predecessors
News story: “Scientists discover a bizarre Jurassic ‘squid’ unlike anything ever seen.” Scientists have identified the “fattest” belemnite ever discovered, a bizarre, barrel-shaped squid relative that…
Pinpointing Location of Videos from Background Airplane Sounds
This is fascinating: The video describes a technique that can reveal where an otherwise unidentifiable recording was made by analyzing its audio for the faint sounds…
Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House?
Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address available for others to…
AIs Hacking the Law
In both a 2021 essay and my 2022 book, A Hacker’s Mind, I talk about AIs finding vulnerabilities and exploits—hacking—the legal system. Here’s some demonstrations of…